diff --git a/templates/django/forms/widgets/select.html b/templates/django/forms/widgets/select.html
index d7996043..386435f7 100644
--- a/templates/django/forms/widgets/select.html
+++ b/templates/django/forms/widgets/select.html
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-<sl-select 
+<sl-select
     name="{{ widget.name }}"
     size="small"
+    value="{{ widget.value|first }}"
     {% include "django/forms/widgets/attrs.html" %}>
   {% for group_name, group_choices, group_index in widget.optgroups %}
     {% if group_name %}
@@ -14,4 +15,3 @@
     {% endif %}
   {% endfor %}
 </sl-select>
-  
\ No newline at end of file