diff --git a/vizro-core/examples/dev/app.py b/vizro-core/examples/dev/app.py
index 1265ab20c..74ade57b7 100644
--- a/vizro-core/examples/dev/app.py
+++ b/vizro-core/examples/dev/app.py
@@ -820,13 +820,13 @@ def multiple_cards(data_frame: pd.DataFrame, n_rows: Optional[int] = 1) -> html.
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     app = Vizro().build(dashboard)
-    app.dash.layout.children.append(
-        dbc.NavLink(
-            ["Made with ", html.Img(src=get_asset_url("logo.svg"), id="banner", alt="Vizro logo"), "vizro"],
-            href="https://github.com/mckinsey/vizro",
-            target="_blank",
-            className="anchor-container",
-        )
+
+    banner = dbc.NavLink(
+        ["Made with ", html.Img(src=get_asset_url("logo.svg"), id="banner", alt="Vizro logo"), "vizro"],
+        href="https://github.com/mckinsey/vizro",
+        target="_blank",
+        className="anchor-container",
     )
+    app.dash.layout.children = [app.dash.layout.children, banner]
     server = app.dash.server
     app.run()
diff --git a/vizro-core/examples/scratch_dev/app.py b/vizro-core/examples/scratch_dev/app.py
index 56413e831..43c7c57e5 100644
--- a/vizro-core/examples/scratch_dev/app.py
+++ b/vizro-core/examples/scratch_dev/app.py
@@ -1,89 +1,24 @@
 """Dev app to try things out."""
-
 from vizro import Vizro
 import vizro.models as vm
 import vizro.plotly.express as px
 
-df = px.data.gapminder()
-gapminder_data = (
-    df.groupby(by=["continent", "year"]).agg({"lifeExp": "mean", "pop": "sum", "gdpPercap": "mean"}).reset_index()
-)
-first_page = vm.Page(
-    title="First Page",
-    layout=vm.Layout(grid=[[0, 0], [1, 2], [1, 2], [1, 2]]),
-    components=[
-        vm.Card(
-            text="""
-                # First dashboard page
-                This pages shows the inclusion of markdown text in a page and how components
-                can be structured using Layout.
-            """,
-        ),
-        vm.Graph(
-            id="box_cont",
-            figure=px.box(
-                gapminder_data,
-                x="continent",
-                y="lifeExp",
-                color="continent",
-                labels={"lifeExp": "Life Expectancy", "continent": "Continent"},
-            ),
-        ),
-        vm.Graph(
-            id="line_gdp",
-            figure=px.line(
-                gapminder_data,
-                x="year",
-                y="gdpPercap",
-                color="continent",
-                labels={"year": "Year", "continent": "Continent", "gdpPercap": "GDP Per Cap"},
-            ),
-        ),
-    ],
-    controls=[
-        vm.Filter(column="continent", targets=["box_cont", "line_gdp"]),
-    ],
-)
+stocks = px.data.stocks(datetimes=True)
 
-iris_data = px.data.iris()
-second_page = vm.Page(
-    title="Second Page",
+page = vm.Page(
+    title="Page",
     components=[
         vm.Graph(
-            id="scatter_iris",
-            figure=px.scatter(
-                iris_data,
-                x="sepal_width",
-                y="sepal_length",
-                color="species",
-                color_discrete_map={"setosa": "#00b4ff", "versicolor": "#ff9222"},
-                labels={"sepal_width": "Sepal Width", "sepal_length": "Sepal Length", "species": "Species"},
-            ),
-        ),
-        vm.Graph(
-            id="hist_iris",
-            figure=px.histogram(
-                iris_data,
-                x="sepal_width",
-                color="species",
-                color_discrete_map={"setosa": "#00b4ff", "versicolor": "#ff9222"},
-                labels={"sepal_width": "Sepal Width", "count": "Count", "species": "Species"},
-            ),
+            figure=px.line(stocks, x="date", y="GOOG", title="Stocks Data"),
         ),
     ],
     controls=[
-        vm.Parameter(
-            targets=["scatter_iris.color_discrete_map.virginica", "hist_iris.color_discrete_map.virginica"],
-            selector=vm.Dropdown(options=["#ff5267", "#3949ab"], multi=False, value="#3949ab", title="Color Virginica"),
-        ),
-        vm.Parameter(
-            targets=["scatter_iris.opacity"],
-            selector=vm.Slider(min=0, max=1, value=0.8, title="Opacity"),
-        ),
+        vm.Filter(column="GOOG"),
+        vm.Filter(column="date", selector=vm.DatePicker(title="Date Picker (Stocks - date)")),
     ],
 )
 
