diff --git a/packages/osd-ui-shared-deps/theme_config.d.ts b/packages/osd-ui-shared-deps/theme_config.d.ts
index ff88a4965aca..ecb3a77c0d79 100644
--- a/packages/osd-ui-shared-deps/theme_config.d.ts
+++ b/packages/osd-ui-shared-deps/theme_config.d.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,16 @@ export const themeVersionLabelMap: Record<string, string>;
  */
 export const themeVersionValueMap: Record<string, string>;
 
+/**
+ * List of theme schema values
+ */
+export const themeSchemaValues: string[];
+
+/**
+ * List of theme options
+ */
+export const themeOptions: string[];
+
 /**
  * Theme CSS distributable filenames by themeVersion and themeMode
  * Note: used by bootstrap template
diff --git a/packages/osd-ui-shared-deps/theme_config.js b/packages/osd-ui-shared-deps/theme_config.js
index 0ccd422e321d..7abc3f6bfa81 100644
--- a/packages/osd-ui-shared-deps/theme_config.js
+++ b/packages/osd-ui-shared-deps/theme_config.js
@@ -25,12 +25,21 @@ const THEME_VERSION_VALUE_MAP = {
 const THEME_VERSIONS = Object.keys(THEME_VERSION_LABEL_MAP);
 const THEME_TAGS = THEME_VERSIONS.flatMap((v) => THEME_MODES.map((m) => `${v}${m}`));
 
+// Setup theme options to be backwards compatible with the fact that v8 was persisted with its
+// label rather than with the correct themeVersion value
+const THEME_SCHEMA_VALUES = THEME_VERSIONS.concat(THEME_VERSION_LABEL_MAP.v8);
+const THEME_OPTIONS = THEME_VERSIONS.map((v) => (v !== 'v8' ? v : THEME_VERSION_LABEL_MAP.v8));
+
 exports.themeVersionLabelMap = THEME_VERSION_LABEL_MAP;
 
 exports.themeVersionValueMap = THEME_VERSION_VALUE_MAP;
 
 exports.themeTags = THEME_TAGS;
 
+exports.themeSchemaValues = THEME_SCHEMA_VALUES;
+
+exports.themeOptions = THEME_OPTIONS;
+
 exports.themeCssDistFilenames = THEME_VERSIONS.reduce((map, v) => {
   map[v] = THEME_MODES.reduce((acc, m) => {
     acc[m] = `osd-ui-shared-deps.${v}.${m}.css`;
diff --git a/src/core/server/ui_settings/settings/theme.test.ts b/src/core/server/ui_settings/settings/theme.test.ts
index 05c07372d1a7..5e6ea67aefc5 100644
--- a/src/core/server/ui_settings/settings/theme.test.ts
+++ b/src/core/server/ui_settings/settings/theme.test.ts
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ describe('theme settings', () => {
 
     it('should only accept valid values', () => {
       expect(() => validate('v7')).not.toThrow();
+      expect(() => validate('v8')).not.toThrow();
+      expect(() => validate('v9')).not.toThrow();
       expect(() => validate('Next (preview)')).not.toThrow();
       expect(() => validate('v12')).toThrowErrorMatchingInlineSnapshot(`
         "types that failed validation:
diff --git a/src/core/server/ui_settings/settings/theme.ts b/src/core/server/ui_settings/settings/theme.ts
index 8e7813943003..c81a10f38be3 100644
--- a/src/core/server/ui_settings/settings/theme.ts
+++ b/src/core/server/ui_settings/settings/theme.ts
@@ -30,17 +30,11 @@
 
 import { schema } from '@osd/config-schema';
 import { i18n } from '@osd/i18n';
-import { themeVersionLabelMap } from '@osd/ui-shared-deps';
+import { themeVersionLabelMap, themeSchemaValues, themeOptions } from '@osd/ui-shared-deps';
 import type { Type } from '@osd/config-schema';
 import { UiSettingsParams } from '../../../types';
 import { DEFAULT_THEME_VERSION } from '../ui_settings_config';
 
-// Setup theme options to be backwards compatible with the fact that v8 was persisted with its
-// label rather than with the correct themeVersion value
-const THEME_VERSIONS = Object.keys(themeVersionLabelMap);
-const THEME_SCHEMA_VALUES = THEME_VERSIONS.concat(themeVersionLabelMap.v8);
-const THEME_OPTIONS = THEME_VERSIONS.map((v) => (v !== 'v8' ? v : themeVersionLabelMap.v8));
-
 export const getThemeSettings = (): Record<string, UiSettingsParams> => {
   return {
     'theme:enableUserControl': {
@@ -79,7 +73,7 @@ export const getThemeSettings = (): Record<string, UiSettingsParams> => {
           ? themeVersionLabelMap[DEFAULT_THEME_VERSION]
           : DEFAULT_THEME_VERSION,
       type: 'select',
-      options: THEME_OPTIONS,
+      options: themeOptions,
       optionLabels: themeVersionLabelMap,
       description: i18n.translate('core.ui_settings.params.themeVersionText', {
         defaultMessage: `<p>Switch between the themes used for the current and next versions of OpenSearch Dashboards. A page refresh is required for the setting to be applied.</p><p><a href="{href}">{linkText}</a></p>`,
@@ -91,7 +85,7 @@ export const getThemeSettings = (): Record<string, UiSettingsParams> => {
       requiresPageReload: true,
       preferBrowserSetting: true,
       category: ['appearance'],
-      schema: schema.oneOf(THEME_SCHEMA_VALUES.map((v) => schema.literal(v)) as [Type<string>]),
+      schema: schema.oneOf(themeSchemaValues.map((v) => schema.literal(v)) as [Type<string>]),
     },
   };
 };
diff --git a/src/core/server/ui_settings/ui_settings_config.ts b/src/core/server/ui_settings/ui_settings_config.ts
index 4be80102e9d7..32dc9fb9dd36 100644
--- a/src/core/server/ui_settings/ui_settings_config.ts
+++ b/src/core/server/ui_settings/ui_settings_config.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@
  * under the License.
  */
 
-import { schema, TypeOf } from '@osd/config-schema';
+import { schema, TypeOf, Type } from '@osd/config-schema';
+import { themeOptions } from '@osd/ui-shared-deps';
 import { ConfigDeprecationProvider } from 'src/core/server';
 import { ServiceConfigDescriptor } from '../internal_types';
 
@@ -59,7 +60,7 @@ const configSchema = schema.object({
   defaults: schema.object({
     'theme:darkMode': schema.maybe(schema.boolean({ defaultValue: false })),
     'theme:version': schema.maybe(
-      schema.oneOf([schema.literal('v7'), schema.literal('Next (preview)')], {
+      schema.oneOf(themeOptions.map((option) => schema.literal(option)) as [Type<string>], {
         defaultValue: 'Next (preview)',
       })
     ),