diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 39f0898cf9b97..2cf2336e8dfed 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@
     "@elastic/ecs": "^8.11.1",
     "@elastic/elasticsearch": "^8.15.0",
     "@elastic/ems-client": "8.5.3",
-    "@elastic/eui": "97.0.0",
+    "@elastic/eui": "97.0.0-backport.0",
     "@elastic/filesaver": "1.1.2",
     "@elastic/node-crypto": "1.2.1",
     "@elastic/numeral": "^2.5.1",
diff --git a/src/dev/license_checker/config.ts b/src/dev/license_checker/config.ts
index ce399520cbc12..59bf71885474c 100644
--- a/src/dev/license_checker/config.ts
+++ b/src/dev/license_checker/config.ts
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ export const LICENSE_OVERRIDES = {
   'jsts@1.6.2': ['Eclipse Distribution License - v 1.0'], // cf. https://github.com/bjornharrtell/jsts
   '@mapbox/jsonlint-lines-primitives@2.0.2': ['MIT'], // license in readme https://github.com/tmcw/jsonlint
   '@elastic/ems-client@8.5.3': ['Elastic License 2.0'],
-  '@elastic/eui@97.0.0': ['Elastic License 2.0 OR AGPL-3.0-only OR SSPL-1.0'],
+  '@elastic/eui@97.0.0-backport.0': ['Elastic License 2.0 OR AGPL-3.0-only OR SSPL-1.0'],
   'language-subtag-registry@0.3.21': ['CC-BY-4.0'], // retired ODC‑By license https://github.com/mattcg/language-subtag-registry
   'buffers@0.1.1': ['MIT'], // license in importing module https://www.npmjs.com/package/binary
   '@bufbuild/protobuf@1.2.1': ['Apache-2.0'], // license (Apache-2.0 AND BSD-3-Clause)
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index aba858f085603..f3b5797f84204 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -1753,10 +1753,10 @@
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@elastic/eslint-plugin-eui/-/eslint-plugin-eui-0.0.2.tgz#56b9ef03984a05cc213772ae3713ea8ef47b0314"
   integrity sha512-IoxURM5zraoQ7C8f+mJb9HYSENiZGgRVcG4tLQxE61yHNNRDXtGDWTZh8N1KIHcsqN1CEPETjuzBXkJYF/fDiQ==
 
-"@elastic/eui@97.0.0":
-  version "97.0.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@elastic/eui/-/eui-97.0.0.tgz#b7828b8818de1328e47b4c47024d8455a5795f23"
-  integrity sha512-ha7oer/0ou0MnZMgwZzqKE97tx/IPhQtb04nNLZvwOiBAH+ANtUqohYSM/3VxLuJT13cxbsLC2CLT0Ktcibo4w==
+"@elastic/eui@97.0.0-backport.0":
+  version "97.0.0-backport.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@elastic/eui/-/eui-97.0.0-backport.0.tgz#cababac6e5937b14ce0e836240fc4817e2e41920"
+  integrity sha512-gefYh5ZgjFraGWOTy8f8RO5DAfOJB3S/PAlM9dvi6mNlNJ5T1CelNafBwdrD8Hdut//BxmexQD7aBZ+36GTaOg==
   dependencies:
     "@hello-pangea/dnd" "^16.6.0"
     "@types/lodash" "^4.14.202"