diff --git a/docs/changelog.md b/docs/changelog.md
index ad9e3e29..a271e0b6 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.md
+++ b/docs/changelog.md
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
 ### 🧰 Maintenance
 
 * Build the docs with the shared scverse theme and configuration from `scverse-doc`, with the logo blue as its accent for links and highlights ([#1179](https://github.com/scverse/pertpy/pull/1179)) @Zethson
+* The docs take their accents from the scverse-doc registry and colour the sidebar captions in the logo red ([#1182](https://github.com/scverse/pertpy/pull/1182)) @Zethson
 
 ## v1.4.0
 
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index d84612c2..f4a68df8 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
 typehints_defaults = "comma"
 
 html_logo = "_static/pertpy_logo.svg"
-html_theme_options = {"accent": "#30679a"}
+html_theme_options = {"secondary_accent": True}
 
 html_static_path = ["_static"]
 html_extra_path = ["llms.txt"]
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 4d2ee6ea..c4409145 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ dev = [
 doc = [
     "docutils>=0.8",
     "sphinx>=8.1",
-    "scverse-doc[full]>=0.2.4",
+    "scverse-doc[full]>=0.3.0",
     "sphinxcontrib-bibtex>=1.0.0",
     "sphinx-issues",
     "sphinx-gallery",