diff --git a/apps/material-react-table-docs/components/prop-tables/columnOptions.ts b/apps/material-react-table-docs/components/prop-tables/columnOptions.ts
index 3ce59f0f8..05a65f13c 100644
--- a/apps/material-react-table-docs/components/prop-tables/columnOptions.ts
+++ b/apps/material-react-table-docs/components/prop-tables/columnOptions.ts
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ export const columnOptions: ColumnOption[] = [
     linkText: '',
     source: 'MRT',
     required: false,
-    type: 'Array<string | { text: string; value: string }>',
+    type: 'Array<string | { label: string; value: string }>',
   },
   {
     columnOption: 'editVariant',
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ export const columnOptions: ColumnOption[] = [
     linkText: '',
     source: 'MRT',
     required: false,
-    type: 'Array<string | { text: string; value: string }>',
+    type: 'Array<string | { label: string; value: string }>',
   },
   {
     columnOption: 'filterVariant',
diff --git a/apps/material-react-table-docs/examples/customize-filter-components/sandbox/src/JS.js b/apps/material-react-table-docs/examples/customize-filter-components/sandbox/src/JS.js
index 2a08e1942..24ef58638 100644
--- a/apps/material-react-table-docs/examples/customize-filter-components/sandbox/src/JS.js
+++ b/apps/material-react-table-docs/examples/customize-filter-components/sandbox/src/JS.js
@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@ const Example = () => {
         header: 'Gender',
         filterFn: 'equals',
         filterSelectOptions: [
-          { text: 'Male', value: 'Male' },
-          { text: 'Female', value: 'Female' },
-          { text: 'Other', value: 'Other' },
+          { label: 'Male', value: 'Male' },
+          { label: 'Female', value: 'Female' },
+          { label: 'Other', value: 'Other' },
         ],
         filterVariant: 'select',
       },
diff --git a/apps/material-react-table-docs/examples/customize-filter-components/sandbox/src/TS.tsx b/apps/material-react-table-docs/examples/customize-filter-components/sandbox/src/TS.tsx
index 495b3e5d5..93a87e5bf 100644
--- a/apps/material-react-table-docs/examples/customize-filter-components/sandbox/src/TS.tsx
+++ b/apps/material-react-table-docs/examples/customize-filter-components/sandbox/src/TS.tsx
@@ -34,9 +34,9 @@ const Example = () => {
         header: 'Gender',
         filterFn: 'equals',
         filterSelectOptions: [
-          { text: 'Male', value: 'Male' },
-          { text: 'Female', value: 'Female' },
-          { text: 'Other', value: 'Other' },
+          { label: 'Male', value: 'Male' },
+          { label: 'Female', value: 'Female' },
+          { label: 'Other', value: 'Other' },
         ],
         filterVariant: 'select',
       },
diff --git a/apps/material-react-table-docs/examples/customize-filter-modes/sandbox/src/JS.js b/apps/material-react-table-docs/examples/customize-filter-modes/sandbox/src/JS.js
index 4d226afd3..7bd4faf89 100644
--- a/apps/material-react-table-docs/examples/customize-filter-modes/sandbox/src/JS.js
+++ b/apps/material-react-table-docs/examples/customize-filter-modes/sandbox/src/JS.js
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 import { useMemo } from 'react';
-import { MaterialReactTable, useMaterialReactTable } from 'material-react-table';
+import {
+  MaterialReactTable,
+  useMaterialReactTable,
+} from 'material-react-table';
 import { MenuItem } from '@mui/material';
 import { data } from './makeData';
 
diff --git a/apps/material-react-table-docs/examples/enable-filter-facet-values/sandbox/src/JS.js b/apps/material-react-table-docs/examples/enable-filter-facet-values/sandbox/src/JS.js
index 29056f6e8..730719c94 100644
--- a/apps/material-react-table-docs/examples/enable-filter-facet-values/sandbox/src/JS.js
+++ b/apps/material-react-table-docs/examples/enable-filter-facet-values/sandbox/src/JS.js
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 import { useMemo } from 'react';
-import { MaterialReactTable, useMaterialReactTable } from 'material-react-table';
+import {
+  MaterialReactTable,
+  useMaterialReactTable,
+} from 'material-react-table';
 import { data } from './makeData';
 
