diff --git a/.changeset/silver-pianos-develop.md b/.changeset/silver-pianos-develop.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..20e82339a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/silver-pianos-develop.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@spectrum-css/badge": minor
+---
+
+Assigns CanvasText to custom property to satisfy linting requirements.
diff --git a/components/badge/index.css b/components/badge/index.css
index 62d7b037fe..7dd1133e01 100644
--- a/components/badge/index.css
+++ b/components/badge/index.css
@@ -68,6 +68,8 @@
 	--spectrum-badge-icon-spacing-horizontal: var(--spectrum-component-edge-to-visual-100);
 	--spectrum-badge-icon-spacing-vertical-top: var(--spectrum-component-top-to-workflow-icon-100);
 	--spectrum-badge-icon-only-spacing-horizontal: var(--spectrum-component-edge-to-visual-only-100);
+
+	--highcontrast-badge-border-color: CanvasText;
 }
 
 /* text and icon color is black for these background colors */
@@ -146,7 +148,7 @@
 /* windows high contrast mode */
 @media (forced-colors: active) {
 	.spectrum-Badge {
-		border-color: CanvasText; /* stylelint-disable-line declaration-property-value-no-unknown */
+		border-color:  var(--highcontrast-badge-border-color);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/components/badge/metadata/metadata.json b/components/badge/metadata/metadata.json
index 96a2416a8a..c8be859d83 100644
--- a/components/badge/metadata/metadata.json
+++ b/components/badge/metadata/metadata.json
@@ -177,5 +177,5 @@
   ],
   "system-theme": [],
   "passthroughs": [],
-  "high-contrast": []
+  "high-contrast": ["--highcontrast-badge-border-color"]
 }