diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3f7e361e2c1..9f77624da89 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 **Bug fixes**
 
+- Adjust toast z-index to show over modals [(#296)](https://github.com/elastic/eui/pull/296)
 - Removed padding on `<EuiPage>` mobile breakpoint. [(#282)](https://github.com/elastic/eui/pull/282)
 - Fixed some `<EuiIcon>` `type`s not setting their `viewBox` attribute, which caused them to not honor the `size` properly. [(#277)](https://github.com/elastic/eui/pull/277)
 - Fixed `<EuiContextMenu>` to pass the `event` argument to a `<EuiContextMenuItem>`'s `onClick` handler even when a panel is defined. [(#265)](https://github.com/elastic/eui/pull/265)
diff --git a/src/global_styling/variables/_z_index.scss b/src/global_styling/variables/_z_index.scss
index 3b7048e0b7d..00e45d1d197 100644
--- a/src/global_styling/variables/_z_index.scss
+++ b/src/global_styling/variables/_z_index.scss
@@ -14,6 +14,6 @@ $euiZLevel9:          9000;
 $euiZContent:         $euiZLevel0;
 $euiZContentMenu:     $euiZLevel2;
 $euiZNavigation:      $euiZLevel4;
-$euiZToastList:       $euiZLevel5;
 $euiZMask:            $euiZLevel6;
 $euiZModal:           $euiZLevel8;
+$euiZToastList:       $euiZLevel9;