diff --git a/backgrounds/desktop-backgrounds-default.xml b/backgrounds/desktop-backgrounds-default.xml
index ee06d2a..01ceb37 100644
--- a/backgrounds/desktop-backgrounds-default.xml
+++ b/backgrounds/desktop-backgrounds-default.xml
@@ -113,5 +113,12 @@
         <author>Gwendolyn K.</author>
         <license>Free Art 1.3</license>
     </wallpaper>
+    <wallpaper deleted="false">
+        <name>Rocky Linux 9 Default Background - Sapphire Light</name>
+        <filename>/usr/share/backgrounds/rocky-default-9-sapphire-light.xml</filename>
+        <options>zoom</options>
+        <author>Gwendolyn K.</author>
+        <license>Free Art 1.3</license>
+    </wallpaper>
     <!-- End Sapphire -->
 </wallpapers>
diff --git a/backgrounds/rocky-default-9-sapphire-light.jpg b/backgrounds/rocky-default-9-sapphire-light.jpg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3459b40
Binary files /dev/null and b/backgrounds/rocky-default-9-sapphire-light.jpg differ
diff --git a/backgrounds/rocky-default-9-sapphire-light.xml b/backgrounds/rocky-default-9-sapphire-light.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6354490
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backgrounds/rocky-default-9-sapphire-light.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+<background>
+  <starttime>
+    <year>2022</year>
+    <month>01</month>
+    <day>01</day>
+    <hour>8</hour>
+    <minute>00</minute>
+    <second>00</second>
+  </starttime>
+  <static>
+    <duration>10000000000.0</duration>
+    <file>/usr/share/backgrounds/rocky-default-9-sapphire-light.jpg</file>
+  </static>
+</background>