diff --git a/source/wp-content/themes/wporg-main-2022/patterns/state-of-the-word.php b/source/wp-content/themes/wporg-main-2022/patterns/state-of-the-word.php
index c8d1bbe7..078d5cac 100644
--- a/source/wp-content/themes/wporg-main-2022/patterns/state-of-the-word.php
+++ b/source/wp-content/themes/wporg-main-2022/patterns/state-of-the-word.php
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
  */
 
 ?>
-<!-- wp:cover {"url":"https://wordpress.org/files/2024/11/cover-hero-sotw-2024-landing.png","id":44233,"dimRatio":0,"isUserOverlayColor":true,"focalPoint":{"x":0.5,"y":0.45},"minHeightUnit":"px","isDark":false,"sizeSlug":"full","align":"full","layout":{"type":"constrained"}} -->
-<div class="wp-block-cover alignfull is-light"><span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-0 has-background-dim"></span><img class="wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-44233 size-full" alt="" src="https://wordpress.org/files/2024/11/cover-hero-sotw-2024-landing.png" style="object-position:50% 45%" data-object-fit="cover" data-object-position="50% 45%" /><div class="wp-block-cover__inner-container"><!-- wp:image {"id":44227,"sizeSlug":"full","linkDestination":"none","align":"center"} -->
+<!-- wp:cover {"url":"https://wordpress.org/files/2024/11/sotw-2024-landing-hero.png","id":44264,"dimRatio":0,"isUserOverlayColor":true,"minHeightUnit":"px","isDark":false,"sizeSlug":"full","align":"full","layout":{"type":"constrained"}} -->
+<div class="wp-block-cover alignfull is-light"><span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-0 has-background-dim"></span><img class="wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-44264 size-full" alt="" src="https://wordpress.org/files/2024/11/sotw-2024-landing-hero.png" data-object-fit="cover" /><div class="wp-block-cover__inner-container"><!-- wp:image {"id":44227,"sizeSlug":"full","linkDestination":"none","align":"center"} -->
 <figure class="wp-block-image aligncenter size-full"><img src="https://wordpress.org/files/2024/11/sotw-logo-2024-tokyo@3x.png" alt="" class="wp-image-44227" /></figure>
 <!-- /wp:image --></div></div>
 <!-- /wp:cover -->
@@ -216,8 +216,8 @@
 <p class="has-text-align-center"><?php _e( 'See you <em>December 16!</em>', 'wporg' ); ?></p>
 <!-- /wp:paragraph -->
 
-<!-- wp:group {"style":{"color":{"text":"#ee0000"},"elements":{"link":{"color":{"text":"#ee0000"}}}},"layout":{"type":"flex","flexWrap":"nowrap","justifyContent":"center"}} -->
-<div class="wp-block-group has-text-color has-link-color" style="color:#ee0000"><!-- wp:paragraph -->
+<!-- wp:group {"layout":{"type":"flex","flexWrap":"nowrap","justifyContent":"center"}} -->
+<div class="wp-block-group"><!-- wp:paragraph -->
 <p><?php _e( '#StateOfTheWord', 'wporg' ); ?></p>
 <!-- /wp:paragraph --></div>
 <!-- /wp:group -->
@@ -227,7 +227,3 @@
 <!-- /wp:image --></div>
 <!-- /wp:group --></div>
 <!-- /wp:group -->
-
-<!-- wp:paragraph -->
-<p></p>
-<!-- /wp:paragraph -->
diff --git a/source/wp-content/themes/wporg-main-2022/src/style/style.scss b/source/wp-content/themes/wporg-main-2022/src/style/style.scss
index 30112ea4..e01e2b0f 100644
--- a/source/wp-content/themes/wporg-main-2022/src/style/style.scss
+++ b/source/wp-content/themes/wporg-main-2022/src/style/style.scss
@@ -556,12 +556,7 @@ $wporg-about-breakpoint-max: 1920px;
 	}
 }
 
-
 // Styles for the State of the Word page.
-.page-template-page-state-of-the-word a {
-	color: #e00;
-}
-
 @media (max-width: 419px) {
 	.page-template-page-state-of-the-word h2 {
 		font-size: 60px !important;
diff --git a/source/wp-content/themes/wporg-main-2022/templates/page-state-of-the-word.html b/source/wp-content/themes/wporg-main-2022/templates/page-state-of-the-word.html
index 65d46d7c..f2a70743 100644
--- a/source/wp-content/themes/wporg-main-2022/templates/page-state-of-the-word.html
+++ b/source/wp-content/themes/wporg-main-2022/templates/page-state-of-the-word.html
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- wp:wporg/global-header {"backgroundColor":"black"} /-->
+<!-- wp:wporg/global-header {"textColor":"charcoal-2","backgroundColor":"white","style":{"border":{"bottom":{"color":"var:preset|color|black-opacity-15","style":"solid","width":"1px"}}}} /-->
 
 <!-- wp:group {"tagName":"main","layout":{"inherit":true},"className":"entry-content","style":{"spacing":{"blockGap":"0px"}}} -->
 <main class="wp-block-group entry-content">