diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-theme/package.json b/packages/docusaurus-theme/package.json
index 4765cf70a60..5cfa3eece4e 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-theme/package.json
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-theme/package.json
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
     "@docusaurus/theme-common": "^3.5.2",
     "@docusaurus/utils-validation": "^3.5.2",
     "@elastic/datemath": "^5.0.3",
-    "@elastic/eui": "97.2.0",
+    "@elastic/eui": "workspace:^",
     "@elastic/eui-docgen": "workspace:^",
     "@emotion/css": "^11.11.2",
     "@emotion/react": "^11.11.4",
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-theme/src/components/theme_context/index.tsx b/packages/docusaurus-theme/src/components/theme_context/index.tsx
index d8a394fc8d5..a8740e58fb5 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-theme/src/components/theme_context/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-theme/src/components/theme_context/index.tsx
@@ -9,13 +9,13 @@ import { EUI_THEMES, EuiProvider, EuiThemeColorMode } from '@elastic/eui';
 
 import { EuiThemeOverrides } from './theme_overrides';
 
-const EUI_THEME_NAMES = EUI_THEMES.map(
-  ({ value }) => value
-) as EuiThemeColorMode[];
+const EUI_THEME_NAMES = EUI_THEMES.map(({ value }) => value);
 
 const defaultState = {
-  theme: EUI_THEME_NAMES[0] as EuiThemeColorMode,
+  theme: EUI_THEME_NAMES[0] as string,
+  colorMode: 'LIGHT' as EuiThemeColorMode,
   changeTheme: (themeValue: EuiThemeColorMode) => {},
+  changeColorMode: (colorMode: EuiThemeColorMode) => {},
 };
 
 export const AppThemeContext = createContext(defaultState);
@@ -24,25 +24,42 @@ export const AppThemeProvider: FunctionComponent<PropsWithChildren> = ({
   children,
 }) => {
   const isBrowser = useIsBrowser();
-  const [theme, setTheme] = useState<EuiThemeColorMode>(() => {
+
+  const [theme, setTheme] = useState<string>(() => {
     if (isBrowser) {
-      return localStorage.getItem('theme') as EuiThemeColorMode ?? defaultState.theme;
+      return (
+        (localStorage.getItem('theme') as EuiThemeColorMode) ??
+        defaultState.theme
+      );
     }
 
     return defaultState.theme;
   });
 
+  const [colorMode, setColorMode] = useState<EuiThemeColorMode>(() => {
+    if (isBrowser) {
+      return (
+        (localStorage.getItem('colorMode') as EuiThemeColorMode) ??
+        defaultState.colorMode
+      );
+    }
+
+    return defaultState.colorMode;
+  });
+
   return (
     <AppThemeContext.Provider
       value={{
-        theme,
+        theme: theme,
+        colorMode,
         changeTheme: setTheme,
+        changeColorMode: setColorMode,
       }}
     >
       <EuiProvider
         globalStyles={false}
         modify={EuiThemeOverrides}
-        colorMode={theme}
+        colorMode={colorMode}
       >
         {children}
       </EuiProvider>
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-theme/src/theme/ColorModeToggle/index.tsx b/packages/docusaurus-theme/src/theme/ColorModeToggle/index.tsx
index aaefb2441bc..da32abef6cd 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-theme/src/theme/ColorModeToggle/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-theme/src/theme/ColorModeToggle/index.tsx
@@ -17,20 +17,20 @@ function ColorModeToggle({
   onChange,
   ...rest
 }: WrappedProps): JSX.Element {
-  const { theme, changeTheme } = useContext(AppThemeContext);
+  const { colorMode, changeColorMode } = useContext(AppThemeContext);
 
   useEffect(() => {
-    changeTheme(value);
+    changeColorMode;
   }, []);
 
