diff --git a/change/@ni-nimble-components-78757500-8f52-4913-b98c-dfc88b407979.json b/change/@ni-nimble-components-78757500-8f52-4913-b98c-dfc88b407979.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..187a3de760
--- /dev/null
+++ b/change/@ni-nimble-components-78757500-8f52-4913-b98c-dfc88b407979.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+  "type": "patch",
+  "comment": "Allow very long words in banner to break to another line",
+  "packageName": "@ni/nimble-components",
+  "email": "7282195+m-akinc@users.noreply.github.com",
+  "dependentChangeType": "patch"
+}
diff --git a/packages/nimble-components/src/banner/styles.ts b/packages/nimble-components/src/banner/styles.ts
index a9c03a6e4a..9f471cc32d 100644
--- a/packages/nimble-components/src/banner/styles.ts
+++ b/packages/nimble-components/src/banner/styles.ts
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ export const styles = css`
         font-size: 12.8px;
         align-items: top;
         overflow: hidden;
+        overflow-wrap: anywhere;
     }
 
     :host(:not([open])) {
@@ -64,7 +65,6 @@ export const styles = css`
         display: inline;
         font-weight: bold;
         padding-right: 8px;
-        white-space: nowrap;
     }
 
     :host([title-hidden]) slot[name='title'] {
diff --git a/packages/storybook/src/nimble/banner/banner-matrix.stories.ts b/packages/storybook/src/nimble/banner/banner-matrix.stories.ts
index 3f927302f2..0cda09fa14 100644
--- a/packages/storybook/src/nimble/banner/banner-matrix.stories.ts
+++ b/packages/storybook/src/nimble/banner/banner-matrix.stories.ts
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ const component = (
         prevent-dismiss="${partsHidden}"
     >
         <span slot="title">${severityLabel} ${actionLabel} ${partsHiddenLabel} ${longTextLabel} ${longText ? loremIpsum.substring(0, 78) : ''}</span>
-        ${longText ? loremIpsum : 'This is message text.'}
+        ${longText ? `${loremIpsum} abcdedfghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzabcdedfghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzabcdedfghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzabcdedfghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz` : 'This is message text.'}
         ${when(() => linkVisible, html`
             <${anchorTag} slot="action" href="#">${longText ? loremIpsum.substring(0, 78) : 'Nimble anchor'}</${anchorTag}>
         `)}