diff --git a/packages/webawesome/docs/docs/resources/changelog.md b/packages/webawesome/docs/docs/resources/changelog.md
index 9affda840..e3360ff7c 100644
--- a/packages/webawesome/docs/docs/resources/changelog.md
+++ b/packages/webawesome/docs/docs/resources/changelog.md
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ Web Awesome follows [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/). Breaking changes
 
 Components with the <wa-badge variant="warning">Experimental</wa-badge> badge should not be used in production. They are made available as release candidates for development and testing purposes. As such, changes to experimental components will not be subject to semantic versioning.
 
+## Next
+
+- Fixed a bug in `<wa-dropdown>` that closed the dropdown event when preventing `wa-select` [issue:1432]
+
 ## 3.0.0-beta.5
 
 ### Bug Fixes and Improvements {data-no-outline}
@@ -444,4 +448,4 @@ Many of these changes and improvements were the direct result of feedback from u
 
 </details>
 
-Did we miss something? [Let us know!](https://github.com/shoelace-style/webawesome/discussions)
\ No newline at end of file
+Did we miss something? [Let us know!](https://github.com/shoelace-style/webawesome/discussions)
diff --git a/packages/webawesome/src/events/select.ts b/packages/webawesome/src/events/select.ts
index bfda2bdf4..761769515 100644
--- a/packages/webawesome/src/events/select.ts
+++ b/packages/webawesome/src/events/select.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ export class WaSelectEvent extends Event {
   readonly detail;
 
   constructor(detail: WaSelectEventDetail) {
-    super('wa-select', { bubbles: true, cancelable: false, composed: true });
+    super('wa-select', { bubbles: true, cancelable: true, composed: true });
     this.detail = detail;
   }
 }