diff --git a/.changeset/purple-forks-refuse.md b/.changeset/purple-forks-refuse.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..66c941136
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/purple-forks-refuse.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+'@gitbook/react-openapi': minor
+'gitbook': patch
+---
+
+Synchronize response and response example tabs
diff --git a/packages/gitbook/src/components/DocumentView/OpenAPI/OpenAPI.tsx b/packages/gitbook/src/components/DocumentView/OpenAPI/OpenAPI.tsx
index 83c9f5d19..014a53193 100644
--- a/packages/gitbook/src/components/DocumentView/OpenAPI/OpenAPI.tsx
+++ b/packages/gitbook/src/components/DocumentView/OpenAPI/OpenAPI.tsx
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ async function OpenAPIBody(props: BlockProps<DocumentBlockSwagger>) {
                 CodeBlock: PlainCodeBlock,
                 defaultInteractiveOpened: context.mode === 'print',
                 id: block.meta?.id,
+                blockKey: block.key,
             }}
             className="openapi-block"
         />
diff --git a/packages/react-openapi/package.json b/packages/react-openapi/package.json
index 4a6390e28..075178063 100644
--- a/packages/react-openapi/package.json
+++ b/packages/react-openapi/package.json
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@
         "classnames": "^2.5.1",
         "flatted": "^3.2.9",
         "openapi-types": "^12.1.3",
-        "yaml": "1.10.2",
-        "swagger2openapi": "^7.0.8"
+        "swagger2openapi": "^7.0.8",
+        "yaml": "1.10.2"
     },
     "devDependencies": {
         "@types/swagger2openapi": "^7.0.4",
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@
         "typescript": "^5.5.3"
     },
     "peerDependencies": {
-        "react": "*"
+        "react": "*",
+        "recoil": "^0.7.7"
     },
     "scripts": {
         "build": "tsc",
diff --git a/packages/react-openapi/src/InteractiveSection.tsx b/packages/react-openapi/src/InteractiveSection.tsx
index f2ee1e6cc..37b19d247 100644
--- a/packages/react-openapi/src/InteractiveSection.tsx
+++ b/packages/react-openapi/src/InteractiveSection.tsx
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 import classNames from 'classnames';
 import React from 'react';
+import { atom, useRecoilState } from 'recoil';
 
 interface InteractiveSectionTab {
     key: string;
@@ -9,6 +10,11 @@ interface InteractiveSectionTab {
     body: React.ReactNode;
 }
 
+const syncedTabsAtom = atom<Record<string, string>>({
+    key: 'syncedTabState',
+    default: {},
+});
+
 /**
  * To optimize rendering, most of the components are server-components,
  * and the interactiveness is mainly handled by a few key components like this one.
@@ -34,6 +40,8 @@ export function InteractiveSection(props: {
     children?: React.ReactNode;
     /** Children to display within the container */
     overlay?: React.ReactNode;
+    /** An optional key referencing a value in global state */
+    stateKey?: string;
 }) {
     const {
         id,
@@ -47,12 +55,18 @@ export function InteractiveSection(props: {
         overlay,
         toggleOpenIcon = '▶',
         toggleCloseIcon = '▼',
+        stateKey,
     } = props;
+    const [syncedTabs, setSyncedTabs] = useRecoilState(syncedTabsAtom);
+    const tabFromState =
+        stateKey && stateKey in syncedTabs
+            ? tabs.find((tab) => tab.key === syncedTabs[stateKey])
+            : undefined;
 
     const [opened, setOpened] = React.useState(defaultOpened);
-    const [selectedTabKey, setSelectedTab] = React.useState(defaultTab);
+    const [selectedTabKey, setSelectedTab] = React.useState(tabFromState?.key ?? defaultTab);
     const selectedTab: InteractiveSectionTab | undefined =
-        tabs.find((tab) => tab.key === selectedTabKey) ?? tabs[0];
+        tabFromState ?? tabs.find((tab) => tab.key === selectedTabKey) ?? tabs[0];
 
