diff --git a/libraries/core-react/src/List/List.jsx b/libraries/core-react/src/List/List.jsx
index 2eccc13082..972ad3a25f 100644
--- a/libraries/core-react/src/List/List.jsx
+++ b/libraries/core-react/src/List/List.jsx
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ const StyledList = styled.div(
         list-style-type: lower-alpha;
       }
     `,
+  `
+    line-height: 1.5;
+  `,
 )
 
 const variants = {