diff --git a/packages/upgrade/src/upgrades.js b/packages/upgrade/src/upgrades.js
index 01376c13746a..17ba125c7d0f 100644
--- a/packages/upgrade/src/upgrades.js
+++ b/packages/upgrade/src/upgrades.js
@@ -331,6 +331,43 @@ export const upgrades = [
           });
         },
       },
+      {
+        name: 'refactor-light-to-layer',
+        description: `
+          Refactor 'light' prop usage to instead wrap components with Layer
+         Transforms:
+         <Button light>Click me</Button>
+         Into:
+        <Layer><Button>Click me</Button></Layer>
+      `,
+
+        migrate: async (options) => {
+          const transform = path.join(
+            TRANSFORM_DIR,
+            'refactor-light-to-layer.js'
+          );
+          const paths =
+            Array.isArray(options.paths) && options.paths.length > 0
+              ? options.paths
+              : await glob(['**/*.js', '**/*.jsx', '**/*.ts', '**/*.tsx'], {
+                  cwd: options.workspaceDir,
+                  ignore: [
+                    '**/es/**',
+                    '**/lib/**',
+                    '**/umd/**',
+                    '**/node_modules/**',
+                    '**/storybook-static/**',
+                  ],
+                });
+
+          await run({
+            dry: !options.write,
+            transform,
+            paths,
+            verbose: options.verbose,
+          });
+        },
+      },
       {
         name: 'refactor-to-callout',
         description:
diff --git a/packages/upgrade/transforms/__testfixtures__/refactor-light-to-layer.input.js b/packages/upgrade/transforms/__testfixtures__/refactor-light-to-layer.input.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..df406e1b67e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/upgrade/transforms/__testfixtures__/refactor-light-to-layer.input.js
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+import React from 'react';
+import { Button, Layer } from '@carbon/react';
+
+function TestComponent() {
+  <div>
+    <Button light>Click me</Button>
+    <Button>Another button</Button>
+    <Layer>
+      <Button light>Nested light button</Button>
+    </Layer>
+  </div>;
+}
+
+export default TestComponent;
diff --git a/packages/upgrade/transforms/__testfixtures__/refactor-light-to-layer.output.js b/packages/upgrade/transforms/__testfixtures__/refactor-light-to-layer.output.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..829a1ab9cd91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/upgrade/transforms/__testfixtures__/refactor-light-to-layer.output.js
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+import React from 'react';
+import { Button, Layer } from '@carbon/react';
+
+function TestComponent() {
+  <div>
+    <Layer><Button>Click me</Button></Layer>
+    <Button>Another button</Button>
+    <Layer>
+      <Layer><Button>Nested light button</Button></Layer>
+    </Layer>
+  </div>;
+}
+
+export default TestComponent;
diff --git a/packages/upgrade/transforms/__tests__/refactor-light-to-layer-test.js b/packages/upgrade/transforms/__tests__/refactor-light-to-layer-test.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..189dc72c8328
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/upgrade/transforms/__tests__/refactor-light-to-layer-test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+'use strict';
+
+const { defineTest } = require('jscodeshift/dist/testUtils');
+
+defineTest(__dirname, 'refactor-light-to-layer');
diff --git a/packages/upgrade/transforms/refactor-light-to-layer.js b/packages/upgrade/transforms/refactor-light-to-layer.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d469afc949e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/upgrade/transforms/refactor-light-to-layer.js
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright IBM Corp. 2024
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the Apache-2.0 license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ *
+ * Deprecate the `light` prop and wrap components with `Layer`
+ *
+ * Transforms:
+ *
+ * <Button light>Click me</Button>
+ *
+ * Into:
+ *
+ * <Layer>
+ *   <Button>Click me</Button>
+ * </Layer>
+ */
+
+'use strict';
+
+const defaultOptions = {
+  quote: 'single',
+  trailingComma: true,
+};
+
+function transform(fileInfo, api, options) {
+  const { jscodeshift: j } = api;
+  const root = j(fileInfo.source);
+  const printOptions = options.printOptions || defaultOptions;
+
+  // Check if there are any components with the 'light' prop
+  const hasLightProp =
+    root.find(j.JSXAttribute, { name: { name: 'light' } }).size() > 0;
+
+  if (!hasLightProp) {
+    return null; // if no 'light' prop found, don't modify & return the file
+  }
+
+  // Import Layer component if not already imported
+  const layerImport = root.find(j.ImportDeclaration, {
+    source: { value: '@carbon/react' },
+  });
+
+  if (layerImport.length) {
+    const specifiers = layerImport.get('specifiers');
+    const hasLayerImport = specifiers.value.some(
+      (specifier) => specifier.imported && specifier.imported.name === 'Layer'
+    );
+
+    if (!hasLayerImport) {
+      specifiers.value.push(j.importSpecifier(j.identifier('Layer')));
+    }
+  } else {
+    const newImport = j.importDeclaration(
+      [j.importSpecifier(j.identifier('Layer'))],
+      j.literal('@carbon/react')
+    );
+    // Find the first import declaration
+    const firstImport = root.find(j.ImportDeclaration).at(0);
+
+    if (firstImport.length) {
+      // Insert the new import before the first existing import
+      firstImport.insertAfter(newImport);
+    } else {
+      // If no imports, find the first non-comment node
+      const firstNonCommentNode = root
+        .find(j.Program)
+        .get('body')
+        .filter(
+          (path) =>
+            path.value.type !== 'CommentBlock' &&
+            path.value.type !== 'CommentLine'
+        )[0];
+
+      // Insert the new import before the first non-comment node
+      j(firstNonCommentNode).insertBefore(newImport);
+    }
+  }
+
+  // Find all JSX elements with a 'light' prop
+  root.find(j.JSXElement).forEach((path) => {
+    const lightProp = path.node.openingElement.attributes.find(
+      (attr) => attr.type === 'JSXAttribute' && attr.name.name === 'light'
+    );
+
+    if (lightProp) {
+      // Remove the 'light' prop
+      path.node.openingElement.attributes =
+        path.node.openingElement.attributes.filter(
+          (attr) => attr !== lightProp
+        );
+      // Wrap the component with Layer
+      const layerElement = j.jsxElement(
+        j.jsxOpeningElement(j.jsxIdentifier('Layer'), []),
+        j.jsxClosingElement(j.jsxIdentifier('Layer')),
+        [path.node]
+      );
+
+      // Replace the original element with the wrapped version
+      j(path).replaceWith(layerElement);
+    }
+  });
+
+  return root.toSource(printOptions);
+}
+
+module.exports = transform;