diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-theme-common/src/hooks/useMutationObserver.ts b/packages/docusaurus-theme-common/src/hooks/useMutationObserver.ts
index ecb16d6195ca..c752f5bb64da 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-theme-common/src/hooks/useMutationObserver.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-theme-common/src/hooks/useMutationObserver.ts
@@ -4,8 +4,12 @@
  * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
  * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
  */
-import {useEffect} from 'react';
-import {useEvent, useShallowMemoObject} from '../utils/reactUtils';
+import {useEffect, useMemo} from 'react';
+import {
+  useEvent,
+  useShallowMemoObject,
+  useShallowMemoArray,
+} from '../utils/reactUtils';
 
 type Options = MutationObserverInit;
 
@@ -23,10 +27,21 @@ export function useMutationObserver(
 ): void {
   const stableCallback = useEvent(callback);
 
-  // MutationObserver options are not nested much
-  // so this should be to memo options in 99%
-  // TODO handle options.attributeFilter array
-  const stableOptions: Options = useShallowMemoObject(options);
+  // Memoize attributeFilter array separately for proper deep comparison
+  const stableAttributeFilter = useShallowMemoArray(options.attributeFilter);
+
+  // Memoize remaining options (shallow comparison is fine for booleans)
+  const {attributeFilter: _, ...restOptions} = options;
+  const stableRestOptions = useShallowMemoObject(restOptions);
+
+  // Combine memoized parts
+  const stableOptions: Options = useMemo(
+    () =>
+      stableAttributeFilter
+        ? {...stableRestOptions, attributeFilter: stableAttributeFilter}
+        : stableRestOptions,
+    [stableRestOptions, stableAttributeFilter],
+  );
 
   useEffect(() => {
     const observer = new MutationObserver(stableCallback);
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-theme-common/src/utils/reactUtils.tsx b/packages/docusaurus-theme-common/src/utils/reactUtils.tsx
index 80e349e3ba8f..ca30ac00b80e 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-theme-common/src/utils/reactUtils.tsx
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-theme-common/src/utils/reactUtils.tsx
@@ -88,6 +88,17 @@ export function useShallowMemoObject<O extends object>(obj: O): O {
   return useMemo(() => obj, deps.flat());
 }
 
+/**
+ * Shallow-memoize an array. Returns the same array reference if elements
+ * are shallowly equal to the previous render.
+ *
+ * @param arr
+ */
+export function useShallowMemoArray<T>(arr: T[] | undefined): T[] | undefined {
+  // eslint-disable-next-line react-compiler/react-compiler,react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
+  return useMemo(() => arr, arr ?? []);
+}
+
 type SimpleProvider = ComponentType<{children: ReactNode}>;
 
 /**