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diff --git a/packages/eui/changelogs/upcoming/8220.md b/packages/eui/changelogs/upcoming/8220.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..46495ab6c2c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/eui/changelogs/upcoming/8220.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+**Bug fixes**
+
+- Made EuiDataGrid content container background transparent.
diff --git a/packages/eui/src/components/datagrid/data_grid.styles.ts b/packages/eui/src/components/datagrid/data_grid.styles.ts
index c4ea49a6c85..49b92c8782b 100644
--- a/packages/eui/src/components/datagrid/data_grid.styles.ts
+++ b/packages/eui/src/components/datagrid/data_grid.styles.ts
@@ -211,7 +211,6 @@ export const euiDataGridStyles = (euiThemeContext: UseEuiTheme) => {
       ${logicalSizeCSS('100%')}
       ${logicalCSS('max-width', '100%')}
       overflow: hidden;
-      background-color: ${euiTheme.colors.body};
       font-feature-settings: 'tnum' 1; /* Tabular numbers */
     `,
     // Wrapper around EuiDataGrid