diff --git a/CHANGELOG.txt b/CHANGELOG.txt
index 638709640d..475ca24597 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.txt
+++ b/CHANGELOG.txt
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ Changelog
  * Docs: Document Wagtail's bug bounty policy (Jake Howard)
  * Maintenance: Use `DjangoJSONEncoder` instead of custom `LazyStringEncoder` to serialize Draftail config (Sage Abdullah)
  * Maintenance: Refactor image chooser pagination to check `WAGTAILIMAGES_CHOOSER_PAGE_SIZE` at runtime (Matt Westcott)
+ * Maintenance: Exclude the `client/scss` directory in Tailwind content config to speed up CSS compilation (Sage Abdullah)
 
 
 6.1.1 (xx.xx.xxxx) - IN DEVELOPMENT
diff --git a/docs/releases/6.2.md b/docs/releases/6.2.md
index a412bb49a4..4547f6b059 100644
--- a/docs/releases/6.2.md
+++ b/docs/releases/6.2.md
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ depth: 1
 
  * Use `DjangoJSONEncoder` instead of custom `LazyStringEncoder` to serialize Draftail config (Sage Abdullah)
  * Refactor image chooser pagination to check `WAGTAILIMAGES_CHOOSER_PAGE_SIZE` at runtime (Matt Westcott)
+ * Exclude the `client/scss` directory in Tailwind content config to speed up CSS compilation (Sage Abdullah)
 
 
 ## Upgrade considerations - changes affecting all projects
diff --git a/tailwind.config.js b/tailwind.config.js
index 45473dedaf..99bcd76569 100644
--- a/tailwind.config.js
+++ b/tailwind.config.js
@@ -8,7 +8,12 @@ module.exports = {
   content: [
     './wagtail/**/*.{py,html,ts,tsx}',
     './wagtail/**/static_src/**/*.js',
-    './client/**/*.{js,ts,tsx,mdx}',
+    // Make sure NOT to include the `client/scss` directory,
+    // even if we don't specify `*.scss` files here.
+    // The directory would still be scanned for files, which would cause
+    // the styles to rebuild in a loop.
+    // https://tailwindcss.com/docs/content-configuration#styles-rebuild-in-an-infinite-loop
+    './client/src/**/*.{js,ts,tsx,mdx}',
     './docs/**/*.{md,rst}',
   ],
   corePlugins: {