diff --git a/code/addons/docs/src/preview.ts b/code/addons/docs/src/preview.ts
index 713352b025ea..4a5a57123b12 100644
--- a/code/addons/docs/src/preview.ts
+++ b/code/addons/docs/src/preview.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 import type { PreparedStory } from 'storybook/internal/types';
 
+import * as tocbot from 'tocbot';
+
+if (!globalThis.__STORYBOOK_UNSAFE_TOCBOT__) {
+  // Users that load dynamic content need to have a way to refresh the TOC, so we expose the tocbot instance
+  globalThis.__STORYBOOK_UNSAFE_TOCBOT__ = tocbot.default ?? tocbot;
+}
+
 const excludeTags = Object.entries(globalThis.TAGS_OPTIONS ?? {}).reduce(
   (acc, entry) => {
     const [tag, option] = entry;
diff --git a/code/addons/docs/src/typings.d.ts b/code/addons/docs/src/typings.d.ts
index 468759c8ba22..2deb8921d2ad 100644
--- a/code/addons/docs/src/typings.d.ts
+++ b/code/addons/docs/src/typings.d.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ declare var __DOCS_CONTEXT__: any;
 declare var PREVIEW_URL: any;
 declare var LOGLEVEL: 'trace' | 'debug' | 'info' | 'warn' | 'error' | 'silent' | undefined;
 declare var TAGS_OPTIONS: import('storybook/internal/types').TagsOptions;
+declare var __STORYBOOK_UNSAFE_TOCBOT__: typeof import('tocbot').default;
 
 declare module '*.md';
 declare module '*.md?raw';