diff --git a/crates/moon-ui-components/src/moon/data_table.rs b/crates/moon-ui-components/src/moon/data_table.rs
index e59be0a..9887864 100644
--- a/crates/moon-ui-components/src/moon/data_table.rs
+++ b/crates/moon-ui-components/src/moon/data_table.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ use std::{collections::HashMap, rc::Rc};
 use gpui::prelude::FluentBuilder;
 use gpui::*;
 
-use crate::window_ext::WindowExt as _;
+use crate::{ActiveTheme as _, window_ext::WindowExt as _};
 
 use super::{
     background::MoonBackgroundPolicy,
@@ -1306,7 +1306,7 @@ impl RenderOnce for MoonDataTable {
                     .w_full()
                     .h(px(row_height))
                     .cursor_pointer()
-                    .hover(|this| this.bg(rgba_from(p.panel_high, 0.28)))
+                    .hover(|this| this.bg(cx.theme().table_hover))
                     .on_click({
                         let on_select_row = on_select_row.clone();
                         move |event, window, cx| {
diff --git a/crates/moon-ui-components/src/moon/data_table/tests.rs b/crates/moon-ui-components/src/moon/data_table/tests.rs
index 104b7c3..d66b517 100644
--- a/crates/moon-ui-components/src/moon/data_table/tests.rs
+++ b/crates/moon-ui-components/src/moon/data_table/tests.rs
@@ -186,6 +186,24 @@ fn horizontal_scrollbar_visibility_reaches_the_overlay() {
     );
 }
 
+/// Catches restoring the translucent palette hardcode in the row hover path. That regression makes
+/// the hovered Screener row nearly indistinguishable in both themes instead of using the shared,
+/// opaque `table_hover` role chosen by the active theme.
+#[test]
+fn data_table_row_hover_uses_the_semantic_theme_role() {
+    let source = include_str!("../data_table.rs");
+    let implementation = source.split("#[cfg(test)]").next().unwrap_or(source);
+
+    assert!(
+        implementation.contains(".hover(|this| this.bg(cx.theme().table_hover))"),
+        "MoonDataTable rows must use the shared table_hover theme role"
+    );
+    assert!(
+        !implementation.contains(".hover(|this| this.bg(rgba_from(p.panel_high, 0.28)))"),
+        "MoonDataTable must not weaken row hover with a local translucent palette override"
+    );
+}
+
 /// Catches replacing `data_table.rs:MoonDataTable` root-owned context-menu dispatch with a local
 /// child overlay, which would put menus behind neighboring panels and break outside dismissal.
 #[test]