diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/client/__tests__/docsUtils.test.tsx b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/client/__tests__/docsUtils.test.tsx
index 44916fd33c99..00263ad5907d 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/client/__tests__/docsUtils.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/client/__tests__/docsUtils.test.tsx
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import {
   useDocById,
   findSidebarCategory,
   useCurrentSidebarCategory,
+  useCurrentSidebarSiblings,
   useSidebarBreadcrumbs,
   isVisibleSidebarItem,
 } from '../docsUtils';
@@ -780,3 +781,128 @@ describe('useCurrentSidebarCategory', () => {
     );
   });
 });
+
+describe('useCurrentSidebarSiblings', () => {
+  const createUseCurrentSidebarSiblingsMock =
+    (sidebar?: PropSidebar) => (location: string) =>
+      renderHook(() => useCurrentSidebarSiblings(), {
+        wrapper: ({children}) => (
+          <DocsSidebarProvider name="sidebarName" items={sidebar}>
+            <StaticRouter location={location}>{children}</StaticRouter>
+          </DocsSidebarProvider>
+        ),
+      }).result.current;
+
+  it('works for sidebar category', () => {
+    const category: PropSidebarItemCategory = testCategory({
+      href: '/cat',
+      items: [testLink(), testLink()],
+    });
+    const sidebar: PropSidebar = [
+      testLink(),
+      testLink(),
+      category,
+      testCategory(),
+    ];
+
+    const mockUseCurrentSidebarCategory =
+      createUseCurrentSidebarSiblingsMock(sidebar);
+
+    expect(mockUseCurrentSidebarCategory('/cat')).toEqual(category.items);
+  });
+
+  it('works for sidebar root', () => {
+    const category: PropSidebarItemCategory = testCategory({
+      href: '/cat',
+      items: [testLink(), testLink()],
+    });
+    const sidebar: PropSidebar = [
+      testLink({href: '/rootLink'}),
+      testLink(),
+      category,
+      testCategory(),
+    ];
+
+    const mockUseCurrentSidebarCategory =
+      createUseCurrentSidebarSiblingsMock(sidebar);
+
+    expect(mockUseCurrentSidebarCategory('/rootLink')).toEqual(sidebar);
+  });
+
+  it('works for nested sidebar category', () => {
+    const category2: PropSidebarItemCategory = testCategory({
+      href: '/cat2',
+      items: [testLink(), testCategory()],
+    });
+    const category1: PropSidebarItemCategory = testCategory({
+      href: '/cat1',
+      items: [testLink(), testLink(), category2, testCategory()],
+    });
+    const sidebar: PropSidebar = [
+      testLink(),
+      testLink(),
+      category1,
+      testCategory(),
+    ];
+
+    const mockUseCurrentSidebarCategory =
+      createUseCurrentSidebarSiblingsMock(sidebar);
+
+    expect(mockUseCurrentSidebarCategory('/cat2')).toEqual(category2.items);
+  });
+
+  it('works for category link item', () => {
+    const link = testLink({href: '/my/link/path'});
+    const category: PropSidebarItemCategory = testCategory({
+      href: '/cat1',
+      items: [testLink(), testLink(), link, testCategory()],
+    });
+    const sidebar: PropSidebar = [
+      testLink(),
+      testLink(),
+      category,
+      testCategory(),
+    ];
+
+    const mockUseCurrentSidebarCategory =
+      createUseCurrentSidebarSiblingsMock(sidebar);
+
+    expect(mockUseCurrentSidebarCategory('/my/link/path')).toEqual(
+      category.items,
+    );
+  });
+
+  it('works for nested category link item', () => {
+    const link = testLink({href: '/my/link/path'});
+    const category2: PropSidebarItemCategory = testCategory({
+      href: '/cat2',
+      items: [testLink(), testLink(), link, testCategory()],
+    });
+    const category1: PropSidebarItemCategory = testCategory({
+      href: '/cat1',
+      items: [testLink(), testLink(), category2, testCategory()],
+    });
+    const sidebar: PropSidebar = [
+      testLink(),
+      testLink(),
+      category1,
+      testCategory(),
+    ];
+
+    const mockUseCurrentSidebarCategory =
+      createUseCurrentSidebarSiblingsMock(sidebar);
+
+    expect(mockUseCurrentSidebarCategory('/my/link/path')).toEqual(
+      category2.items,
+    );
+  });
+
+  it('throws when sidebar is missing', () => {
+    const mockUseCurrentSidebarCategory = createUseCurrentSidebarSiblingsMock();
+    expect(() =>
+      mockUseCurrentSidebarCategory('/cat'),
+    ).toThrowErrorMatchingInlineSnapshot(
+      `"Unexpected: cant find current sidebar in context"`,
+    );
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/client/docsUtils.tsx b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/client/docsUtils.tsx
index 0fff426231a8..aa00df851034 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/client/docsUtils.tsx
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/client/docsUtils.tsx
@@ -132,6 +132,25 @@ export function useCurrentSidebarCategory(): PropSidebarItemCategory {
   return deepestCategory;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Gets the category associated with the current location. Should only be used
+ * on category index pages.
+ */
+export function useCurrentSidebarSiblings(): PropSidebarItem[] {
+  const {pathname} = useLocation();
+  const sidebar = useDocsSidebar();
+  if (!sidebar) {
+    throw new Error('Unexpected: cant find current sidebar in context');
+  }
+  const categoryBreadcrumbs = getSidebarBreadcrumbs({
+    sidebarItems: sidebar.items,
+    pathname,
+    onlyCategories: true,
+  });
+  const deepestCategory = categoryBreadcrumbs.slice(-1)[0];
+  return deepestCategory?.items ?? sidebar.items;
+}
+
 const isActive = (testedPath: string | undefined, activePath: string) =>
   typeof testedPath !== 'undefined' && isSamePath(testedPath, activePath);
 const containsActiveSidebarItem = (
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/client/index.ts b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/client/index.ts
index f60ba572faef..6734431adca7 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/client/index.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/client/index.ts
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ export {
   useLayoutDocsSidebar,
   useDocRootMetadata,
   useCurrentSidebarCategory,
+  useCurrentSidebarSiblings,
   filterDocCardListItems,
 } from './docsUtils';
 