-dashboard = vm.Dashboard(pages=[first_page, second_page])
+dashboard = vm.Dashboard(pages=[page])
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    Vizro().build(dashboard).run()
+    Vizro().build(dashboard).run()
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/vizro-core/pyproject.toml b/vizro-core/pyproject.toml
index 1bf2b9577..11cce50b3 100644
--- a/vizro-core/pyproject.toml
+++ b/vizro-core/pyproject.toml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ dependencies = [
   "pandas>=2",
   "plotly>=5.12.0",
   "pydantic>=1.10.16",  # must be synced with pre-commit mypy hook manually
-  "dash_mantine_components<0.13.0",  # 0.13.0 is not compatible with 0.12,
+  "dash_mantine_components==0.15.1",  # 0.13.0 is not compatible with 0.12,
   "flask_caching>=2",
   "wrapt>=1",
   "black",
diff --git a/vizro-core/src/vizro/_vizro.py b/vizro-core/src/vizro/_vizro.py
index f648d053f..f2fa41a27 100644
--- a/vizro-core/src/vizro/_vizro.py
+++ b/vizro-core/src/vizro/_vizro.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, TypedDict, cast
 
 import dash
+import dash_mantine_components as dmc
 import plotly.io as pio
 from dash.development.base_component import ComponentRegistry
 from flask_caching import SimpleCache
@@ -17,6 +18,9 @@
 from vizro.managers import data_manager, model_manager
 from vizro.models import Dashboard, Filter
 
+# this can be removed when Dash uses React 18 as a default (likely V3.0 https://github.com/plotly/dash/pull/3093)
+dash._dash_renderer._set_react_version("18.2.0")
+
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
@@ -49,6 +53,13 @@ def __init__(self, **kwargs):
             use_pages=True,
         )
 
+        # Ensure external_stylesheets is a list and append the additional stylesheet
+        external_stylesheets = self.dash.config.external_stylesheets
+        self.dash.config.external_stylesheets = (
+            external_stylesheets if isinstance(external_stylesheets, list) else [external_stylesheets]
+        )
+        self.dash.config.external_stylesheets.append(dmc.styles.DATES)
+
         # When Vizro is used as a framework, we want to include the library and framework resources.
         # Dash serves resources in the order 1. external_stylesheets/scripts; 2. library resources from the
         # ComponentRegistry; 3. resources added by append_css/scripts.
diff --git a/vizro-core/src/vizro/models/_components/form/date_picker.py b/vizro-core/src/vizro/models/_components/form/date_picker.py
index b3dc416fd..d487ca9e6 100644
--- a/vizro-core/src/vizro/models/_components/form/date_picker.py
+++ b/vizro-core/src/vizro/models/_components/form/date_picker.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from typing import Literal, Optional, Union
 
 import dash_mantine_components as dmc
-from dash import ClientsideFunction, Input, Output, State, clientside_callback, dcc, html
+from dash import html
 
 try:
     from pydantic.v1 import Field, PrivateAttr, validator
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
     from pydantic import Field, PrivateAttr, validator
 
 
-import datetime
 from datetime import date
 
 import dash_bootstrap_components as dbc
@@ -42,6 +41,8 @@ class DatePicker(VizroBaseModel):
     max: Optional[date] = Field(None, description="End date for date picker.")
     value: Optional[Union[list[date], date]] = Field(None, description="Default date for date picker")
     title: str = Field("", description="Title to be displayed.")
+
+    # Could probably delete the `range` arg, but keeping it makes it backwards compatible
     range: bool = Field(True, description="Boolean flag for displaying range picker.")
     actions: list[Action] = []
 
@@ -57,48 +58,17 @@ def build(self):
         init_value = self.value or ([self.min, self.max] if self.range else self.min)  # type: ignore[list-item]
         date_range_picker_kwargs = {"allowSingleDateInRange": True} if self.range else {}
 
