diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b743f06436..0473951242 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ This will help with scenarios where some of the elements, such as navigation and
 ### Fixes
 - [Pull request #1574: Make form elements scale correctly when text resized by user](https://github.com/alphagov/govuk-frontend/pull/1574).
 - [Pull request #1584: Fix text resize issue with warning text icon](https://github.com/alphagov/govuk-frontend/pull/1584)
-- [Pull request ##1570: Prevent inputs ending up off screen or obscured by keyboards when linking from the error summary to inputs within a large fieldset](https://github.com/alphagov/govuk-frontend/pull/1570)
+- [Pull request #1570: Prevent inputs ending up off screen or obscured by keyboards when linking from the error summary to inputs within a large fieldset](https://github.com/alphagov/govuk-frontend/pull/1570)
+- [Pull request #1585: Explicitly set font weight on warning-text component](https://github.com/alphagov/govuk-frontend/pull/1585)
 
 ## 3.2.0 (Feature release)
 
diff --git a/src/govuk/components/warning-text/_warning-text.scss b/src/govuk/components/warning-text/_warning-text.scss
index 3c39032905..4fa58c3663 100644
--- a/src/govuk/components/warning-text/_warning-text.scss
+++ b/src/govuk/components/warning-text/_warning-text.scss
@@ -5,9 +5,6 @@
 @include govuk-exports("govuk/component/warning-text") {
 
   .govuk-warning-text {
-    @include govuk-font($size: 19);
-    @include govuk-text-colour;
-
     position: relative;
     @include govuk-responsive-margin(6, "bottom");
     padding: govuk-spacing(2) 0;
@@ -50,6 +47,8 @@
   }
 
   .govuk-warning-text__text {
+    @include govuk-font($size: 19, $weight: bold);
+    @include govuk-text-colour;
     display: block;
     padding-left: 50px;
   }