 const Example = () => {
diff --git a/apps/material-react-table-docs/examples/enable-row-selection/sandbox/src/JS.js b/apps/material-react-table-docs/examples/enable-row-selection/sandbox/src/JS.js
index 21561906d..77a26a2ce 100644
--- a/apps/material-react-table-docs/examples/enable-row-selection/sandbox/src/JS.js
+++ b/apps/material-react-table-docs/examples/enable-row-selection/sandbox/src/JS.js
@@ -29,33 +29,32 @@ const data = [
 const Example = () => {
   const columns = useMemo(
     //column definitions...
-    () =>
-      [
-        {
-          accessorKey: 'firstName',
-          header: 'First Name',
-        },
-        {
-          accessorKey: 'lastName',
-          header: 'Last Name',
-        },
-        {
-          accessorKey: 'age',
-          header: 'Age',
-        },
-        {
-          accessorKey: 'address',
-          header: 'Address',
-        },
-        {
-          accessorKey: 'city',
-          header: 'City',
-        },
-        {
-          accessorKey: 'state',
-          header: 'State',
-        },
-      ],
+    () => [
+      {
+        accessorKey: 'firstName',
+        header: 'First Name',
+      },
+      {
+        accessorKey: 'lastName',
+        header: 'Last Name',
+      },
+      {
+        accessorKey: 'age',
+        header: 'Age',
+      },
+      {
+        accessorKey: 'address',
+        header: 'Address',
+      },
+      {
+        accessorKey: 'city',
+        header: 'City',
+      },
+      {
+        accessorKey: 'state',
+        header: 'State',
+      },
+    ],
     [], //end
   );
 
diff --git a/apps/material-react-table-docs/examples/multi-sorting/sandbox/src/TS.tsx b/apps/material-react-table-docs/examples/multi-sorting/sandbox/src/TS.tsx
index 9345aa5c3..a545cf67f 100644
--- a/apps/material-react-table-docs/examples/multi-sorting/sandbox/src/TS.tsx
+++ b/apps/material-react-table-docs/examples/multi-sorting/sandbox/src/TS.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
-import { MaterialReactTable, useMaterialReactTable, type MRT_ColumnDef } from 'material-react-table';
+import {
+  MaterialReactTable,
+  useMaterialReactTable,
+  type MRT_ColumnDef,
+} from 'material-react-table';
 import { data, type Person } from './makeData';
 import { Button } from '@mui/material';
 
@@ -46,9 +50,9 @@ const Example = () => {
         Clear All Sorting
       </Button>
     ),
-  })
+  });
 
-  return <MaterialReactTable table={table} />
+  return <MaterialReactTable table={table} />;
 };
 
 export default Example;
diff --git a/apps/material-react-table-docs/pages/docs/guides/column-hiding.mdx b/apps/material-react-table-docs/pages/docs/guides/column-hiding.mdx
index 22516f663..fdbc36fd9 100644
--- a/apps/material-react-table-docs/pages/docs/guides/column-hiding.mdx
+++ b/apps/material-react-table-docs/pages/docs/guides/column-hiding.mdx
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import StateOptionsTable from '../../../components/prop-tables/StateOptionsTable
 import Example from '../../../examples/disable-column-hiding';
 
