diff --git a/src/scss/_variables.scss b/src/scss/_variables.scss
index 68a6cf72f..bbe01523d 100644
--- a/src/scss/_variables.scss
+++ b/src/scss/_variables.scss
@@ -488,7 +488,7 @@ $accordion-button-focus-border-color: $accordion-border-color !default;
 
 // Alerts
 $alert-padding-x: 1rem !default;
-$alert-padding-y: 1rem !default;
+$alert-padding-y: .75rem !default;
 $alert-link-font-weight: var(--#{$prefix}font-weight-bold) !default;
 
 $alert-border-width: var(--#{$prefix}border-width) !default;