diff --git a/docs/docs/resources/changelog.md b/docs/docs/resources/changelog.md
index 3b0e77212..9c11bcbac 100644
--- a/docs/docs/resources/changelog.md
+++ b/docs/docs/resources/changelog.md
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ During the alpha period, things might break! We take breaking changes very serio
 - Added the `tag` part (and associated exported parts) to `<wa-select>` to allow targeting the tag that shows when more than the max number of visible items have been selected
 - Fixed a number of broken event listeners throughout the docs
 - Fixed a bug in `<wa-card>` that prevented slots from showing automatically without `with-` attributes
+- Fixed a bug in `<wa-select>` that prevented the placeholder color from being customized with the `--wa-form-control-placeholder-color` token
 
 ## 3.0.0-alpha.10
 
diff --git a/src/components/select/select.css b/src/components/select/select.css
index 7c6f166d2..cdcba944c 100644
--- a/src/components/select/select.css
+++ b/src/components/select/select.css
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
   }
 
   &::placeholder {
-    color: var(--wa-form-controls-placeholder-color);
+    color: var(--wa-form-control-placeholder-color);
   }
 }