 <Head>
-  <title>{'Column Hiding Guide - Material React Table V2 Docs}</title>
+  <title>{'Column Hiding Guide - Material React Table V2 Docs'}</title>
   <meta
     name="description"
     content="How to use, customize, or disable column hiding and visibility features of Material React Table"
diff --git a/apps/material-react-table-docs/pages/index.tsx b/apps/material-react-table-docs/pages/index.tsx
index 15496cb59..ac4ff0d88 100644
--- a/apps/material-react-table-docs/pages/index.tsx
+++ b/apps/material-react-table-docs/pages/index.tsx
@@ -232,7 +232,10 @@ const HomePage = () => {
             gap: '1rem',
           }}
         >
-          <GuideCard title="Best Practices" href="/docs/guides/best-practices" />
+          <GuideCard
+            title="Best Practices"
+            href="/docs/guides/best-practices"
+          />
           <GuideCard title="Table Options" href="/docs/api/table-options" />
           <GuideCard title="Advanced Example" href="docs/examples/advanced" />
           <GuideCard
diff --git a/apps/test-cra/src/index.js b/apps/test-cra/src/index.js
index 593edf121..65a8dbf40 100644
--- a/apps/test-cra/src/index.js
+++ b/apps/test-cra/src/index.js
@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@ const root = ReactDOM.createRoot(document.getElementById('root'));
 root.render(
   <React.StrictMode>
     <App />
-  </React.StrictMode>
+  </React.StrictMode>,
 );
diff --git a/apps/test-remix/app/entry.client.tsx b/apps/test-remix/app/entry.client.tsx
index 94d5dc0de..3f01ce18b 100755
--- a/apps/test-remix/app/entry.client.tsx
+++ b/apps/test-remix/app/entry.client.tsx
@@ -4,15 +4,15 @@
  * For more information, see https://remix.run/file-conventions/entry.client
  */
 
-import { RemixBrowser } from "@remix-run/react";
-import { startTransition, StrictMode } from "react";
-import { hydrateRoot } from "react-dom/client";
+import { RemixBrowser } from '@remix-run/react';
+import { startTransition, StrictMode } from 'react';
+import { hydrateRoot } from 'react-dom/client';
 
 startTransition(() => {
   hydrateRoot(
     document,
     <StrictMode>
       <RemixBrowser />
-    </StrictMode>
+    </StrictMode>,
   );
 });
diff --git a/apps/test-remix/app/entry.server.tsx b/apps/test-remix/app/entry.server.tsx
index 0c7712b0b..99e5e3e65 100755
--- a/apps/test-remix/app/entry.server.tsx
+++ b/apps/test-remix/app/entry.server.tsx
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
  * For more information, see https://remix.run/file-conventions/entry.server
  */
 
-import { PassThrough } from "node:stream";
+import { PassThrough } from 'node:stream';
 
-import type { AppLoadContext, EntryContext } from "@remix-run/node";
-import { createReadableStreamFromReadable } from "@remix-run/node";
-import { RemixServer } from "@remix-run/react";
-import isbot from "isbot";
-import { renderToPipeableStream } from "react-dom/server";
+import type { AppLoadContext, EntryContext } from '@remix-run/node';
+import { createReadableStreamFromReadable } from '@remix-run/node';
+import { RemixServer } from '@remix-run/react';
+import isbot from 'isbot';
+import { renderToPipeableStream } from 'react-dom/server';
 
 const ABORT_DELAY = 5_000;
 
@@ -19,20 +19,20 @@ export default function handleRequest(
   responseStatusCode: number,
   responseHeaders: Headers,
   remixContext: EntryContext,
-  loadContext: AppLoadContext
+  loadContext: AppLoadContext,
 ) {
-  return isbot(request.headers.get("user-agent"))
+  return isbot(request.headers.get('user-agent'))
     ? handleBotRequest(
         request,
         responseStatusCode,
         responseHeaders,
-        remixContext
+        remixContext,
       )
     : handleBrowserRequest(
         request,
         responseStatusCode,
         responseHeaders,
-        remixContext
+        remixContext,
       );
 }
 
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ function handleBotRequest(
   request: Request,
   responseStatusCode: number,
   responseHeaders: Headers,
-  remixContext: EntryContext
+  remixContext: EntryContext,
 ) {
   return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
     let shellRendered = false;
@@ -56,13 +56,13 @@ function handleBotRequest(
           const body = new PassThrough();
           const stream = createReadableStreamFromReadable(body);
 
