diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1df9122afd..80168d37fa 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # Changelog
 
 ## Draft
+- Allow alert text color editing from theme editor and update default alert text color for Bold variation [#1565](https://github.com/bigcommerce/cornerstone/pull/1565)
 - Add jquery-migrate to Modal test [#1599](https://github.com/bigcommerce/cornerstone/pull/1599)
 - Upgrade core-js to version 3 [#1598](https://github.com/bigcommerce/cornerstone/pull/1598)
 
diff --git a/config.json b/config.json
index 3422301273..03efe0cd78 100644
--- a/config.json
+++ b/config.json
@@ -477,7 +477,7 @@
         "checkRadio-backgroundColor": "#444444",
         "checkRadio-borderColor": "#999999",
         "alert-backgroundColor": "#444444",
-        "alert-color": "#ffffff",
+        "alert-color": "#333333",
         "alert-color-alt": "#444444",
         "storeName-color": "#ffffff",
         "body-bg": "#444444",
diff --git a/schema.json b/schema.json
index 296f119af8..786820f651 100644
--- a/schema.json
+++ b/schema.json
@@ -31,6 +31,11 @@
         "label": "Alert popup box background",
         "id": "alert-backgroundColor"
       },
+      {
+        "type": "color",
+        "label": "Alert popup text color",
+        "id": "alert-color"
+      },
       {
         "type": "color",
         "label": "Horizontal line",