diff --git a/res/themes/dark/css/_dark.scss b/res/themes/dark/css/_dark.scss
index 5b4b791804..1ffd337a3b 100644
--- a/res/themes/dark/css/_dark.scss
+++ b/res/themes/dark/css/_dark.scss
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ $roomtile-transparent-focused-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1);
 
 $panel-divider-color: $header-panel-border-color;
 
-$widget-menu-bar-bg-color: $search-bg-color;
+$widget-menu-bar-bg-color: $header-panel-bg-color;
 
 // event redaction
 $event-redacted-fg-color: #606060;