-          responseHeaders.set("Content-Type", "text/html");
+          responseHeaders.set('Content-Type', 'text/html');
 
           resolve(
             new Response(stream, {
               headers: responseHeaders,
               status: responseStatusCode,
-            })
+            }),
           );
 
           pipe(body);
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ function handleBotRequest(
             console.error(error);
           }
         },
-      }
+      },
     );
 
     setTimeout(abort, ABORT_DELAY);
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ function handleBrowserRequest(
   request: Request,
   responseStatusCode: number,
   responseHeaders: Headers,
-  remixContext: EntryContext
+  remixContext: EntryContext,
 ) {
   return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
     let shellRendered = false;
@@ -106,13 +106,13 @@ function handleBrowserRequest(
           const body = new PassThrough();
           const stream = createReadableStreamFromReadable(body);
 
-          responseHeaders.set("Content-Type", "text/html");
+          responseHeaders.set('Content-Type', 'text/html');
 
           resolve(
             new Response(stream, {
               headers: responseHeaders,
               status: responseStatusCode,
-            })
+            }),
           );
 
           pipe(body);
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ function handleBrowserRequest(
             console.error(error);
           }
         },
-      }
+      },
     );
 
     setTimeout(abort, ABORT_DELAY);
diff --git a/apps/test-remix/app/root.tsx b/apps/test-remix/app/root.tsx
index b46b8fb15..9c680f892 100755
--- a/apps/test-remix/app/root.tsx
+++ b/apps/test-remix/app/root.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-import { cssBundleHref } from "@remix-run/css-bundle";
-import type { LinksFunction } from "@remix-run/node";
+import { cssBundleHref } from '@remix-run/css-bundle';
+import type { LinksFunction } from '@remix-run/node';
 import {
   Links,
   LiveReload,
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@ import {
   Outlet,
   Scripts,
   ScrollRestoration,
-} from "@remix-run/react";
+} from '@remix-run/react';
 
 export const links: LinksFunction = () => [
-  ...(cssBundleHref ? [{ rel: "stylesheet", href: cssBundleHref }] : []),
+  ...(cssBundleHref ? [{ rel: 'stylesheet', href: cssBundleHref }] : []),
 ];
 
 export default function App() {
diff --git a/apps/test-remix/remix.config.js b/apps/test-remix/remix.config.js
index 7fac2d305..812df9d05 100755
--- a/apps/test-remix/remix.config.js
+++ b/apps/test-remix/remix.config.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /** @type {import('@remix-run/dev').AppConfig} */
 export default {
-  ignoredRouteFiles: ["**/.*"],
+  ignoredRouteFiles: ['**/.*'],
   // appDirectory: "app",
   // assetsBuildDirectory: "public/build",
   // publicPath: "/build/",
diff --git a/apps/test-vite/src/main.tsx b/apps/test-vite/src/main.tsx
index e63eef4a8..e5775c051 100644
--- a/apps/test-vite/src/main.tsx
+++ b/apps/test-vite/src/main.tsx
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-import React from 'react'
-import ReactDOM from 'react-dom/client'
-import App from './App.tsx'
+import React from 'react';
+import ReactDOM from 'react-dom/client';
+import App from './App.tsx';
 
 ReactDOM.createRoot(document.getElementById('root')!).render(
   <React.StrictMode>
     <App />
   </React.StrictMode>,
-)
+);
diff --git a/apps/test-vite/vite.config.ts b/apps/test-vite/vite.config.ts
index 5a33944a9..627a31962 100644
--- a/apps/test-vite/vite.config.ts
+++ b/apps/test-vite/vite.config.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-import { defineConfig } from 'vite'
-import react from '@vitejs/plugin-react'
+import { defineConfig } from 'vite';
+import react from '@vitejs/plugin-react';
 
