diff --git a/R/navbar.R b/R/navbar.R
index 9b4300ec0..3a48307df 100644
--- a/R/navbar.R
+++ b/R/navbar.R
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ navbar_style <- function(navbar = list(), theme = "_default", bs_version = 3) {
     bg <- navbar$bg %||% bootswatch_bg[[theme]] %||% "light"
     type <- navbar$type %||% if (bg == "light") "light" else "dark"
 
-    list(bg = bg, is_dark = type == "dark")
+    list(bg = bg, type = type)
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/inst/BS5/templates/navbar.html b/inst/BS5/templates/navbar.html
index 82da65810..3b4c9d09d 100644
--- a/inst/BS5/templates/navbar.html
+++ b/inst/BS5/templates/navbar.html
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {{#navbar}}
-<nav class="navbar navbar-expand-lg fixed-top bg-{{{bg}}}" {{#is_dark}}data-bs-theme="dark"{{/is_dark}} aria-label="{{#translate}}{{site_nav}}{{/translate}}">
+<nav class="navbar navbar-expand-lg fixed-top {{#bg}}bg-{{{.}}}{{/bg}}" {{#type}}data-bs-theme="{{{.}}}"{{/type}} aria-label="{{#translate}}{{site_nav}}{{/translate}}">
   <div class="container">
     {{#includes}}{{{before_title}}}{{/includes}}
     <a class="navbar-brand me-2" href="{{#site}}{{root}}{{/site}}index.html">{{#site}}{{title}}{{/site}}</a>
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-navbar.R b/tests/testthat/test-navbar.R
index 932a9765a..7d2575191 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-navbar.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-navbar.R
@@ -143,19 +143,20 @@ test_that("data_navbar() errors with bad left/right", {
    expect_snapshot(data_navbar(pkg), error = TRUE)
 })
 
+
 test_that("for bs4, default bg and type come from bootswatch", {
   style <- navbar_style(bs_version = 5)
-  expect_equal(style, list(bg = "light", is_dark = FALSE))
+  expect_equal(style, list(bg = "light", type = "light"))
 
   style <- navbar_style(theme = "cyborg", bs_version = 5)
-  expect_equal(style, list(bg = "dark", is_dark = TRUE))
+  expect_equal(style, list(bg = "dark", type = "dark"))
 
   # but can override
   style <- navbar_style(list(bg = "primary"), bs_version = 5)
-  expect_equal(style, list(bg = "primary", is_dark = TRUE))
+  expect_equal(style, list(bg = "primary", type = "dark"))
 
   style <- navbar_style(list(bg = "primary", type = "light"), bs_version = 5)
-  expect_equal(style, list(bg = "primary", is_dark = FALSE))
+  expect_equal(style, list(bg = "primary", type = "light"))
 })
 
 test_that("render_navbar_links BS3 & BS4 default", {