diff --git a/docs/en/docs/css/custom.css b/docs/en/docs/css/custom.css
index e15169713e..0562b4836e 100644
--- a/docs/en/docs/css/custom.css
+++ b/docs/en/docs/css/custom.css
@@ -3,14 +3,14 @@
 /* Noto Color Emoji for emoji support with the same font everywhere */
 @import url(https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Noto+Color+Emoji&display=swap);
 
-/* Override default code font in Material for MkDocs to Fira Code */
+/* Use Fira Code for code blocks */
 :root {
     --md-code-font: "Fira Code", monospace, "Noto Color Emoji";
 }
 
-/* Override default regular font in Material for MkDocs to include Noto Color Emoji */
+/* Keep the modern theme font and include Noto Color Emoji */
 :root {
-    --md-text-font: "Roboto", "Noto Color Emoji";
+    --md-text-font: "Inter", "Noto Color Emoji";
 }
 
 .termynal-comment {
@@ -151,13 +151,20 @@ a[data-internal-link][target="_blank"]:not(:has(img)):not(.no-link-icon):not(.an
   text-align: center;
 }
 
+/* Keep FastAPI's announcement banner dark in both color schemes. */
+[data-md-component="announce"] .md-banner {
+  color: #fff;
+  background-color: #212121;
+}
+
 a.announce-link:link,
 a.announce-link:visited {
-  color: #fff;
+  color: inherit;
 }
 
 a.announce-link:hover {
-  color: var(--md-accent-fg-color);
+  color: inherit;
+  text-decoration: underline;
 }
 
 .announce-wrapper {
diff --git a/docs/en/mkdocs.yml b/docs/en/mkdocs.yml
index e7693055ff..d373d3c83f 100644
--- a/docs/en/mkdocs.yml
+++ b/docs/en/mkdocs.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ site_name: FastAPI
 site_description: FastAPI framework, high performance, easy to learn, fast to code, ready for production
 site_url: https://fastapi.tiangolo.com/
 theme:
-  variant: classic
+  variant: modern
   name: material
   custom_dir: overrides
   palette:
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ theme:
   - toc.follow
   icon:
     repo: octicons/mark-github-24
-  logo: img/icon-white.svg
+  logo: img/favicon.png
   favicon: img/favicon.png
   language: en
 repo_name: fastapi/fastapi