diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/packages/core/property-editor/uis/value-type/property-editor-ui-value-type.element.ts b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/packages/core/property-editor/uis/value-type/property-editor-ui-value-type.element.ts
index 2fbcca9a08..77c3e247a3 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/packages/core/property-editor/uis/value-type/property-editor-ui-value-type.element.ts
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/packages/core/property-editor/uis/value-type/property-editor-ui-value-type.element.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-import { html, customElement, property, state } from '@umbraco-cms/backoffice/external/lit';
+import { html, customElement, property, state, query } from '@umbraco-cms/backoffice/external/lit';
 import { UmbTextStyles } from '@umbraco-cms/backoffice/style';
-import type { UUISelectEvent } from '@umbraco-cms/backoffice/external/uui';
+import type { UUISelectElement, UUISelectEvent } from '@umbraco-cms/backoffice/external/uui';
 import { UmbPropertyEditorUiElement } from '@umbraco-cms/backoffice/extension-registry';
 import { UmbLitElement } from '@umbraco-cms/internal/lit-element';
 import type { UmbPropertyEditorConfigCollection } from '@umbraco-cms/backoffice/property-editor';
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ export class UmbPropertyEditorUIValueTypeElement extends UmbLitElement implement
 		this._value = value;
 
 		const selected = this._options.filter((option) => {
+			if (this.selectEl && option.value === this.value) this.selectEl.value = this.value;
 			return (option.selected = option.value === this.value);
 		});
 		if (selected.length === 0) {
@@ -27,6 +28,9 @@ export class UmbPropertyEditorUIValueTypeElement extends UmbLitElement implement
 		}
 	}
 
+	@query('uui-select')
+	selectEl?: UUISelectElement;
+
 	@state()
 	private _options: Array<Option> = [
 		{ name: 'String', value: 'STRING' },