diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7acd6974..40348077 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 - Fixed a bug where button groups with tooltips experienced an odd spacing issue in Safari
 - Fixed a bug where scrolling in dropdowns/selects didn't work properly on Windows (special thanks to [Trendy](http://github.com/trendy) for helping troubleshoot!)
 - Fixed a bug where selecting a menu item in a dropdown would cause Safari to scroll
+- Fixed a bug where type to select wouldn't accept symbols
 - Moved scrolling logic from `sl-menu` to `sl-dropdown`
 
 ## 2.0.0-beta.12
diff --git a/src/components/menu/menu.tsx b/src/components/menu/menu.tsx
index 371cfe27..b98bc6b4 100644
--- a/src/components/menu/menu.tsx
+++ b/src/components/menu/menu.tsx
@@ -168,10 +168,7 @@ export class Menu {
       }
     }
 
-    // Handle type-to-select behavior when non-control characters are entered
-    if (event.key === ' ' || /^[\d\w]$/i.test(event.key)) {
-      this.typeToSelect(event.key);
-    }
+    this.typeToSelect(event.key);
   }
 
   handleMouseDown(event: MouseEvent) {