diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-blog/package.json b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-blog/package.json
index 4bfb1d44e8e9..8d7e3c1179d7 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-blog/package.json
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-blog/package.json
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
     "fs-extra": "^11.1.1",
     "lodash": "^4.17.21",
     "reading-time": "^1.5.0",
+    "schema-dts": "^1.1.2",
     "srcset": "^4.0.0",
     "tslib": "^2.6.0",
     "unist-util-visit": "^5.0.0",
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/package.json b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/package.json
index 3877dd4ef37e..bbfdd49432cd 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/package.json
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/package.json
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
     "fs-extra": "^11.1.1",
     "js-yaml": "^4.1.0",
     "lodash": "^4.17.21",
+    "schema-dts": "^1.1.2",
     "tslib": "^2.6.0",
     "utility-types": "^3.10.0",
     "webpack": "^5.88.1"
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/client/index.ts b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/client/index.ts
index 6734431adca7..3751b4424b3b 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/client/index.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/client/index.ts
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ export {
   getDocsVersionSearchTag,
 } from './docsSearch';
 
+export {useBreadcrumbsStructuredData} from './structuredDataUtils';
+
 export type ActivePlugin = {
   pluginId: string;
   pluginData: GlobalPluginData;
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/client/structuredDataUtils.ts b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/client/structuredDataUtils.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..01367a43881e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/client/structuredDataUtils.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) Facebook, Inc. and its affiliates.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ */
+
+import useDocusaurusContext from '@docusaurus/useDocusaurusContext';
+import type {PropSidebarBreadcrumbsItem} from '@docusaurus/plugin-content-docs';
+import type {WithContext, BreadcrumbList} from 'schema-dts';
+
+export function useBreadcrumbsStructuredData({
+  breadcrumbs,
+}: {
+  breadcrumbs: PropSidebarBreadcrumbsItem[];
+}): WithContext<BreadcrumbList> {
+  const {siteConfig} = useDocusaurusContext();
+  return {
+    '@context': 'https://schema.org',
+    '@type': 'BreadcrumbList',
+    itemListElement: breadcrumbs
+      // We filter breadcrumb items without links, they are not allowed
+      // See also https://github.com/facebook/docusaurus/issues/9319#issuecomment-2643560845
+      .filter((breadcrumb) => breadcrumb.href)
+      .map((breadcrumb, index) => ({
+        '@type': 'ListItem',
+        position: index + 1,
+        name: breadcrumb.label,
+        item: `${siteConfig.url}${breadcrumb.href}`,
+      })),
+  };
+}
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-theme-classic/src/theme-classic.d.ts b/packages/docusaurus-theme-classic/src/theme-classic.d.ts
index 0e73434b483c..9ab3d8f90324 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-theme-classic/src/theme-classic.d.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-theme-classic/src/theme-classic.d.ts
@@ -1846,3 +1846,14 @@ declare module '@theme/DocBreadcrumbs/Items/Home' {
 
   export default function HomeBreadcrumbItem(): ReactNode;
 }
+
+declare module '@theme/DocBreadcrumbs/StructuredData' {
+  import type {ReactNode} from 'react';
+  import type {PropSidebarBreadcrumbsItem} from '@docusaurus/plugin-content-docs';
+
+  export interface Props {
+    readonly breadcrumbs: PropSidebarBreadcrumbsItem[];
+  }
+
+  export default function DocBreadcrumbsStructuredData(props: Props): ReactNode;
+}
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-theme-classic/src/theme/DocBreadcrumbs/StructuredData/index.tsx b/packages/docusaurus-theme-classic/src/theme/DocBreadcrumbs/StructuredData/index.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8268619df078
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-theme-classic/src/theme/DocBreadcrumbs/StructuredData/index.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) Facebook, Inc. and its affiliates.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ */
+
+import React, {type ReactNode} from 'react';
+import Head from '@docusaurus/Head';
+import {useBreadcrumbsStructuredData} from '@docusaurus/plugin-content-docs/client';
+import type {Props} from '@theme/DocBreadcrumbs/StructuredData';
+
+export default function DocBreadcrumbsStructuredData(props: Props): ReactNode {
+  const structuredData = useBreadcrumbsStructuredData({
+    breadcrumbs: props.breadcrumbs,
+  });
+  return (
+    <Head>
+      <script type="application/ld+json">
+        {JSON.stringify(structuredData)}
+      </script>
+    </Head>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-theme-classic/src/theme/DocBreadcrumbs/index.tsx b/packages/docusaurus-theme-classic/src/theme/DocBreadcrumbs/index.tsx
index 61854a0773e5..f1d566eff4c8 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-theme-classic/src/theme/DocBreadcrumbs/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-theme-classic/src/theme/DocBreadcrumbs/index.tsx
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import {useHomePageRoute} from '@docusaurus/theme-common/internal';
 import Link from '@docusaurus/Link';
 import {translate} from '@docusaurus/Translate';
 import HomeBreadcrumbItem from '@theme/DocBreadcrumbs/Items/Home';
+import DocBreadcrumbsStructuredData from '@theme/DocBreadcrumbs/StructuredData';
 
 import styles from './styles.module.css';
 
