diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 93c7d9f34..7d0e8e655 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ Dependencies
 Incompatible changes
 --------------------
 
+* #5282: html theme: refer ``pygments_style`` settings of HTML themes
+  preferentially
+
 Deprecated
 ----------
 
@@ -25,6 +28,10 @@ Bugs fixed
 * C++, fixes for symbol addition and lookup. Lookup should no longer break
   in partial builds. See also #5337.
 * #5348: download reference to remote file is not displayed
+* #5282: html theme: ``pygments_style`` of theme was overrided by ``conf.py``
+  by default
+
+quickstart: set conf.py pygments_style value to None #5282
 
 Testing
 --------
diff --git a/tests/test_build_html.py b/tests/test_build_html.py
index 93f1130bb..51732435e 100644
--- a/tests/test_build_html.py
+++ b/tests/test_build_html.py
@@ -1389,20 +1389,21 @@ def test_html_math_renderer_is_mismatched(make_app, app_params):
         assert str(exc) == "Unknown math_renderer 'imgmath' is given."
 
 
-@pytest.mark.sphinx('html', testroot='roles-download')
-def test_html_download_role(app, status, warning):
-    app.build()
-    assert (app.outdir / '_downloads' / 'dummy.dat').exists()
+@pytest.mark.sphinx('html', testroot='basic')
+def test_html_pygments_style_default(app):
+    style = app.builder.highlighter.formatter_args.get('style')
+    assert style.__name__ == 'Alabaster'
 
-    content = (app.outdir / 'index.html').text()
-    assert ('<li><a class="reference download internal" download="" '
-            'href="_downloads/dummy.dat">'
-            '<code class="xref download docutils literal notranslate">'
-            '<span class="pre">dummy.dat</span></code></a></li>' in content)
-    assert ('<li><code class="xref download docutils literal notranslate">'
-            '<span class="pre">not_found.dat</span></code></li>' in content)
-    assert ('<li><a class="reference download external" download="" '
-            'href="http://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/_static/sphinxheader.png">'
-            '<code class="xref download docutils literal notranslate">'
-            '<span class="pre">Sphinx</span> <span class="pre">logo</span>'
-            '</code></a></li>' in content)
+
+@pytest.mark.sphinx('html', testroot='basic',
+                    confoverrides={'pygments_style': 'sphinx'})
+def test_html_pygments_style_manually(app):
+    style = app.builder.highlighter.formatter_args.get('style')
+    assert style.__name__ == 'SphinxStyle'
+
+
+@pytest.mark.sphinx('html', testroot='basic',
+                    confoverrides={'html_theme': 'classic'})
+def test_html_pygments_for_classic_theme(app):
+    style = app.builder.highlighter.formatter_args.get('style')
+    assert style.__name__ == 'SphinxStyle'