diff --git a/src/shared/dropdown-list/dropdown-label.styles.tsx b/src/shared/dropdown-list/dropdown-label.styles.tsx
index 617626564e..d0181f0776 100644
--- a/src/shared/dropdown-list/dropdown-label.styles.tsx
+++ b/src/shared/dropdown-list/dropdown-label.styles.tsx
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ interface LabelTextStyleProps {
     $disabled?: boolean;
     $truncateType?: TruncateType;
     $bold?: boolean;
+    $variant?: DropdownVariantType;
 }
 
 interface MatchedTextStyleProps {
@@ -73,7 +74,9 @@ export const SecondaryText = styled.div<LabelTextStyleProps>`
             case "inline":
             default:
                 return css`
-                    ${Font["body-baseline-regular"]}
+                    ${props.$variant === "small"
+                        ? Font["body-md-regular"]
+                        : Font["body-baseline-regular"]}
                 `;
         }
     }}
diff --git a/src/shared/dropdown-list/dropdown-label.tsx b/src/shared/dropdown-list/dropdown-label.tsx
index c51530fbdd..35b883b969 100644
--- a/src/shared/dropdown-list/dropdown-label.tsx
+++ b/src/shared/dropdown-list/dropdown-label.tsx
@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@ export const DropdownLabel = ({
                     $maxLines={maxLines}
                     $truncateType={truncationType}
                     $labelDisplayType={displayType}
+                    $variant={variant}
                 >
                     {truncationType === "middle" && shouldTruncateLabel
                         ? renderTruncatedText(sublabel)
diff --git a/stories/form/form-select/form-select.stories.tsx b/stories/form/form-select/form-select.stories.tsx
index 60a075a7e0..6d9b9d1f5b 100644
--- a/stories/form/form-select/form-select.stories.tsx
+++ b/stories/form/form-select/form-select.stories.tsx
@@ -272,7 +272,6 @@ export const LabelTruncation: StoryObj<Component> = {
                         title: item,
                         secondaryLabel: item,
                     })}
-                    variant="small"
                 />
                 <Form.Select
                     label="This has truncation in the middle"
@@ -282,7 +281,6 @@ export const LabelTruncation: StoryObj<Component> = {
                         title: item,
                         secondaryLabel: item,
                     })}
-                    variant="small"
                 />
                 <Form.Select
                     label="This has no truncation"
@@ -292,7 +290,6 @@ export const LabelTruncation: StoryObj<Component> = {
                         title: item,
                         secondaryLabel: item,
                     })}
-                    variant="small"
                 />
             </>
         );