diff --git a/packages/victory-tooltip/src/victory-tooltip.test.tsx b/packages/victory-tooltip/src/victory-tooltip.test.tsx
index ab21213e9..a891853aa 100644
--- a/packages/victory-tooltip/src/victory-tooltip.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/victory-tooltip/src/victory-tooltip.test.tsx
@@ -54,6 +54,35 @@ describe("components/victory-tooltip", () => {
     expect(flyout).toBeInTheDocument();
   });
 
+  it("passes lineHeight from the style to the label component", () => {
+    const style = { lineHeight: 2, fontSize: 12 };
+    render(
+      <VictoryTooltip
+        {...baseProps}
+        style={style}
+        labelComponent={
+          <VictoryLabel
+            data-testid={labelId}
+            text={"line one\nline two"}
+          />
+        }
+      />,
+      {
+        wrapper: VictoryContainer as React.JSXElementConstructor<{
+          children: React.ReactNode;
+        }>,
+      },
+    );
+    const label = screen.getByTestId(labelId);
+    expect(label).toBeInTheDocument();
+    // The second line's tspan dy should reflect the lineHeight multiplier,
+    // not fall back to the default of 1.
+    const tspans = label.querySelectorAll("tspan");
+    const secondLineDy = tspans[1].getAttribute("dy");
+    expect(secondLineDy).not.toBeNull();
+    expect(parseInt(secondLineDy!, 10)).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+  });
+
   describe("event handling", () => {
     it("attaches an to the flyout object", () => {
       const clickHandler = jest.fn();
diff --git a/packages/victory-tooltip/src/victory-tooltip.tsx b/packages/victory-tooltip/src/victory-tooltip.tsx
index 3479d9137..97d4ae77e 100644
--- a/packages/victory-tooltip/src/victory-tooltip.tsx
+++ b/packages/victory-tooltip/src/victory-tooltip.tsx
@@ -500,6 +500,14 @@ export class VictoryTooltip extends React.Component<VictoryTooltipProps> {
       (Array.isArray(style) && style.length
         ? style[0].textAnchor
         : style.textAnchor) || "middle";
+    // VictoryLabel reads `lineHeight` from props, not from `style`. When the
+    // theme supplies `tooltip.style.lineHeight`, it is only applied to the
+    // flyout height — not to the text positioning — unless we lift it out of
+    // the style object and pass it through explicitly.
+    const lineHeight =
+      Array.isArray(style) && style.length
+        ? style.map((s) => s.lineHeight)
+        : style.lineHeight;
     const getLabelX = () => {
       if (!textAnchor || textAnchor === "middle") {
         return flyoutCenter.x;
@@ -515,6 +523,7 @@ export class VictoryTooltip extends React.Component<VictoryTooltipProps> {
       textAnchor,
       dy,
       dx,
+      lineHeight,
       style,
       x: getLabelX() + (flyoutPadding.left - flyoutPadding.right) / 2,
       y: flyoutCenter.y + (flyoutPadding.top - flyoutPadding.bottom) / 2,