diff --git a/.changeset/transparent-scrollbars.md b/.changeset/transparent-scrollbars.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6187c4d6182
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/transparent-scrollbars.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+"@graphiql/react": patch
+"graphiql": patch
+---
+
+style: improve scrollbar styling on the query editor
diff --git a/packages/graphiql-react/src/style/root.css b/packages/graphiql-react/src/style/root.css
index adf9e2f002a..fcb30dfe77b 100644
--- a/packages/graphiql-react/src/style/root.css
+++ b/packages/graphiql-react/src/style/root.css
@@ -146,3 +146,15 @@ body.graphiql-dark [data-radix-popper-content-wrapper] {
     }
   }
 }
+
+/* Transparent scrollbars, without backgrounds */
+.graphiql-container .CodeMirror-hscrollbar,
+.graphiql-container .CodeMirror-vscrollbar {
+  scrollbar-color: #88888888 transparent;
+}
+
+/* The little square between H and V scrollbars */
+.graphiql-container .CodeMirror-scrollbar-filler,
+.graphiql-container .CodeMirror-gutter-filler {
+  background-color: transparent;
+}