-        output = [
-            Output(self.id, "value"),
-            Output(f"{self.id}_input_store", "data"),
-        ]
-        inputs = [
-            Input(self.id, "value"),
-            State(f"{self.id}_input_store", "data"),
-        ]
-
-        clientside_callback(
-            ClientsideFunction(namespace="date_picker", function_name="update_date_picker_values"),
-            output=output,
-            inputs=inputs,
-        )
-        # clientside callback is required as a workaround when the date-picker is overflowing its parent container
-        # if there is not enough space. Caused by another workaround for this issue:
-        # https://github.com/snehilvj/dash-mantine-components/issues/219
-        clientside_callback(
-            ClientsideFunction(namespace="date_picker", function_name="update_date_picker_position"),
-            output=Output(self.id, "dropdownPosition"),
-            inputs=Input(self.id, "n_clicks"),
-        )
-
-        date_picker_class = dmc.DateRangePicker if self.range else dmc.DatePicker
-
-        # dropdownPosition must be set to bottom-start as a workaround for issue:
-        # https://github.com/snehilvj/dash-mantine-components/issues/219
-        # clearable must be set to False as a workaround for issue:
-        # https://github.com/snehilvj/dash-mantine-components/issues/212
-        # maxDate must be increased by one day, and later on disabledDates must be set as maxDate + 1 day
-        # as a workaround for issue: https://github.com/snehilvj/dash-mantine-components/issues/230
-        date_picker = date_picker_class(
+        date_picker = dmc.DatePickerInput(
             id=self.id,
             minDate=self.min,
             value=init_value,
-            maxDate=self.max + datetime.timedelta(days=1) if self.max else None,
+            maxDate=self.max,
             persistence=True,
             persistence_type="session",
-            dropdownPosition="bottom-start",
-            clearable=False,
-            disabledDates=self.max + datetime.timedelta(days=1) if self.max else None,
+            type="range" if self.range else "default",
             className="datepicker",
+            # removes the default red color for  weekend days
+            styles={"day": {"color": "var(--mantine-color-text"}},
             **date_range_picker_kwargs,
         )
 
@@ -106,6 +76,5 @@ def build(self):
             children=[
                 dbc.Label(children=self.title, html_for=self.id) if self.title else None,
                 date_picker,
-                dcc.Store(id=f"{self.id}_input_store", storage_type="session", data=init_value),
             ],
         )
diff --git a/vizro-core/src/vizro/models/_dashboard.py b/vizro-core/src/vizro/models/_dashboard.py
index b635b8e95..62e1f12be 100644
--- a/vizro-core/src/vizro/models/_dashboard.py
+++ b/vizro-core/src/vizro/models/_dashboard.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 import dash
 import dash_bootstrap_components as dbc
+import dash_mantine_components as dmc
 import plotly.io as pio
 from dash import (
     ClientsideFunction,
@@ -156,7 +157,7 @@ def build(self):
                 State("collapsable-left-side", "is_open"),
             )
 
-        return html.Div(
+        layout = html.Div(
             id="dashboard-container",
             children=[
                 html.Div(id="vizro_version", children=vizro.__version__, hidden=True),
@@ -171,6 +172,11 @@ def build(self):
                 dash.page_container,
             ],
         )
+        return dmc.MantineProvider(
+            layout,
+            # Use the `theme` to style all Mantine components with a Vizro theme. For more info see https://www.dash-mantine-components.com/components/mantineprovider
+             theme = {"primaryColor": "gray"}
+        )
 
