diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-theme-classic/src/theme/NavbarItem/DocsVersionDropdownNavbarItem.tsx b/packages/docusaurus-theme-classic/src/theme/NavbarItem/DocsVersionDropdownNavbarItem.tsx
index 831e6fb06b07..1b4d7018308d 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-theme-classic/src/theme/NavbarItem/DocsVersionDropdownNavbarItem.tsx
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-theme-classic/src/theme/NavbarItem/DocsVersionDropdownNavbarItem.tsx
@@ -10,10 +10,8 @@ import {
   useVersions,
   useActiveDocContext,
 } from '@docusaurus/plugin-content-docs/client';
-import {
-  useDocsPreferredVersion,
-  useDocsVersionCandidates,
-} from '@docusaurus/theme-common/internal';
+import {useDocsPreferredVersion} from '@docusaurus/theme-common';
+import {useDocsVersionCandidates} from '@docusaurus/theme-common/internal';
 import {translate} from '@docusaurus/Translate';
 import DefaultNavbarItem from '@theme/NavbarItem/DefaultNavbarItem';
 import DropdownNavbarItem from '@theme/NavbarItem/DropdownNavbarItem';
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-theme-common/src/index.ts b/packages/docusaurus-theme-common/src/index.ts
index 9cc56897fe0a..1b450b8182b3 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-theme-common/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-theme-common/src/index.ts
@@ -73,3 +73,5 @@ export {isRegexpStringMatch} from './utils/regexpUtils';
 export {duplicates, uniq} from './utils/jsUtils';
 
 export {usePrismTheme} from './hooks/usePrismTheme';
+
+export {useDocsPreferredVersion} from './contexts/docsPreferredVersion';
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-theme-common/src/internal.ts b/packages/docusaurus-theme-common/src/internal.ts
index fc795f847dc6..8c2d4b9fd128 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-theme-common/src/internal.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-theme-common/src/internal.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ export {DocsSidebarProvider, useDocsSidebar} from './contexts/docsSidebar';
 export {DocProvider, useDoc, type DocContextValue} from './contexts/doc';
 
 export {
-  useDocsPreferredVersion,
   useDocsPreferredVersionByPluginId,
   DocsPreferredVersionContextProvider,
 } from './contexts/docsPreferredVersion';
diff --git a/website/src/components/Versions.tsx b/website/src/components/Versions.tsx
index 98ff4f968231..9542c88a8328 100644
--- a/website/src/components/Versions.tsx
+++ b/website/src/components/Versions.tsx
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import React, {
   useRef,
   type ReactNode,
 } from 'react';
-import {useDocsPreferredVersion} from '@docusaurus/theme-common/internal';
+import {useDocsPreferredVersion} from '@docusaurus/theme-common';
 import {useVersions} from '@docusaurus/plugin-content-docs/client';
 import Translate from '@docusaurus/Translate';
 import CodeBlock from '@theme/CodeBlock';