diff --git a/plugins/woocommerce-admin/client/dashboard/style.scss b/plugins/woocommerce-admin/client/dashboard/style.scss
index 8018c82e548..04c551fa392 100644
--- a/plugins/woocommerce-admin/client/dashboard/style.scss
+++ b/plugins/woocommerce-admin/client/dashboard/style.scss
@@ -90,3 +90,11 @@
 .components-card .woocommerce-ellipsis-menu__toggle {
 	padding: 0;
 }
+
+.components-modal__frame.woocommerce-cart-modal .components-modal__content {
+	margin-top: 6rem;
+
+	@include breakpoint( '<600px' ) {
+		margin-top: 7rem;
+	}
+}
diff --git a/plugins/woocommerce/changelog/fix-woocommerce-cart-modal-margin b/plugins/woocommerce/changelog/fix-woocommerce-cart-modal-margin
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5e7e2581ba8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/woocommerce/changelog/fix-woocommerce-cart-modal-margin
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+Significance: patch
+Type: fix
+
+Increased margin so that overflow modal content doesn't clip header