     def _validate_logos(self):
         logo_img = self._infer_image(filename="logo")
diff --git a/vizro-core/src/vizro/static/css/datepicker.css b/vizro-core/src/vizro/static/css/datepicker.css
index 3e167d5d0..e69de29bb 100644
--- a/vizro-core/src/vizro/static/css/datepicker.css
+++ b/vizro-core/src/vizro/static/css/datepicker.css
@@ -1,109 +0,0 @@
-.datepicker .mantine-Input-wrapper {
-  font-family: unset;
-  height: 2rem;
-}
-
-.datepicker .mantine-DateRangePicker-input,
-.datepicker .mantine-DatePicker-input {
-  background-color: var(--field-enabled);
-  border: none;
-  border-radius: 0;
-  box-shadow: var(--elevation-0);
-  color: var(--text-secondary);
-  font-size: 0.875rem;
-  height: 2rem;
-  line-height: 1rem;
-  min-height: 2rem;
-  padding: 0 0.5rem;
-}
-
-.datepicker .mantine-DateRangePicker-input:hover,
-.datepicker .mantine-DatePicker-input:hover {
-  color: var(--text-primary);
-}
-
-.datepicker .mantine-DateRangePicker-dropdown,
-.datepicker .mantine-DatePicker-dropdown {
-  background: var(--field-enabled);
-  border: none;
-  border-radius: 0;
-  box-shadow: var(--elevation-1);
-  padding: 1rem 11px; /* 11px otherwise not aligned with controls */
-}
-
-.datepicker .mantine-UnstyledButton-root {
-  border-radius: 0;
-  color: var(--text-secondary);
-  font-family: unset;
-  font-weight: 400;
-}
-
-.datepicker .mantine-UnstyledButton-root:hover {
-  background: var(--stateOverlays-hover);
-  color: var(--text-primary);
-}
-
-.datepicker .mantine-DateRangePicker-weekday,
-.datepicker .mantine-DatePicker-weekday {
-  color: var(--text-secondary);
-  font-family: unset;
-  padding: 0.5rem;
-}
-
-.datepicker .mantine-DateRangePicker-cell,
-.datepicker .mantine-DatePicker-cell {
-  border: none;
-}
-
-.datepicker .mantine-DateRangePicker-day,
-.datepicker .mantine-DatePicker-day {
-  background: var(--field-enabled);
-  border-radius: 0;
-  color: var(--text-secondary);
-  font-family: unset;
-}
-
-.datepicker .mantine-DateRangePicker-day[data-outside],
-.datepicker .mantine-DateRangePicker-day:disabled,
-.datepicker .mantine-DatePicker-day[data-outside],
-.datepicker .mantine-DatePicker-day:disabled,
-.datepicker .mantine-UnstyledButton-root:disabled {
-  color: var(--text-disabled);
-}
-
-.datepicker .mantine-DateRangePicker-day:hover,
-.datepicker .mantine-DateRangePicker-day:focus-visible,
-.datepicker .mantine-DatePicker-day:hover,
-.datepicker .mantine-DatePicker-day:focus-visible {
-  background: var(--stateOverlays-hover);
-  border: none;
-  color: var(--text-primary);
-  outline: none;
-  text-decoration: none;
-}
-
-.datepicker .mantine-DateRangePicker-day[data-in-range] {
-  background: var(--stateOverlays-selected);
-  color: var(--text-primary);
-}
-
-.datepicker .mantine-DateRangePicker-day[data-selected],
-.datepicker .mantine-DateRangePicker-yearPickerControlActive,
-.datepicker .mantine-DateRangePicker-monthPickerControlActive,
-.datepicker .mantine-DatePicker-day[data-selected],
-.datepicker .mantine-DatePicker-yearPickerControlActive,
-.datepicker .mantine-DatePicker-monthPickerControlActive {
-  background: var(--stateOverlays-selected-inverted);
-  color: var(--text-primary-inverted);
-  text-decoration: underline;
-}
-
-.datepicker
-  .mantine-DateRangePicker-calendarHeader
-  .mantine-UnstyledButton-root:hover,
-.datepicker
-  .mantine-DatePicker-calendarHeader
-  .mantine-UnstyledButton-root:hover {
-  background: transparent;
-  color: var(--text-primary);
-}
diff --git a/vizro-core/src/vizro/static/js/models/dashboard.js b/vizro-core/src/vizro/static/js/models/dashboard.js
index e04084788..5a278e1ac 100644
--- a/vizro-core/src/vizro/static/js/models/dashboard.js
+++ b/vizro-core/src/vizro/static/js/models/dashboard.js
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 function update_dashboard_theme(theme_selector_checked) {
-  document.documentElement.setAttribute(
-    "data-bs-theme",
-    theme_selector_checked ? "light" : "dark",
-  );
+  const theme = theme_selector_checked ? "light" : "dark";
+
+  // Update theme attributes for Bootstrap and Mantine
+  document.documentElement.setAttribute("data-bs-theme", theme);
+  document.documentElement.setAttribute("data-mantine-color-scheme", theme);
+
   return window.dash_clientside.no_update;
 }
 
diff --git a/vizro-core/src/vizro/static/js/models/date_picker.js b/vizro-core/src/vizro/static/js/models/date_picker.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 1073acacb..000000000
--- a/vizro-core/src/vizro/static/js/models/date_picker.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-function update_date_picker_values(value, input_store) {
-  if (
-    value === null ||
-    dash_clientside.callback_context.triggered.length === 0
-  ) {
-    return [input_store, input_store];
-  }
-  return [value, value];
-}
-
-function update_date_picker_position(clicks) {
-  var element_id = window.dash_clientside.callback_context.inputs_list[0]["id"];
-  var element = document.getElementById(element_id);
-  var rect = element.getBoundingClientRect();
-  var position =
-    rect.y + 360 > window.innerHeight ? "top-start" : "bottom-start";
-
-  return position;
-}
-
-window.dash_clientside = {
-  ...window.dash_clientside,
-  date_picker: {
-    update_date_picker_values: update_date_picker_values,
-    update_date_picker_position: update_date_picker_position,
-  },
-};