diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9e258b6b..52fe2977 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 - Fixed a bug where the `change` event wasn't updating the value in `sl-input`
 - Fixed a bug where `sl-color-picker` had the wrong border color in the dark theme
+- Fixed a bug where `sl-menu-item` had the wrong color in dark mode when disabled
 
 ## 2.0.0-beta.14
 
diff --git a/themes/dark.css b/themes/dark.css
index 4df297ac..02280f0c 100644
--- a/themes/dark.css
+++ b/themes/dark.css
@@ -320,6 +320,10 @@
   color: var(--sl-color-primary-50);
 }
 
+.sl-theme-dark sl-menu-item[disabled]::part(base) {
+  color: var(--sl-color-gray-40);
+}
+
 /* Menu label */
 .sl-theme-dark sl-menu-label::part(base) {
   color: var(--sl-color-gray-40);