diff --git a/.yarn/offline-mirror/sass-1.40.1.tgz b/.yarn/offline-mirror/sass-1.40.1.tgz
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6d8a76d1072
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diff --git a/.yarn/offline-mirror/sass-1.57.0.tgz b/.yarn/offline-mirror/sass-1.57.0.tgz
deleted file mode 100644
index 0407ed05050..00000000000
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diff --git a/packages/carbon-web-components/package.json b/packages/carbon-web-components/package.json
index 3dbb624bdf2..3a957bc83dd 100644
--- a/packages/carbon-web-components/package.json
+++ b/packages/carbon-web-components/package.json
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@
     "rollup-plugin-multi-input": "^1.3.1",
     "rollup-plugin-terser": "^7.0.2",
     "rtlcss": "^3.0.0",
-    "sass": "~1.57.0",
+    "sass": "~1.40.0",
     "sass-loader": "^10.0.0",
     "strip-comments": "^1.0.0",
     "style-loader": "^2.0.0",
diff --git a/packages/carbon-web-components/src/components/breadcrumb/breadcrumb.scss b/packages/carbon-web-components/src/components/breadcrumb/breadcrumb.scss
index aeccbbcdff4..e459bf9e6a4 100644
--- a/packages/carbon-web-components/src/components/breadcrumb/breadcrumb.scss
+++ b/packages/carbon-web-components/src/components/breadcrumb/breadcrumb.scss
@@ -17,13 +17,6 @@ $css--plex: true !default;
 
 :host(#{$prefix}-breadcrumb-item) {
   @extend .#{$prefix}--breadcrumb-item;
-
-  // TODO: see if we can remove this ::after section after v11 upgrade
-  &::after {
-    margin-left: $spacing-03;
-    color: $text-primary;
-    content: '/';
-  }
 }
 
 :host(#{$prefix}-breadcrumb-overflow-menu) {
diff --git a/packages/carbon-web-components/src/components/modal/modal.scss b/packages/carbon-web-components/src/components/modal/modal.scss
index 3ac9e44dcf3..b42244a4a4f 100644
--- a/packages/carbon-web-components/src/components/modal/modal.scss
+++ b/packages/carbon-web-components/src/components/modal/modal.scss
@@ -74,10 +74,6 @@
 
 :host(#{$prefix}-modal[open]) {
   @extend .#{$prefix}--modal, .is-visible;
-
-  // TODO: look into if following two lines are necessary after v11 upgrade
-  opacity: 1;
-  visibility: inherit;
 }
 
 :host(#{$prefix}-modal-header) {
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 30476f93dfb..d4d778fbb01 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -22546,14 +22546,12 @@ sass@^1.19.0:
     immutable "^4.0.0"
     source-map-js ">=0.6.2 <2.0.0"
 
-sass@~1.57.0:
-  version "1.57.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/sass/-/sass-1.57.0.tgz#64c4144ed4e1c0ccb96dc18aef2c424cdbc0c12b"
-  integrity sha512-IZNEJDTK1cF5B1cGA593TPAV/1S0ysUDxq9XHjX/+SMy0QfUny+nfUsq5ZP7wWSl4eEf7wDJcEZ8ABYFmh3m/w==
+sass@~1.40.0:
+  version "1.40.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/sass/-/sass-1.40.1.tgz#55d3fc38fe9dc579e7324ce0eb9185bede7992a9"
+  integrity sha512-M6WskYLzTfdZdb09W9SftIScjudL8jNkhdh9z96U+olQaKIcw2Knb6QLL9bUhnuSm4VD+1yJVaO2/ENDPMTtAQ==
   dependencies:
     chokidar ">=3.0.0 <4.0.0"
-    immutable "^4.0.0"
-    source-map-js ">=0.6.2 <2.0.0"
 
 sax@~1.2.1, sax@~1.2.4:
   version "1.2.4"