 // https://vitejs.dev/config/
 export default defineConfig({
   plugins: [react()],
-})
+});
diff --git a/packages/material-react-table/package.json b/packages/material-react-table/package.json
index ea796d3cf..941d0ed2f 100644
--- a/packages/material-react-table/package.json
+++ b/packages/material-react-table/package.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "version": "2.0.0-beta.14",
+  "version": "2.0.0-beta.15",
   "license": "MIT",
   "name": "material-react-table",
   "description": "A fully featured Material UI V5 implementation of TanStack React Table V8, written from the ground up in TypeScript.",
diff --git a/packages/material-react-table/src/column.utils.ts b/packages/material-react-table/src/column.utils.ts
index ef0c37fc3..40879cbb2 100644
--- a/packages/material-react-table/src/column.utils.ts
+++ b/packages/material-react-table/src/column.utils.ts
@@ -348,3 +348,20 @@ export function createMRTColumnHelper<
     group: (column) => column as MRT_GroupColumnDef<TData>,
   };
 }
+
+export const getValueAndLabel = (
+  option: { label?: string; text?: string; value: string } | string,
+): { label: string; value: string } => {
+  let label: string = '';
+  let value: string = '';
+  if (option) {
+    if (typeof option !== 'object') {
+      label = option;
+      value = option;
+    } else {
+      label = option.label ?? option.text ?? option.value;
+      value = option.value ?? label;
+    }
+  }
+  return { label, value };
+};
diff --git a/packages/material-react-table/src/inputs/MRT_EditCellTextField.tsx b/packages/material-react-table/src/inputs/MRT_EditCellTextField.tsx
index 00bedacd2..dd5eb0475 100644
--- a/packages/material-react-table/src/inputs/MRT_EditCellTextField.tsx
+++ b/packages/material-react-table/src/inputs/MRT_EditCellTextField.tsx
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import {
 import MenuItem from '@mui/material/MenuItem';
 import TextField from '@mui/material/TextField';
 import { type TextFieldProps } from '@mui/material/TextField';
-import { parseFromValuesOrFunc } from '../column.utils';
+import { getValueAndLabel, parseFromValuesOrFunc } from '../column.utils';
 import {
   type MRT_Cell,
   type MRT_RowData,
@@ -150,33 +150,23 @@ export const MRT_EditCellTextField = <TData extends MRT_RowData>({
       onKeyDown={handleEnterKeyDown}
     >
       {textFieldProps.children ??
-        columnDef?.editSelectOptions?.map(
-          (option: { text: string; value: string } | string) => {
-            let value: string;
-            let text: string;
-            if (typeof option !== 'object') {
-              value = option;
-              text = option;
-            } else {
-              value = option.value;
-              text = option.text;
-            }
-            return (
-              <MenuItem
-                key={value}
-                sx={{
-                  alignItems: 'center',
-                  display: 'flex',
-                  gap: '0.5rem',
-                  m: 0,
-                }}
-                value={value}
-              >
-                {text}
-              </MenuItem>
-            );
-          },
-        )}
+        columnDef?.editSelectOptions?.map((option) => {
+          const { label, value } = getValueAndLabel(option);
+          return (
+            <MenuItem
+              key={value}
+              sx={{
+                alignItems: 'center',
+                display: 'flex',
+                gap: '0.5rem',
+                m: 0,
+              }}
+              value={value}
+            >
+              {label}
+            </MenuItem>
+          );
+        })}
     </TextField>
   );
 };
diff --git a/packages/material-react-table/src/inputs/MRT_FilterTextField.tsx b/packages/material-react-table/src/inputs/MRT_FilterTextField.tsx
index 994f99d61..0fa1e355e 100644
--- a/packages/material-react-table/src/inputs/MRT_FilterTextField.tsx
+++ b/packages/material-react-table/src/inputs/MRT_FilterTextField.tsx
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import {
   DatePicker,
   type DatePickerProps,
 } from '@mui/x-date-pickers/DatePicker';
-import { parseFromValuesOrFunc } from '../column.utils';
+import { getValueAndLabel, parseFromValuesOrFunc } from '../column.utils';
 import { MRT_FilterOptionMenu } from '../menus/MRT_FilterOptionMenu';
 import {
   type MRT_Header,
