diff --git a/scss/_variables.scss b/scss/_variables.scss
index fdb5b673113c633eef814f1470e2a923a7f96974..c83ab9718ad47ad25c4c715e0dec2e823fe6dc67 100644
--- a/scss/_variables.scss
+++ b/scss/_variables.scss
@@ -205,6 +205,9 @@ $container-max-widths: (
   xl: 1200px
 ) !default;
 
+//alerts
+$alert-link-font-weight: 600 !default;
+
 //close
 $close-font-weight: 400 !default;
 $close-font-size: 1.5rem !default;