diff --git a/src/styles/index.ts b/src/styles/index.ts
index 24da2ae9b3f3..5e85d95e92b0 100644
--- a/src/styles/index.ts
+++ b/src/styles/index.ts
@@ -115,7 +115,8 @@ const link = (theme: ThemeColors) =>
     ({
         color: theme.link,
         textDecorationColor: theme.link,
-        ...FontUtils.fontFamily.platform.EXP_NEUE,
+        // We set fontFamily directly in order to avoid overriding fontWeight and fontStyle.
+        fontFamily: FontUtils.fontFamily.platform.EXP_NEUE.fontFamily,
     } satisfies ViewStyle & MixedStyleDeclaration);
 
 const baseCodeTagStyles = (theme: ThemeColors) =>