@@ -309,6 +309,7 @@ export const MRT_FilterTextField = <TData extends MRT_RowData>({
       </label>
     ) : null,
     inputProps: {
+      'aria-label': filterPlaceholder,
       autoComplete: 'new-password', // disable autocomplete and autofill
       disabled: !!filterChipLabel,
       sx: {
@@ -373,9 +374,13 @@ export const MRT_FilterTextField = <TData extends MRT_RowData>({
       ) : isAutocompleteFilter ? (
         <Autocomplete
           freeSolo
-          getOptionLabel={(option) => option}
-          onChange={(_e, newValue) => handleChange(newValue)}
-          options={dropdownOptions ?? []}
+          getOptionLabel={(option) => getValueAndLabel(option).label}
+          onChange={(_e, newValue) =>
+            handleChange(getValueAndLabel(newValue).value)
+          }
+          options={
+            dropdownOptions?.map((option) => getValueAndLabel(option)) ?? []
+          }
           {...autocompleteProps}
           renderInput={(builtinTextFieldProps) => (
             <TextField
@@ -407,19 +412,13 @@ export const MRT_FilterTextField = <TData extends MRT_RowData>({
                   ) : (
                     <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', flexWrap: 'wrap', gap: '2px' }}>
                       {(selected as string[])?.map((value) => {
-                        const selectedValue = dropdownOptions?.find((option) =>
-                          option instanceof Object
-                            ? option.value === value
-                            : option === value,
+                        const selectedValue = dropdownOptions?.find(
+                          (option) => getValueAndLabel(option).value === value,
                         );
                         return (
                           <Chip
                             key={value}
-                            label={
-                              selectedValue instanceof Object
-                                ? selectedValue.text
-                                : selectedValue
-                            }
+                            label={getValueAndLabel(selectedValue).label}
                           />
                         );
                       })}
@@ -438,44 +437,33 @@ export const MRT_FilterTextField = <TData extends MRT_RowData>({
             </MenuItem>,
             ...[
               textFieldProps.children ??
-                dropdownOptions?.map(
-                  (option: { text: string; value: string } | string, index) => {
-                    if (!option) return '';
-                    let value: string;
-                    let text: string;
-                    if (typeof option !== 'object') {
-                      value = option;
-                      text = option;
-                    } else {
-                      value = option.value;
-                      text = option.text;
-                    }
-                    return (
-                      <MenuItem
-                        key={`${index}-${value}`}
-                        sx={{
-                          alignItems: 'center',
-                          display: 'flex',
-                          gap: '0.5rem',
-                          m: 0,
-                        }}
-                        value={value}
-                      >
-                        {isMultiSelectFilter && (
-                          <Checkbox
-                            checked={(
-                              (column.getFilterValue() ?? []) as string[]
-                            ).includes(value)}
-                            sx={{ mr: '0.5rem' }}
-                          />
-                        )}
-                        {text}{' '}
-                        {!columnDef.filterSelectOptions &&
-                          `(${facetedUniqueValues.get(value)})`}
-                      </MenuItem>
-                    );
-                  },
-                ),
+                dropdownOptions?.map((option, index) => {
+                  const { label, value } = getValueAndLabel(option);
+                  return (
+                    <MenuItem
+                      key={`${index}-${value}`}
+                      sx={{
+                        alignItems: 'center',
+                        display: 'flex',
+                        gap: '0.5rem',
+                        m: 0,
+                      }}
