diff --git a/packages/react/__tests__/__snapshots__/PublicAPI-test.js.snap b/packages/react/__tests__/__snapshots__/PublicAPI-test.js.snap
index 396eaf5a04a0..c65128e8c446 100644
--- a/packages/react/__tests__/__snapshots__/PublicAPI-test.js.snap
+++ b/packages/react/__tests__/__snapshots__/PublicAPI-test.js.snap
@@ -1688,6 +1688,9 @@ Map {
         "expandIconDescription": Object {
           "type": "string",
         },
+        "id": Object {
+          "type": "string",
+        },
         "isExpanded": [Function],
         "onExpand": Object {
           "args": Array [
@@ -1701,9 +1704,6 @@ Map {
       },
     },
     "TableExpandRow": Object {
-      "defaultProps": Object {
-        "expandHeader": "expand",
-      },
       "propTypes": Object {
         "ariaLabel": Object {
           "isRequired": true,
@@ -6960,6 +6960,9 @@ Map {
       "expandIconDescription": Object {
         "type": "string",
       },
+      "id": Object {
+        "type": "string",
+      },
       "isExpanded": [Function],
       "onExpand": Object {
         "args": Array [
@@ -6973,9 +6976,6 @@ Map {
     },
   },
   "TableExpandRow" => Object {
-    "defaultProps": Object {
-      "expandHeader": "expand",
-    },
     "propTypes": Object {
       "ariaLabel": Object {
         "isRequired": true,
diff --git a/packages/react/src/components/DataTable/TableExpandHeader.js b/packages/react/src/components/DataTable/TableExpandHeader.js
index 93d7f1eee286..fe65758fc693 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/components/DataTable/TableExpandHeader.js
+++ b/packages/react/src/components/DataTable/TableExpandHeader.js
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ const TableExpandHeader = ({
   className: headerClassName,
   enableExpando,
   enableToggle,
+  id = 'expand',
   isExpanded,
   onExpand,
   expandIconDescription,
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ const TableExpandHeader = ({
       scope="col"
       className={className}
       data-previous-value={previousValue}
+      id={id}
       {...rest}>
       {enableExpando || enableToggle ? (
         <button
@@ -84,6 +86,11 @@ TableExpandHeader.propTypes = {
    */
   expandIconDescription: PropTypes.string,
 
+  /**
+   * Supply an id to the th element.
+   */
+  id: PropTypes.string,
+
   /**
    * Specify whether this row is expanded or not. This helps coordinate data
    * attributes so that `TableExpandRow` and `TableExpandedRow` work together
diff --git a/packages/react/src/components/DataTable/TableExpandRow.js b/packages/react/src/components/DataTable/TableExpandRow.js
index ffaafeff405e..abd6b0024fa4 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/components/DataTable/TableExpandRow.js
+++ b/packages/react/src/components/DataTable/TableExpandRow.js
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ const TableExpandRow = ({
   onExpand,
   expandIconDescription,
   isSelected,
-  expandHeader,
+  expandHeader = 'expand',
   ...rest
 }) => {
   const prefix = usePrefix();
@@ -92,8 +92,4 @@ TableExpandRow.propTypes = {
   onExpand: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
 };
 
-TableExpandRow.defaultProps = {
-  expandHeader: 'expand',
-};
-
 export default TableExpandRow;
diff --git a/packages/react/src/components/DataTable/__tests__/__snapshots__/TableExpandHeader-test.js.snap b/packages/react/src/components/DataTable/__tests__/__snapshots__/TableExpandHeader-test.js.snap
index 4e99cefb58ad..f1ed5d23a68b 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/components/DataTable/__tests__/__snapshots__/TableExpandHeader-test.js.snap
+++ b/packages/react/src/components/DataTable/__tests__/__snapshots__/TableExpandHeader-test.js.snap
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ exports[`DataTable.TableExpandHeader should render 1`] = `
               >
                 <th
                   className="cds--table-expand custom-class"
+                  id="expand"
                   scope="col"
                 />
               </TableExpandHeader>
diff --git a/packages/react/src/components/DataTable/__tests__/__snapshots__/TableExpandRow-test.js.snap b/packages/react/src/components/DataTable/__tests__/__snapshots__/TableExpandRow-test.js.snap
index 06ced6f71274..cc24e49dc456 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/components/DataTable/__tests__/__snapshots__/TableExpandRow-test.js.snap
+++ b/packages/react/src/components/DataTable/__tests__/__snapshots__/TableExpandRow-test.js.snap
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ exports[`DataTable.TableExpandRow should render 1`] = `
           <TableExpandRow
             ariaLabel="Aria label"
             className="custom-class"
-            expandHeader="expand"
             isExpanded={false}
             onExpand={[MockFunction]}
           >
diff --git a/packages/react/src/components/DataTable/stories/expansion/DataTable-expansion.stories.js b/packages/react/src/components/DataTable/stories/expansion/DataTable-expansion.stories.js
index 7c45aeec778e..ea7c03de9af1 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/components/DataTable/stories/expansion/DataTable-expansion.stories.js
+++ b/packages/react/src/components/DataTable/stories/expansion/DataTable-expansion.stories.js
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ export const Default = () => (
         <Table {...getTableProps()}>
           <TableHead>
             <TableRow>
-              <TableExpandHeader id="expand" />
+              <TableExpandHeader />
               {headers.map((header, i) => (
                 <TableHeader key={i} {...getHeaderProps({ header })}>
                   {header.header}
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ export const Default = () => (
           <TableBody>
             {rows.map((row) => (
               <React.Fragment key={row.id}>
-                <TableExpandRow expandHeader="expand" {...getRowProps({ row })}>
+                <TableExpandRow {...getRowProps({ row })}>
                   {row.cells.map((cell) => (
                     <TableCell key={cell.id}>{cell.value}</TableCell>
                   ))}
@@ -114,7 +114,6 @@ export const BatchExpansion = () => (
           <TableHead>
             <TableRow>
               <TableExpandHeader
-                id="expand"
                 enableExpando={true}
                 {...getExpandHeaderProps()}
               />
@@ -128,7 +127,7 @@ export const BatchExpansion = () => (
           <TableBody>
             {rows.map((row) => (
               <React.Fragment key={row.id}>
-                <TableExpandRow expandHeader="expand" {...getRowProps({ row })}>
+                <TableExpandRow {...getRowProps({ row })}>
                   {row.cells.map((cell) => (
                     <TableCell key={cell.id}>{cell.value}</TableCell>
                   ))}
@@ -278,7 +277,7 @@ export const Playground = (args) => (
         <Table {...getTableProps()}>
           <TableHead>
             <TableRow>
-              <TableExpandHeader id="expand" />
+              <TableExpandHeader />
               {headers.map((header, i) => (
                 <TableHeader key={i} {...getHeaderProps({ header })}>
                   {header.header}
@@ -289,7 +288,7 @@ export const Playground = (args) => (
           <TableBody>
             {rows.map((row) => (
               <React.Fragment key={row.id}>
-                <TableExpandRow expandHeader="expand" {...getRowProps({ row })}>
+                <TableExpandRow {...getRowProps({ row })}>
                   {row.cells.map((cell) => (
                     <TableCell key={cell.id}>{cell.value}</TableCell>
                   ))}