diff --git a/change/@fluentui-react-theme-sass-85b0f325-84a3-4866-ac55-5ed7015886e7.json b/change/@fluentui-react-theme-sass-85b0f325-84a3-4866-ac55-5ed7015886e7.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..80bc4ab820a2de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/change/@fluentui-react-theme-sass-85b0f325-84a3-4866-ac55-5ed7015886e7.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+  "type": "none",
+  "comment": "react-theme-sass dev-depends on react-theme",
+  "packageName": "@fluentui/react-theme-sass",
+  "email": "miroslav.stastny@microsoft.com",
+  "dependentChangeType": "none"
+}
diff --git a/packages/react-components/react-theme-sass/package.json b/packages/react-components/react-theme-sass/package.json
index f27e04f0d3e313..521b650b708e95 100644
--- a/packages/react-components/react-theme-sass/package.json
+++ b/packages/react-components/react-theme-sass/package.json
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@fluentui/eslint-plugin": "*",
-    "@fluentui/scripts": "^1.0.0"
+    "@fluentui/scripts": "^1.0.0",
+    "@fluentui/react-theme": "^9.0.0"
   },
   "beachball": {
     "disallowedChangeTypes": [