diff --git a/app/webpacker/styles/application.scss b/app/webpacker/styles/application.scss
index 9c93de1c013..452d8252e41 100644
--- a/app/webpacker/styles/application.scss
+++ b/app/webpacker/styles/application.scss
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
   @return url("~assets/images/" + $filename);
 }
 
+$govuk-new-link-styles: true;
 $govuk-font-url-function: frontend-font-url;
 $govuk-image-url-function: frontend-image-url;