diff --git a/docs/pages/changelog.rst b/docs/pages/changelog.rst
index 3296309..814b410 100644
--- a/docs/pages/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/pages/changelog.rst
@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@
 Changelog
 *********
 
+2.1.1 (2025-08-28)
+###################
+
+* Fixed compatibility with ``prompt_toolkit`` 3.0.52. Previously that version raised ability
+  ``AttributeError: 'VSplit' object has no attribute 'content'`` error.
+
 2.1.0 (2024-12-29)
 ###################
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 91fe6b3..948d1ca 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ warn_unused_ignores = true
 
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "questionary"
-version = "2.1.0"
+version = "2.1.1"
 description = "Python library to build pretty command line user prompts ⭐️"
 authors = [ "Tom Bocklisch <tombocklisch@gmail.com>",]
 maintainers = [ "Tom Bocklisch <tombocklisch@gmail.com>", "Kian Cross <kian@kiancross.co.uk>"]
diff --git a/questionary/prompts/select.py b/questionary/prompts/select.py
index e41dbe5..b22f768 100644
--- a/questionary/prompts/select.py
+++ b/questionary/prompts/select.py
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ def select(
     show_selected: bool = False,
     show_description: bool = True,
     instruction: Optional[str] = None,
+    initial_choice: Optional[str] = None,
     **kwargs: Any,
 ) -> Question:
     """A list of items to select **one** option from.
@@ -162,6 +163,11 @@ def select(
 
     merged_style = merge_styles_default([style])
 
+    if initial_choice is not None:
+        ic_initial_choice = initial_choice
+    else:
+        ic_initial_choice = default
+
     ic = InquirerControl(
         choices,
         default,
@@ -171,7 +177,7 @@ def select(
         show_selected=show_selected,
         show_description=show_description,
         use_arrow_keys=use_arrow_keys,
-        initial_choice=default,
+        initial_choice=ic_initial_choice,
     )
 
     def get_prompt_tokens():
diff --git a/questionary/version.py b/questionary/version.py
index 9aa3f90..58039f5 100644
--- a/questionary/version.py
+++ b/questionary/version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "2.1.0"
+__version__ = "2.1.1"