+                      value={value}
+                    >
+                      {isMultiSelectFilter && (
+                        <Checkbox
+                          checked={(
+                            (column.getFilterValue() ?? []) as string[]
+                          ).includes(value)}
+                          sx={{ mr: '0.5rem' }}
+                        />
+                      )}
+                      {label}{' '}
+                      {!columnDef.filterSelectOptions &&
+                        `(${facetedUniqueValues.get(value)})`}
+                    </MenuItem>
+                  );
+                }),
             ],
           ]}
         </TextField>
diff --git a/packages/material-react-table/src/types.ts b/packages/material-react-table/src/types.ts
index b2f3c8cde..79d8a8d5a 100644
--- a/packages/material-react-table/src/types.ts
+++ b/packages/material-react-table/src/types.ts
@@ -424,7 +424,17 @@ export type MRT_ColumnDef<TData extends MRT_RowData, TValue = unknown> = Omit<
     LiteralUnion<string & MRT_FilterOption>
   > | null;
   columns?: MRT_ColumnDef<TData, TValue>[];
-  editSelectOptions?: ({ text: string; value: any } | string)[];
+  editSelectOptions?: (
+    | {
+        label?: string;
+        /**
+         * @deprecated use `label` instead
+         */
+        text?: string;
+        value: any;
+      }
+    | string
+  )[];
   editVariant?: 'select' | 'text';
   enableClickToCopy?: boolean;
   enableColumnActions?: boolean;
@@ -434,7 +444,17 @@ export type MRT_ColumnDef<TData extends MRT_RowData, TValue = unknown> = Omit<
   enableEditing?: ((row: MRT_Row<TData>) => boolean) | boolean;
   enableFilterMatchHighlighting?: boolean;
   filterFn?: MRT_FilterFn<TData>;
-  filterSelectOptions?: ({ text: string; value: any } | string)[];
+  filterSelectOptions?: (
+    | {
+        label?: string;
+        /**
+         * @deprecated use `label` instead
+         */
+        text?: string;
+        value: any;
+      }
+    | string
+  )[];
   filterVariant?:
     | 'autocomplete'
     | 'checkbox'
diff --git a/packages/material-react-table/stories/features/Editing.stories.tsx b/packages/material-react-table/stories/features/Editing.stories.tsx
index 3b2271556..eaf7ba40a 100644
--- a/packages/material-react-table/stories/features/Editing.stories.tsx
+++ b/packages/material-react-table/stories/features/Editing.stories.tsx
@@ -392,50 +392,50 @@ export const EditSelectVariantAlternate = () => {
         {
           accessorKey: 'state',
           editSelectOptions: [
-            { text: 'AL', value: 'Alabama' },
-            { text: 'AK', value: 'Alaska' },
-            { text: 'AS', value: 'American Samoa' },
-            { text: 'AZ', value: 'Arizona' },
-            { text: 'AR', value: 'Arkansas' },
-            { text: 'CA', value: 'California' },
-            { text: 'CO', value: 'Colorado' },
-            { text: 'CT', value: 'Connecticut' },
-            { text: 'DE', value: 'Delaware' },
-            { text: 'FL', value: 'Florida' },
-            { text: 'GA', value: 'Georgia' },
-            { text: 'GU', value: 'Guam' },
-            { text: 'HI', value: 'Hawaii' },
-            { text: 'ID', value: 'Idaho' },
-            { text: 'IL', value: 'Illinois' },
-            { text: 'IN', value: 'Indiana' },
-            { text: 'IA', value: 'Iowa' },
-            { text: 'KS', value: 'Kansas' },
-            { text: 'KY', value: 'Kentucky' },
-            { text: 'LA', value: 'Louisiana' },
-            { text: 'ME', value: 'Maine' },
-            { text: 'MD', value: 'Maryland' },
-            { text: 'MA', value: 'Massachusetts' },
-            { text: 'MI', value: 'Michigan' },
-            { text: 'MN', value: 'Minnesota' },
-            { text: 'MS', value: 'Mississippi' },
-            { text: 'MO', value: 'Missouri' },
-            { text: 'MT', value: 'Montana' },
-            { text: 'NE', value: 'Nebraska' },
-            { text: 'NV', value: 'Nevada' },
-            { text: 'NH', value: 'New Hampshire' },
-            { text: 'NJ', value: 'New Jersey' },
-            { text: 'NM', value: 'New Mexico' },
-            { text: 'NY', value: 'New York' },
-            { text: 'NC', value: 'North Carolina' },
-            { text: 'ND', value: 'North Dakota' },
-            { text: 'MP', value: 'Northern Mariana Islands' },
-            { text: 'OH', value: 'Ohio' },
