diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
index 88bf75bb4d6a2..9643f6423b5dc 100644
--- a/LICENSE
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -17,3 +17,4 @@ AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
 LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
 OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
 THE SOFTWARE.
+test
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bridge/Twig/Resources/views/Form/form_div_layout.html.twig b/src/Symfony/Bridge/Twig/Resources/views/Form/form_div_layout.html.twig
index 61f64e33fa751..2e331f7064533 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bridge/Twig/Resources/views/Form/form_div_layout.html.twig
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bridge/Twig/Resources/views/Form/form_div_layout.html.twig
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
     {%- endif -%}
     <select {{ block('widget_attributes') }}{% if multiple %} multiple="multiple"{% endif %}>
         {%- if placeholder is not none -%}
-            <option value=""{% if required and value is empty %} selected="selected"{% endif %}>{{ placeholder != '' ? (translation_domain is same as(false) ? placeholder : placeholder|trans({}, translation_domain)) }}</option>
+            <option value=""{% if required and value is empty %} selected="selected"{% endif %}>{{ placeholder != '' ? (translation_domain is same as(false) ? placeholder : placeholder|trans({}, translation_domain)) : '--' }}</option>
         {%- endif -%}
         {%- if preferred_choices|length > 0 -%}
             {% set options = preferred_choices %}
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bridge/Twig/Tests/Extension/AbstractBootstrap3LayoutTest.php b/src/Symfony/Bridge/Twig/Tests/Extension/AbstractBootstrap3LayoutTest.php
index 808352300adf4..fda2e1429f757 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bridge/Twig/Tests/Extension/AbstractBootstrap3LayoutTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bridge/Twig/Tests/Extension/AbstractBootstrap3LayoutTest.php
@@ -1950,17 +1950,17 @@ public function testBirthDayWithPlaceholder()
         ./select
             [@id="name_month"]
             [@class="form-control"]
-            [./option[@value=""][not(@selected)][not(@disabled)][.=""]]
+            [./option[@value=""][not(@selected)][not(@disabled)][.="--"]]
             [./option[@value="1"][@selected="selected"]]
         /following-sibling::select
             [@id="name_day"]
             [@class="form-control"]
-            [./option[@value=""][not(@selected)][not(@disabled)][.=""]]
+            [./option[@value=""][not(@selected)][not(@disabled)][.="--"]]
             [./option[@value="1"][@selected="selected"]]
         /following-sibling::select
             [@id="name_year"]
             [@class="form-control"]
-            [./option[@value=""][not(@selected)][not(@disabled)][.=""]]
+            [./option[@value=""][not(@selected)][not(@disabled)][.="--"]]
             [./option[@value="1950"][@selected="selected"]]
     ]
     [count(./select)=3]
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bridge/Twig/Tests/Extension/AbstractBootstrap5LayoutTest.php b/src/Symfony/Bridge/Twig/Tests/Extension/AbstractBootstrap5LayoutTest.php
index 7ac695ec927c3..e694fbb867be7 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bridge/Twig/Tests/Extension/AbstractBootstrap5LayoutTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bridge/Twig/Tests/Extension/AbstractBootstrap5LayoutTest.php
@@ -1410,17 +1410,17 @@ public function testBirthDayWithPlaceholder()
                 ./select
                     [@id="name_month"]
                     [@class="form-select"]
-                    [./option[@value=""][not(@selected)][not(@disabled)][.=""]]
+                    [./option[@value=""][not(@selected)][not(@disabled)][.="--"]]
                     [./option[@value="1"][@selected="selected"]]
                 /following-sibling::select
                     [@id="name_day"]
                     [@class="form-select"]
-                    [./option[@value=""][not(@selected)][not(@disabled)][.=""]]
+                    [./option[@value=""][not(@selected)][not(@disabled)][.="--"]]
                     [./option[@value="1"][@selected="selected"]]
                 /following-sibling::select
                     [@id="name_year"]
                     [@class="form-select"]
-                    [./option[@value=""][not(@selected)][not(@disabled)][.=""]]
+                    [./option[@value=""][not(@selected)][not(@disabled)][.="--"]]
                     [./option[@value="1950"][@selected="selected"]]
             ]
             [count(./select)=3]
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Tests/AbstractLayoutTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Tests/AbstractLayoutTest.php
index 58e853e111e5a..edd9b3725362a 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Tests/AbstractLayoutTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Tests/AbstractLayoutTest.php
@@ -1700,15 +1700,15 @@ public function testBirthDayWithPlaceholder()
     [
         ./select
             [@id="name_month"]
-            [./option[@value=""][not(@selected)][not(@disabled)][.=""]]
+            [./option[@value=""][not(@selected)][not(@disabled)][.="--"]]
             [./option[@value="1"][@selected="selected"]]
         /following-sibling::select
             [@id="name_day"]
-            [./option[@value=""][not(@selected)][not(@disabled)][.=""]]
+            [./option[@value=""][not(@selected)][not(@disabled)][.="--"]]
             [./option[@value="1"][@selected="selected"]]
         /following-sibling::select
             [@id="name_year"]
-            [./option[@value=""][not(@selected)][not(@disabled)][.=""]]
+            [./option[@value=""][not(@selected)][not(@disabled)][.="--"]]
             [./option[@value="1950"][@selected="selected"]]
     ]
     [count(./select)=3]