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-theme-classic/src/theme/DocCardList/index.tsx b/packages/docusaurus-theme-classic/src/theme/DocCardList/index.tsx
index a45ee6e9801f..62374763ca71 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-theme-classic/src/theme/DocCardList/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-theme-classic/src/theme/DocCardList/index.tsx
@@ -8,15 +8,15 @@
 import React, {type ReactNode} from 'react';
 import clsx from 'clsx';
 import {
-  useCurrentSidebarCategory,
+  useCurrentSidebarSiblings,
   filterDocCardListItems,
 } from '@docusaurus/plugin-content-docs/client';
 import DocCard from '@theme/DocCard';
 import type {Props} from '@theme/DocCardList';
 
 function DocCardListForCurrentSidebarCategory({className}: Props) {
-  const category = useCurrentSidebarCategory();
-  return <DocCardList items={category.items} className={className} />;
+  const items = useCurrentSidebarSiblings();
+  return <DocCardList items={items} className={className} />;
 }
 
 export default function DocCardList(props: Props): ReactNode {
diff --git a/website/_dogfooding/_docs tests/index.mdx b/website/_dogfooding/_docs tests/index.mdx
index a97ed434eff9..8ff3cccab6e1 100644
--- a/website/_dogfooding/_docs tests/index.mdx	
+++ b/website/_dogfooding/_docs tests/index.mdx	
@@ -13,3 +13,9 @@ This Docusaurus docs plugin instance is meant to test fancy edge-cases that regu
 - [/tests/docs](/tests/docs)
 - [/tests/blog](/tests/blog)
 - [/tests/pages](/tests/pages)
+
+---
+
+import DocCardList from '@theme/DocCardList';
+
+<DocCardList />