diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 44012b3400e..d01528802e3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ Note that this project **does not** adhere to [Semantic Versioning](http://semve
 - We fixed an issue where a remove icon was shown for standard entry types in the custom entry types dialog. [6906](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/6906)
 - We fixed an issue where it was impossible to connect to OpenOffice/LibreOffice on Mac OSX. [#6970](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/pull/6970)
 - We fixed an issue with the python script used by browser plugins that failed to locate JabRef if not installed in its default location. [#6963](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/pull/6963/files)
+- We fixed an issue where identity column header had incorrect foreground color in the  Dark theme. [#6796](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/6796) 
 
 ### Removed
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/Base.css b/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/Base.css
index 2ad2009d218..e89c9a27680 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/Base.css
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/Base.css
@@ -1188,3 +1188,7 @@ TextFlow * {
     -fx-background-color: rgba(255, 159, 67, 0.5);
 
 }
+
+.mainTable-header{
+    -fx-fill: -fx-mid-text-color;
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/maintable/MainTableColumnFactory.java b/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/maintable/MainTableColumnFactory.java
index caf1f038e4b..167c12989f1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/maintable/MainTableColumnFactory.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/maintable/MainTableColumnFactory.java
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ public static void setExactWidth(TableColumn<?, ?> column, double width) {
     private TableColumn<BibEntryTableViewModel, String> createIndexColumn(MainTableColumnModel columnModel) {
         TableColumn<BibEntryTableViewModel, String> column = new MainTableColumn<>(columnModel);
         Node header = new Text("#");
+        header.getStyleClass().add("mainTable-header");
         Tooltip.install(header, new Tooltip(MainTableColumnModel.Type.INDEX.getDisplayName()));
         column.setGraphic(header);
         column.setStyle("-fx-alignment: CENTER-RIGHT;");