diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/backoffice/shared/components/table/table.element.ts b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/backoffice/shared/components/table/table.element.ts
index 722377a020..43d33d331e 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/backoffice/shared/components/table/table.element.ts
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/backoffice/shared/components/table/table.element.ts
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ export class UmbTableElement extends LitElement {
 				top: 0;
 				background: white;
 				z-index: 1;
+				background-color: var(--uui-color-surface);
 			}
 
 			uui-table-row uui-checkbox {