@@ -28,22 +29,13 @@ function BreadcrumbsItemLink({
 }): ReactNode {
   const className = 'breadcrumbs__link';
   if (isLast) {
-    return (
-      <span className={className} itemProp="name">
-        {children}
-      </span>
-    );
+    return <span className={className}>{children}</span>;
   }
   return href ? (
-    <Link className={className} href={href} itemProp="item">
-      <span itemProp="name">{children}</span>
+    <Link className={className} href={href}>
+      <span>{children}</span>
     </Link>
   ) : (
-    // TODO Google search console doesn't like breadcrumb items without href.
-    // The schema doesn't seem to require `id` for each `item`, although Google
-    // insist to infer one, even if it's invalid. Removing `itemProp="item
-    // name"` for now, since I don't know how to properly fix it.
-    // See https://github.com/facebook/docusaurus/issues/7241
     <span className={className}>{children}</span>
   );
 }
@@ -52,26 +44,16 @@ function BreadcrumbsItemLink({
 function BreadcrumbsItem({
   children,
   active,
-  index,
-  addMicrodata,
 }: {
   children: ReactNode;
   active?: boolean;
-  index: number;
-  addMicrodata: boolean;
 }): ReactNode {
   return (
     <li
-      {...(addMicrodata && {
-        itemScope: true,
-        itemProp: 'itemListElement',
-        itemType: 'https://schema.org/ListItem',
-      })}
       className={clsx('breadcrumbs__item', {
         'breadcrumbs__item--active': active,
       })}>
       {children}
-      <meta itemProp="position" content={String(index + 1)} />
     </li>
   );
 }
@@ -85,40 +67,36 @@ export default function DocBreadcrumbs(): ReactNode {
   }
 
   return (
-    <nav
-      className={clsx(
-        ThemeClassNames.docs.docBreadcrumbs,
-        styles.breadcrumbsContainer,
-      )}
-      aria-label={translate({
-        id: 'theme.docs.breadcrumbs.navAriaLabel',
-        message: 'Breadcrumbs',
-        description: 'The ARIA label for the breadcrumbs',
-      })}>
-      <ul
-        className="breadcrumbs"
-        itemScope
-        itemType="https://schema.org/BreadcrumbList">
-        {homePageRoute && <HomeBreadcrumbItem />}
-        {breadcrumbs.map((item, idx) => {
-          const isLast = idx === breadcrumbs.length - 1;
-          const href =
-            item.type === 'category' && item.linkUnlisted
-              ? undefined
-              : item.href;
-          return (
-            <BreadcrumbsItem
-              key={idx}
-              active={isLast}
-              index={idx}
-              addMicrodata={!!href}>
-              <BreadcrumbsItemLink href={href} isLast={isLast}>
-                {item.label}
-              </BreadcrumbsItemLink>
-            </BreadcrumbsItem>
-          );
-        })}
-      </ul>
-    </nav>
+    <>
+      <DocBreadcrumbsStructuredData breadcrumbs={breadcrumbs} />
+      <nav
+        className={clsx(
+          ThemeClassNames.docs.docBreadcrumbs,
+          styles.breadcrumbsContainer,
+        )}
+        aria-label={translate({
+          id: 'theme.docs.breadcrumbs.navAriaLabel',
+          message: 'Breadcrumbs',
+          description: 'The ARIA label for the breadcrumbs',
+        })}>
+        <ul className="breadcrumbs">
+          {homePageRoute && <HomeBreadcrumbItem />}
+          {breadcrumbs.map((item, idx) => {
+            const isLast = idx === breadcrumbs.length - 1;
+            const href =
+              item.type === 'category' && item.linkUnlisted
+                ? undefined
+                : item.href;
+            return (
+              <BreadcrumbsItem key={idx} active={isLast}>
+                <BreadcrumbsItemLink href={href} isLast={isLast}>
+                  {item.label}
+                </BreadcrumbsItemLink>
+              </BreadcrumbsItem>
+            );
+          })}
+        </ul>
+      </nav>
+    </>
   );
 }
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-theme-common/package.json b/packages/docusaurus-theme-common/package.json
index 6a18379c2415..31a20b655713 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-theme-common/package.json
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-theme-common/package.json
@@ -47,8 +47,7 @@
     "@docusaurus/core": "3.7.0",
     "@docusaurus/types": "3.7.0",
     "fs-extra": "^11.1.1",
-    "lodash": "^4.17.21",
-    "schema-dts": "^1.1.2"
+    "lodash": "^4.17.21"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
     "@docusaurus/plugin-content-docs": "*",