diff --git a/src/library-authoring/collections/CollectionDetails.tsx b/src/library-authoring/collections/CollectionDetails.tsx
index 07076c334d..650fcd4af9 100644
--- a/src/library-authoring/collections/CollectionDetails.tsx
+++ b/src/library-authoring/collections/CollectionDetails.tsx
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import classNames from 'classnames';
 
 import { getItemIcon } from '../../generic/block-type-utils';
 import { ToastContext } from '../../generic/toast-context';
-import { BlockTypeLabel, type CollectionHit, useSearchContext } from '../../search-manager';
+import { BlockTypeLabel, type CollectionHit, useGetBlockTypes } from '../../search-manager';
 import type { ContentLibrary } from '../data/api';
 import { useUpdateCollection } from '../data/apiHooks';
 import HistoryWidget from '../generic/history-widget';
@@ -36,10 +36,19 @@ const BlockCount = ({
   );
 };
 
-const CollectionStatsWidget = () => {
-  const {
-    blockTypes,
-  } = useSearchContext();
+interface CollectionStatsWidgetProps {
+  collection: CollectionHit,
+}
+
+const CollectionStatsWidget = ({ collection }: CollectionStatsWidgetProps) => {
+  const { data: blockTypes } = useGetBlockTypes([
+    `context_key = "${collection.contextKey}"`,
+    `collections.key = "${collection.blockId}"`,
+  ]);
+
+  if (!blockTypes) {
+    return null;
+  }
 
   const blockTypesArray = Object.entries(blockTypes)
     .map(([blockType, count]) => ({ blockType, count }))
@@ -51,7 +60,12 @@ const CollectionStatsWidget = () => {
 
   if (totalBlocksCount === 0) {
     return (
-      <div className="text-center text-muted">
+      <div
+        className="text-center text-muted align-content-center"
+        style={{
+          height: '72px', // same height as the BlockCount component
+        }}
+      >
         <FormattedMessage {...messages.detailsTabStatsNoComponents} />
       </div>
     );
@@ -135,7 +149,7 @@ const CollectionDetails = ({ library, collection }: CollectionDetailsProps) => {
         <h3 className="h5">
           {intl.formatMessage(messages.detailsTabStatsTitle)}
         </h3>
-        <CollectionStatsWidget />
+        <CollectionStatsWidget collection={collection} />
       </div>
       <hr className="w-100" />
       <div>
diff --git a/src/library-authoring/library-sidebar/LibrarySidebar.tsx b/src/library-authoring/library-sidebar/LibrarySidebar.tsx
index 0d521e6b6f..d4466ef408 100644
--- a/src/library-authoring/library-sidebar/LibrarySidebar.tsx
+++ b/src/library-authoring/library-sidebar/LibrarySidebar.tsx
@@ -6,11 +6,7 @@ import {
 } from '@openedx/paragon';
 import { Close } from '@openedx/paragon/icons';
 import { useIntl } from '@edx/frontend-platform/i18n';
-import { SearchParams } from 'meilisearch';
 
-import {
-  SearchContextProvider,
-} from '../../search-manager';
 import { AddContentContainer, AddContentHeader } from '../add-content';
 import { CollectionInfo, CollectionInfoHeader } from '../collections';
 import { ContentLibrary } from '../data/api';
@@ -68,36 +64,23 @@ const LibrarySidebar = ({ library }: LibrarySidebarProps) => {
   const buildBody = () : React.ReactNode => bodyComponentMap[sidebarBodyComponent || 'unknown'];
   const buildHeader = (): React.ReactNode => headerComponentMap[sidebarBodyComponent || 'unknown'];
 
-  const collectionQuery: SearchParams | undefined = currentCollectionHit ? {
-    filter: ['type = "collection"', `context_key = "${library.id}"`, `block_id = "${currentCollectionHit.blockId}"`],
-    limit: 1,
-  } : undefined;
-
   return (
-    <SearchContextProvider
-      extraFilter={[
-        `context_key = "${library.id}"`,
-        ...(currentCollectionHit ? [`collections.key = "${currentCollectionHit.blockId}"`] : []),
-      ]}
-      overrideQueries={{ ...(collectionQuery ? { collections: collectionQuery } : {}) }}
-    >
-      <Stack gap={4} className="p-3 text-primary-700">
-        <Stack direction="horizontal" className="d-flex justify-content-between">
-          {buildHeader()}
-          <IconButton
-            className="mt-1"
-            src={Close}
-            iconAs={Icon}
-            alt={intl.formatMessage(messages.closeButtonAlt)}
-            onClick={closeLibrarySidebar}
-            size="inline"
-          />
-        </Stack>
-        <div>
-          {buildBody()}
-        </div>
+    <Stack gap={4} className="p-3 text-primary-700">
+      <Stack direction="horizontal" className="d-flex justify-content-between">
+        {buildHeader()}
+        <IconButton
+          className="mt-1"
+          src={Close}
+          iconAs={Icon}
+          alt={intl.formatMessage(messages.closeButtonAlt)}
+          onClick={closeLibrarySidebar}
+          size="inline"
+        />
       </Stack>
-    </SearchContextProvider>
+      <div>
+        {buildBody()}
+      </div>
+    </Stack>
   );
 };
 