-  const handleOnChange = (themeName: EuiThemeColorMode) => {
-    changeTheme(themeName);
-    onChange?.(themeName);
+  const handleOnChange = (colorMode: EuiThemeColorMode) => {
+    changeColorMode(colorMode);
+    onChange?.(colorMode);
   };
 
   return (
     <OriginalColorModeToggle
-      value={theme}
+      value={colorMode}
       onChange={handleOnChange}
       {...rest}
     />
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 7640422046e..09c7b153432 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -4609,7 +4609,7 @@ __metadata:
     "@docusaurus/types": "npm:^3.5.2"
     "@docusaurus/utils-validation": "npm:^3.5.2"
     "@elastic/datemath": "npm:^5.0.3"
-    "@elastic/eui": "npm:97.2.0"
+    "@elastic/eui": "workspace:^"
     "@elastic/eui-docgen": "workspace:^"
     "@emotion/css": "npm:^11.11.2"
     "@emotion/react": "npm:^11.11.4"
@@ -4676,57 +4676,6 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: unknown
   linkType: soft
 
-"@elastic/eui@npm:97.2.0":
-  version: 97.2.0
-  resolution: "@elastic/eui@npm:97.2.0"
-  dependencies:
-    "@hello-pangea/dnd": "npm:^16.6.0"
-    "@types/lodash": "npm:^4.14.202"
-    "@types/numeral": "npm:^2.0.5"
-    "@types/react-window": "npm:^1.8.8"
-    "@types/refractor": "npm:^3.4.0"
-    chroma-js: "npm:^2.4.2"
-    classnames: "npm:^2.5.1"
-    lodash: "npm:^4.17.21"
-    mdast-util-to-hast: "npm:^10.2.0"
-    numeral: "npm:^2.0.6"
-    prop-types: "npm:^15.8.1"
-    react-dropzone: "npm:^11.7.1"
-    react-element-to-jsx-string: "npm:^15.0.0"
-    react-focus-on: "npm:^3.9.1"
-    react-is: "npm:^17.0.2"
-    react-remove-scroll-bar: "npm:^2.3.4"
-    react-virtualized-auto-sizer: "npm:^1.0.24"
-    react-window: "npm:^1.8.10"
-    refractor: "npm:^3.6.0"
-    rehype-raw: "npm:^5.1.0"
-    rehype-react: "npm:^6.2.1"
-    rehype-stringify: "npm:^8.0.0"
-    remark-breaks: "npm:^2.0.2"
-    remark-emoji: "npm:^2.1.0"
-    remark-parse-no-trim: "npm:^8.0.4"
-    remark-rehype: "npm:^8.1.0"
-    tabbable: "npm:^5.3.3"
-    text-diff: "npm:^1.0.1"
-    unified: "npm:^9.2.2"
-    unist-util-visit: "npm:^2.0.3"
-    url-parse: "npm:^1.5.10"
-    uuid: "npm:^8.3.0"
-    vfile: "npm:^4.2.1"
-  peerDependencies:
-    "@elastic/datemath": ^5.0.2
-    "@emotion/css": 11.x
-    "@emotion/react": 11.x
-    "@types/react": ^16.9 || ^17.0 || ^18.0
-    "@types/react-dom": ^16.9 || ^17.0 || ^18.0
-    moment: ^2.13.0
-    react: ^16.12 || ^17.0 || ^18.0
-    react-dom: ^16.12 || ^17.0 || ^18.0
-    typescript: ~4.5.3 || ^5
-  checksum: 10c0/c8fed61d39cc6d06f00caf8234b97e9579ca4d11d7bf0d3cf4cb5d09a6782d8866a7db66b02d3d5eb4f2947a213aca03837b38b166020d21c9bda2e7eb20ad11
-  languageName: node
-  linkType: hard
-
 "@elastic/eui@workspace:^, @elastic/eui@workspace:packages/eui":
   version: 0.0.0-use.local
   resolution: "@elastic/eui@workspace:packages/eui"