diff --git a/frontend/playwright/ui/specs/tokens/apply.spec.js b/frontend/playwright/ui/specs/tokens/apply.spec.js
index a0e91b7c60..e13a377ae7 100644
--- a/frontend/playwright/ui/specs/tokens/apply.spec.js
+++ b/frontend/playwright/ui/specs/tokens/apply.spec.js
@@ -259,6 +259,36 @@ test.describe("Tokens: Apply token", () => {
     await expect(opacityLowPill).toBeVisible();
   });
 
+  test("Token dropdown of a scrubbable numeric input shows the default cursor", async ({
+    page,
+  }) => {
+    const { workspacePage } = await setupTokensFileRender(page);
+
+    await page.getByRole("tab", { name: "Layers" }).click();
+    await workspacePage.layers.getByTestId("layer-row").nth(1).click();
+
+    const layerMenuSection = page.getByRole("region", {
+      name: "Layer menu section",
+    });
+    const opacityWrapper = layerMenuSection
+      .getByTestId("numeric-input-wrapper")
+      .first();
+    await expect(opacityWrapper).toHaveCSS("cursor", "ew-resize");
+
+    await layerMenuSection
+      .getByRole("button", { name: "Open token list" })
+      .click();
+
+    // The scrub cursor belongs to the input, not to the dropdown it opens.
+    const tokenList = layerMenuSection.getByRole("listbox");
+    await expect(tokenList).toBeVisible();
+    await expect(tokenList).toHaveCSS("cursor", "default");
+    await expect(tokenList.getByRole("option").first()).toHaveCSS(
+      "cursor",
+      "default",
+    );
+  });
+
   test("User applies typography token to a text shape", async ({ page }) => {
     const { workspacePage, tokensSidebar, tokenContextMenuForToken } =
       await setupTypographyTokensFileRender(page);
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/main/ui/ds/controls/shared/options_dropdown.scss b/frontend/src/app/main/ui/ds/controls/shared/options_dropdown.scss
index c961b9e06c..6480e6cd79 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/main/ui/ds/controls/shared/options_dropdown.scss
+++ b/frontend/src/app/main/ui/ds/controls/shared/options_dropdown.scss
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@
   z-index: var(--z-index-dropdown);
   box-shadow: 0 0 $sz-12 0 var(--color-shadow-dark);
 
+  // Do not inherit the cursor of the control that opens it (e.g. the
+  // scrub cursor of the numeric input).
+  cursor: default;
+
   &:focus {
     outline: none;
   }