diff --git a/src/search-manager/SearchManager.ts b/src/search-manager/SearchManager.ts
index bcce0779e7..cb1314b6b3 100644
--- a/src/search-manager/SearchManager.ts
+++ b/src/search-manager/SearchManager.ts
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ export const SearchContextProvider: React.FC<{
       searchSortOrder,
       setSearchSortOrder,
       defaultSearchSortOrder,
-      closeSearchModal: props.closeSearchModal ?? (() => {}),
+      closeSearchModal: props.closeSearchModal ?? (() => { }),
       hasError: hasConnectionError || result.isError,
       ...result,
     },
diff --git a/src/search-manager/data/api.ts b/src/search-manager/data/api.ts
index d343a7cdaa..5ae417a233 100644
--- a/src/search-manager/data/api.ts
+++ b/src/search-manager/data/api.ts
@@ -303,6 +303,29 @@ export async function fetchSearchResults({
   };
 }
 
+/**
+ * Fetch the block types facet distribution for the search results.
+ */
+export const fetchBlockTypes = async (
+  client: MeiliSearch,
+  indexName: string,
+  extraFilter?: Filter,
+): Promise<Record<string, number>> => {
+  // Convert 'extraFilter' into an array
+  const extraFilterFormatted = forceArray(extraFilter);
+
+  const { results } = await client.multiSearch({
+    queries: [{
+      indexUid: indexName,
+      facets: ['block_type', 'content.problem_types'],
+      filter: extraFilterFormatted,
+      limit: 0, // We don't need any "hits" for this - just the facetDistribution
+    }],
+  });
+
+  return results[0].facetDistribution?.block_type ?? {};
+};
+
 /** Information about a single tag in the tag tree, as returned by fetchAvailableTagOptions() */
 export interface TagEntry {
   tagName: string;
diff --git a/src/search-manager/data/apiHooks.ts b/src/search-manager/data/apiHooks.ts
index c2a330c1e0..c22a004269 100644
--- a/src/search-manager/data/apiHooks.ts
+++ b/src/search-manager/data/apiHooks.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import {
   fetchTagsThatMatchKeyword,
   getContentSearchConfig,
   fetchDocumentById,
+  fetchBlockTypes,
   OverrideQueries,
 } from './api';
 
@@ -243,6 +244,22 @@ export const useTagFilterOptions = (args: {
   return { ...mainQuery, data };
 };
 
+export const useGetBlockTypes = (extraFilters: Filter) => {
+  const { client, indexName } = useContentSearchConnection();
+  return useQuery({
+    enabled: client !== undefined && indexName !== undefined,
+    queryKey: [
+      'content_search',
+      client?.config.apiKey,
+      client?.config.host,
+      indexName,
+      extraFilters,
+      'block_types',
+    ],
+    queryFn: () => fetchBlockTypes(client!, indexName!, extraFilters),
+  });
+};
+
 /* istanbul ignore next */
 export const useGetSingleDocument = ({ client, indexName, id }: {
   client?: MeiliSearch;
diff --git a/src/search-manager/index.ts b/src/search-manager/index.ts
index 00117f6dcd..e2d4188be1 100644
--- a/src/search-manager/index.ts
+++ b/src/search-manager/index.ts
@@ -8,5 +8,6 @@ export { default as SearchKeywordsField } from './SearchKeywordsField';
 export { default as SearchSortWidget } from './SearchSortWidget';
 export { default as Stats } from './Stats';
 export { HIGHLIGHT_PRE_TAG, HIGHLIGHT_POST_TAG } from './data/api';
+export { useGetBlockTypes } from './data/apiHooks';
 
 export type { CollectionHit, ContentHit, ContentHitTags } from './data/api';