diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 23e2cbc..65d6885 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
         "@next/mdx": "15.5.18",
         "@orangecheck/auth-client": "^2.17.2",
         "@orangecheck/auth-core": "^2.4.0",
-        "@orangecheck/design": "^0.7.0",
+        "@orangecheck/design": "^0.8.0",
         "@orangecheck/wallet-adapter": "^0.4.0",
         "@radix-ui/react-dialog": "^1.1.15",
         "@radix-ui/react-separator": "^1.1.7",
diff --git a/src/pages/_app.tsx b/src/pages/_app.tsx
index c3657e8..01b935b 100644
--- a/src/pages/_app.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/_app.tsx
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ export default function App({ Component, pageProps }: AppProps) {
             disableTransitionOnChange
         >
             <OcThemeBridge />
-            <OcThemeProvider>
+            {/* docs is reading-heavy — keep the ambient aurora faint behind long prose */}
+            <OcThemeProvider aurora={{ intensity: 0.5 }}>
                 <Seo />
                 <OcSessionProvider>
                     <MDXProvider components={components}>
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 85ca655..ef00d2a 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -631,10 +631,10 @@
   dependencies:
     jose "^6.2.2"
 
-"@orangecheck/design@^0.7.0":
-  version "0.7.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/@orangecheck/design/-/design-0.7.0.tgz#03480c07e473e18a2824d2bd2f2e746a7af18713"
-  integrity sha512-LontrPZWurf76oTD7ENjiMCAt3PnJslPsM+F+voXg3YFPo/AUWpdjefUUw46YqZTII2wIMUZY0N36pAh8BzJog==
+"@orangecheck/design@^0.8.0":
+  version "0.8.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/@orangecheck/design/-/design-0.8.0.tgz#75c44f3bedc38615d0d7cdde82c780578ee1c787"
+  integrity sha512-0UWph4LtoDekv4Wpi+JjmXc6KSYMW0Q6yLN/beIvOgiOPQWfa2rTg1l3kgd+vnTSd3aUd2zcIsLVMBnNSmL33g==
   dependencies:
     "@radix-ui/react-accordion" "^1.2.12"
     "@radix-ui/react-checkbox" "^1"