diff --git a/scss/_utilities.scss b/scss/_utilities.scss
index 1e0d141acc..e23d6a7e47 100644
--- a/scss/_utilities.scss
+++ b/scss/_utilities.scss
@@ -473,11 +473,12 @@ $utilities: map-merge(
       property: font-weight,
       class: fw,
       values: (
-        light: $font-weight-light,
         lighter: $font-weight-lighter,
+        light: $font-weight-light,
         normal: $font-weight-normal,
-        bold: $font-weight-bold,
+        medium: $font-weight-medium,
         semibold: $font-weight-semibold,
+        bold: $font-weight-bold,
         bolder: $font-weight-bolder
       )
     ),
diff --git a/scss/_variables.scss b/scss/_variables.scss
index e0218365ba..39de77ad62 100644
--- a/scss/_variables.scss
+++ b/scss/_variables.scss
@@ -556,6 +556,7 @@ $font-size-lg:                $font-size-base * 1.25 !default;
 $font-weight-lighter:         lighter !default;
 $font-weight-light:           300 !default;
 $font-weight-normal:          400 !default;
+$font-weight-medium:          500 !default;
 $font-weight-semibold:        600 !default;
 $font-weight-bold:            700 !default;
 $font-weight-bolder:          bolder !default;