diff --git a/packages/gatsby-theme-carbon/src/components/markdown/Markdown.module.scss b/packages/gatsby-theme-carbon/src/components/markdown/Markdown.module.scss
index 1ccfe86f5..8d1964778 100644
--- a/packages/gatsby-theme-carbon/src/components/markdown/Markdown.module.scss
+++ b/packages/gatsby-theme-carbon/src/components/markdown/Markdown.module.scss
@@ -227,7 +227,8 @@ div {
   @include type-style('expressive-heading-05', true);
 }
 
-.h2 {
+.h2,
+h2.h2 {
   --space: #{$spacing-11};
   margin-top: var(--space);
   @include type-style('expressive-heading-04', true);