diff --git a/packages/slider/src/slider.css b/packages/slider/src/slider.css
index 9a89a63b4a2..15a285d4384 100644
--- a/packages/slider/src/slider.css
+++ b/packages/slider/src/slider.css
@@ -206,3 +206,21 @@ sp-field-label {
     padding: 0;
     margin: 0;
 }
+
+/**
+ * Start workaround to fastfoward fixes in https://github.com/adobe/spectrum-web-components/issues/2905
+ */
+
+#track {
+    cursor: pointer;
+}
+
+.handle.dragging,
+.handle.handle-highlight,
+.handle:active {
+    border-width: var(--spectrum-slider-handle-border-width-down-medium);
+}
+
+/**
+ * End workaround to fastfoward fixes in https://github.com/adobe/spectrum-web-components/issues/2905
+ */
diff --git a/tools/styles/express/spectrum-core-global.css b/tools/styles/express/spectrum-core-global.css
index d7b7a7b234c..65205492624 100644
--- a/tools/styles/express/spectrum-core-global.css
+++ b/tools/styles/express/spectrum-core-global.css
@@ -1845,6 +1845,9 @@ governing permissions and limitations under the License.
     --spectrum-alias-ui-icon-asterisk-size-100: var(
         --spectrum-global-dimension-size-100
     );
+    --spectrum-alias-component-text-color-selected-default: var(
+        --spectrum-global-color-gray-50
+    );
     --spectrum-alias-component-text-color-selected-hover: var(
         --spectrum-alias-component-text-color-selected-default
     );