-            { text: 'OK', value: 'Oklahoma' },
-            { text: 'OR', value: 'Oregon' },
-            { text: 'PA', value: 'Pennsylvania' },
-            { text: 'PR', value: 'Puerto Rico' },
-            { text: 'RI', value: 'Rhode Island' },
-            { text: 'SC', value: 'South Carolina' },
+            { label: 'AL', value: 'Alabama' },
+            { label: 'AK', value: 'Alaska' },
+            { label: 'AS', value: 'American Samoa' },
+            { label: 'AZ', value: 'Arizona' },
+            { label: 'AR', value: 'Arkansas' },
+            { label: 'CA', value: 'California' },
+            { label: 'CO', value: 'Colorado' },
+            { label: 'CT', value: 'Connecticut' },
+            { label: 'DE', value: 'Delaware' },
+            { label: 'FL', value: 'Florida' },
+            { label: 'GA', value: 'Georgia' },
+            { label: 'GU', value: 'Guam' },
+            { label: 'HI', value: 'Hawaii' },
+            { label: 'ID', value: 'Idaho' },
+            { label: 'IL', value: 'Illinois' },
+            { label: 'IN', value: 'Indiana' },
+            { label: 'IA', value: 'Iowa' },
+            { label: 'KS', value: 'Kansas' },
+            { label: 'KY', value: 'Kentucky' },
+            { label: 'LA', value: 'Louisiana' },
+            { label: 'ME', value: 'Maine' },
+            { label: 'MD', value: 'Maryland' },
+            { label: 'MA', value: 'Massachusetts' },
+            { label: 'MI', value: 'Michigan' },
+            { label: 'MN', value: 'Minnesota' },
+            { label: 'MS', value: 'Mississippi' },
+            { label: 'MO', value: 'Missouri' },
+            { label: 'MT', value: 'Montana' },
+            { label: 'NE', value: 'Nebraska' },
+            { label: 'NV', value: 'Nevada' },
+            { label: 'NH', value: 'New Hampshire' },
+            { label: 'NJ', value: 'New Jersey' },
+            { label: 'NM', value: 'New Mexico' },
+            { label: 'NY', value: 'New York' },
+            { label: 'NC', value: 'North Carolina' },
+            { label: 'ND', value: 'North Dakota' },
+            { label: 'MP', value: 'Northern Mariana Islands' },
+            { label: 'OH', value: 'Ohio' },
+            { label: 'OK', value: 'Oklahoma' },
+            { label: 'OR', value: 'Oregon' },
+            { label: 'PA', value: 'Pennsylvania' },
+            { label: 'PR', value: 'Puerto Rico' },
+            { label: 'RI', value: 'Rhode Island' },
+            { label: 'SC', value: 'South Carolina' },
           ],
           editVariant: 'select',
           header: 'State',
diff --git a/packages/material-react-table/stories/features/Filtering.stories.tsx b/packages/material-react-table/stories/features/Filtering.stories.tsx
index 9f2dfa909..0b7d45484 100644
--- a/packages/material-react-table/stories/features/Filtering.stories.tsx
+++ b/packages/material-react-table/stories/features/Filtering.stories.tsx
@@ -167,13 +167,13 @@ export const FilterFnAndFilterVariants = () => (
       {
         accessorKey: 'state',
         filterSelectOptions: [
-          { text: 'AL', value: 'Alabama' },
-          { text: 'AZ', value: 'Arizona' },
-          { text: 'CA', value: 'California' },
-          { text: 'FL', value: 'Florida' },
-          { text: 'GA', value: 'Georgia' },
-          { text: 'NY', value: 'New York' },
-          { text: 'TX', value: 'Texas' },
+          { label: 'AL', value: 'Alabama' },
+          { label: 'AZ', value: 'Arizona' },
+          { label: 'CA', value: 'California' },
+          { label: 'FL', value: 'Florida' },
+          { label: 'GA', value: 'Georgia' },
+          { label: 'NY', value: 'New York' },
+          { label: 'TX', value: 'Texas' },
         ],
         filterVariant: 'multi-select',
         header: 'State',
@@ -189,12 +189,16 @@ export const FilterFnAndFilterVariantsFaceted = () => (
     columns={[
       {
         accessorKey: 'firstName',
-        filterFn: 'fuzzy', // default
+        filterSelectOptions: data.map((row) => ({
+          label: row.firstName.toUpperCase(),
+          value: row.firstName,
+        })), //hard coded
+        filterVariant: 'autocomplete',
         header: 'First Name',
       },
       {
         accessorKey: 'lastName',
-        filterVariant: 'autocomplete',
+        filterVariant: 'autocomplete', //faceted auto generated select options
         header: 'Last Name',
       },
       {