diff --git a/src/material/core/tokens/m2/mdc/_dialog.scss b/src/material/core/tokens/m2/mdc/_dialog.scss
index 101e344bc8d8..33468337883e 100644
--- a/src/material/core/tokens/m2/mdc/_dialog.scss
+++ b/src/material/core/tokens/m2/mdc/_dialog.scss
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ $prefix: (mdc, dialog);
     headline-size: null,
     headline-tracking: null,
     headline-weight: null,
+    z-index: null,
   );
 }
 
diff --git a/src/material/core/tokens/tests/test-validate-tokens.scss b/src/material/core/tokens/tests/test-validate-tokens.scss
index 5b656e09ff07..2baed37c1c66 100644
--- a/src/material/core/tokens/tests/test-validate-tokens.scss
+++ b/src/material/core/tokens/tests/test-validate-tokens.scss
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 @use '@material/tab/tab-theme' as mdc-tab-theme;
 @use '@material/snackbar/snackbar-theme' as mdc-snackbar-theme;
 @use '@material/chips/chip-theme' as mdc-chips-theme;
+@use '@material/dialog/dialog-theme' as mdc-dialog-theme;
 @use '@material/theme/validate' as mdc-validate;
 
 @use '../m2/mdc/circular-progress' as tokens-mdc-circular-progress;
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@
 @use '../m2/mdc/tab' as tokens-mdc-tab;
 @use '../m2/mdc/snack-bar' as tokens-mdc-snack-bar;
 @use '../m2/mdc/chip' as tokens-mdc-chip;
+@use '../m2/mdc/dialog' as tokens-mdc-dialog;
 
 @mixin validate-slots($component, $slots, $reference) {
   @debug 'Validating #{$component}...';
@@ -114,3 +116,8 @@
   $slots: tokens-mdc-chip.get-token-slots(),
   $reference: mdc-chips-theme.$light-theme
 );
+@include validate-slots(
+  $component: 'm2.mdc.dialog',
+  $slots: tokens-mdc-dialog.get-token-slots(),
+  $reference: mdc-dialog-theme.$light-theme
+);