diff --git a/doc/index.md b/doc/index.md
index 7c4c6333b25..993075c8b49 100644
--- a/doc/index.md
+++ b/doc/index.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 ```
 
 <div class="banner">
-    <img src="_static/pygmtlogo.png" alt="PyGMT Logo" style="width: 65%;">
+    <img src="_static/pygmtlogo_light.png" alt="PyGMT Logo" style="width: 65%;">
     <h2>
         A Python interface for the
         <a href="https://www.generic-mapping-tools.org/">Generic Mapping Tools</a>
diff --git a/pygmt/src/pygmtlogo.py b/pygmt/src/pygmtlogo.py
index ea4338999d5..f5820dbd761 100644
--- a/pygmt/src/pygmtlogo.py
+++ b/pygmt/src/pygmtlogo.py
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ def pygmtlogo(
     """
     Plot the PyGMT logo.
 
-    .. figure:: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/main/doc/_static/pygmtlogo.png
+    .. figure:: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/main/doc/_static/pygmtlogo_light.png
        :alt: PyGMT logo
        :align: center
        :width: 400px