diff --git a/src/resources/formats/typst/pandoc/quarto/typst-template.typ b/src/resources/formats/typst/pandoc/quarto/typst-template.typ
index 219ac27a8d4..cf1f8dd669c 100644
--- a/src/resources/formats/typst/pandoc/quarto/typst-template.typ
+++ b/src/resources/formats/typst/pandoc/quarto/typst-template.typ
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@
     }
     block(above: 0em, below: 2em)[
     #outline(
-      title: toc_title,
+      title: title,
       depth: toc_depth,
       indent: toc_indent
     );
diff --git a/tests/docs/smoke-all/typst/toc/strip-toc-title.lua b/tests/docs/smoke-all/typst/toc/strip-toc-title.lua
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f86da508541
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/docs/smoke-all/typst/toc/strip-toc-title.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+-- Removes the toc-title metadata that Quarto adds before Pandoc runs,
+-- causing article() to use its `toc_title: none` default.
+function Meta(meta)
+  meta["toc-title"] = nil
+  return meta
+end
diff --git a/tests/docs/smoke-all/typst/toc/toc-title-auto-fallback.qmd b/tests/docs/smoke-all/typst/toc/toc-title-auto-fallback.qmd
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5d2c6c6becf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/docs/smoke-all/typst/toc/toc-title-auto-fallback.qmd
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+---
+title: "TOC title auto fallback"
+lang: en
+toc: true
+format:
+  typst:
+    keep-typ: true
+    filters:
+      - strip-toc-title.lua
+_quarto:
+  tests:
+    typst:
+      ensureTypstFileRegexMatches:
+        - # Patterns that MUST be found
+          # The outline is emitted, so the `if toc` branch of article() ran
+          - '#outline\('
+        - # Patterns that must NOT be found
+          # No toc_title argument in the article() call: the filter removed the
+          # metadata, so article() falls back to its own `toc_title: none` default
+          - 'toc_title: \['
+      ensurePdfRegexMatches:
+        - # Typst's `auto` outline title for lang: en
+          - 'Contents'
+---
+
+Quarto fills `toc-title` with a localized default before Pandoc runs, so the
+Typst `article()` function normally receives a `toc_title` argument. This test
+uses a Lua `Meta` filter to remove the key and reach the function's own
+`toc_title: none` default. In that case, `outline(title: auto)` provides the
+table of contents heading.