diff --git a/.changeset/dirty-chairs-invent.md b/.changeset/dirty-chairs-invent.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b4455685fa1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/dirty-chairs-invent.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@primer/react": major
+---
+
+remove unused `contrast` from Select component
diff --git a/packages/react/src/Select/Select.tsx b/packages/react/src/Select/Select.tsx
index ff0e1c7379e..803e43d70bd 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/Select/Select.tsx
+++ b/packages/react/src/Select/Select.tsx
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import type {ForwardRefComponent as PolymorphicForwardRefComponent} from '../uti
 import classes from './Select.module.css'
 
 export type SelectProps = Omit<
-  Omit<React.ComponentProps<'select'>, 'size'> & Omit<StyledWrapperProps, 'variant'>,
+  Omit<React.ComponentProps<'select'>, 'size'> & Omit<StyledWrapperProps, 'variant' | 'contrast'>,
   'multiple' | 'hasLeadingVisual' | 'hasTrailingVisual' | 'as'
 > & {
   placeholder?: string
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ const Select = React.forwardRef<HTMLSelectElement, SelectProps>(
       block,
       children,
       className,
-      contrast,
       defaultValue,
       disabled,
       placeholder,
@@ -53,7 +52,6 @@ const Select = React.forwardRef<HTMLSelectElement, SelectProps>(
     return (
       <TextInputWrapper
         block={block}
-        contrast={contrast}
         disabled={disabled}
         size={size}
         validationStatus={validationStatus}