diff --git a/bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT Browser/win32/org/eclipse/swt/browser/Edge.java b/bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT Browser/win32/org/eclipse/swt/browser/Edge.java
index 9e197ecd79..93774e3f86 100644
--- a/bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT Browser/win32/org/eclipse/swt/browser/Edge.java	
+++ b/bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT Browser/win32/org/eclipse/swt/browser/Edge.java	
@@ -581,7 +581,7 @@ void setupBrowser(int hr, long pv) {
 		if (Boolean.TRUE.equals(browser.getDisplay().getData(EDGE_USE_DARK_PREFERED_COLOR_SCHEME))) {
 			profile.put_PreferredColorScheme(/* COREWEBVIEW2_PREFERRED_COLOR_SCHEME_DARK */ 2);
 		} else {
-			profile.put_PreferredColorScheme(/* COREWEBVIEW2_PREFERRED_COLOR_SCHEME_AUTO */ 0);
+			profile.put_PreferredColorScheme(/* COREWEBVIEW2_PREFERRED_COLOR_SCHEME_LIGHT */ 1);
 		}
 	}