     return (
         <div
@@ -99,6 +113,12 @@ export function InteractiveSection(props: {
                             value={selectedTab.key}
                             onChange={(event) => {
                                 setSelectedTab(event.target.value);
+                                if (stateKey) {
+                                    setSyncedTabs((state) => ({
+                                        ...state,
+                                        [stateKey]: event.target.value,
+                                    }));
+                                }
                                 setOpened(true);
                             }}
                         >
diff --git a/packages/react-openapi/src/OpenAPIOperation.tsx b/packages/react-openapi/src/OpenAPIOperation.tsx
index ead87ffd3..365cede51 100644
--- a/packages/react-openapi/src/OpenAPIOperation.tsx
+++ b/packages/react-openapi/src/OpenAPIOperation.tsx
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ export function OpenAPIOperation(props: {
     const clientContext: OpenAPIClientContext = {
         defaultInteractiveOpened: context.defaultInteractiveOpened,
         icons: context.icons,
+        blockKey: context.blockKey,
     };
 
     return (
diff --git a/packages/react-openapi/src/OpenAPIResponseExample.tsx b/packages/react-openapi/src/OpenAPIResponseExample.tsx
index e88434d4f..f4758c485 100644
--- a/packages/react-openapi/src/OpenAPIResponseExample.tsx
+++ b/packages/react-openapi/src/OpenAPIResponseExample.tsx
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { InteractiveSection } from './InteractiveSection';
 import { OpenAPIOperationData } from './fetchOpenAPIOperation';
 import { generateSchemaExample } from './generateSchemaExample';
 import { OpenAPIContextProps } from './types';
-import { noReference } from './utils';
+import { createStateKey, noReference } from './utils';
 
 /**
  * Display an example of the response content.
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ export function OpenAPIResponseExample(props: {
 
     return (
         <InteractiveSection
+            stateKey={createStateKey('response', context.blockKey)}
             header="Response"
             className="openapi-response-example"
             tabs={examples}
diff --git a/packages/react-openapi/src/OpenAPIResponses.tsx b/packages/react-openapi/src/OpenAPIResponses.tsx
index bf8bf0cad..7b701acd7 100644
--- a/packages/react-openapi/src/OpenAPIResponses.tsx
+++ b/packages/react-openapi/src/OpenAPIResponses.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import * as React from 'react';
 import classNames from 'classnames';
 import { OpenAPIV3 } from 'openapi-types';
-import { noReference } from './utils';
+import { createStateKey, noReference } from './utils';
 import { OpenAPIResponse } from './OpenAPIResponse';
 import { OpenAPIClientContext } from './types';
 import { InteractiveSection } from './InteractiveSection';
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ export function OpenAPIResponses(props: {
 
     return (
         <InteractiveSection
+            stateKey={createStateKey('response', context.blockKey)}
             header="Response"
             className={classNames('openapi-responses')}
             tabs={Object.entries(responses).map(([statusCode, response]) => {
diff --git a/packages/react-openapi/src/types.ts b/packages/react-openapi/src/types.ts
index 420146649..156a28ac0 100644
--- a/packages/react-openapi/src/types.ts
+++ b/packages/react-openapi/src/types.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,10 @@ export interface OpenAPIClientContext {
      * @default false
      */
     defaultInteractiveOpened?: boolean;
-
+    /**
+     * The key of the block
+     */
+    blockKey?: string;
     /** Optional id attached to the OpenAPI Operation heading and used as an anchor */
     id?: string;
 }
diff --git a/packages/react-openapi/src/utils.ts b/packages/react-openapi/src/utils.ts
index 9fdd2912c..5bc3ee092 100644
--- a/packages/react-openapi/src/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/react-openapi/src/utils.ts
@@ -7,3 +7,7 @@ export function noReference<T>(input: T | OpenAPIV3.ReferenceObject): T {
 
     return input;
 }
+
+export function createStateKey(key: string, scope?: string) {
+    return scope ? `${scope}_${key}` : key;
+}