diff --git a/ui/src/css/toc.css b/ui/src/css/toc.css
index acf3d8eda0..f313fd07d8 100644
--- a/ui/src/css/toc.css
+++ b/ui/src/css/toc.css
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   margin-top: -2.1rem;
   margin-right: 0.75rem;
   position: sticky;
-  top: calc(var(--spacing) * 35);
+  top: var(--toc-top);
 }
 
 .toc .toc-menu h3 {
diff --git a/ui/src/css/vars.css b/ui/src/css/vars.css
index f9a6854e2b..39b7b3fdb1 100644
--- a/ui/src/css/vars.css
+++ b/ui/src/css/vars.css
@@ -134,8 +134,8 @@
   --nav-panel-menu-height: calc(100% - var(--drawer-height));
   --nav-panel-explore-height: calc(50% + var(--drawer-height));
   --nav-width: calc(270 / var(--rem-base) * 1rem);
-  --toc-top: calc(var(--body-top) + var(--toolbar-height));
-  --toc-height: calc(100vh - var(--toc-top) - 2.5rem);
+--toc-top: calc(var(--spacing) * 35); /* Empirically determined position: navbar + toolbar + additional spacing (≈8.75rem vs logical 6rem) */
+--toc-height: calc(100vh - var(--toc-top) - 6.2rem);
   --toc-width: calc(265 / var(--rem-base) * 1rem);
   --toc-width--widescreen: calc(474 / var(--rem-base) * 1rem);
   --doc-max-width: calc(720 / var(--rem-base) * 1rem);