diff --git a/src/wp-content/themes/twentytwentyone/assets/css/style-editor.css b/src/wp-content/themes/twentytwentyone/assets/css/style-editor.css
index 22cf90dd98..a878777e82 100644
--- a/src/wp-content/themes/twentytwentyone/assets/css/style-editor.css
+++ b/src/wp-content/themes/twentytwentyone/assets/css/style-editor.css
@@ -1561,7 +1561,7 @@ pre.wp-block-preformatted {
 }
 
 .wp-block-quote .wp-block-quote__citation {
-	color: var(--global--color-primary);
+	color: currentColor;
 	font-size: var(--global--font-size-xs);
 	font-style: var(--quote--font-style-cite);
 }
diff --git a/src/wp-content/themes/twentytwentyone/assets/sass/05-blocks/quote/_editor.scss b/src/wp-content/themes/twentytwentyone/assets/sass/05-blocks/quote/_editor.scss
index 4a33767653..0d36ff1fcd 100644
--- a/src/wp-content/themes/twentytwentyone/assets/sass/05-blocks/quote/_editor.scss
+++ b/src/wp-content/themes/twentytwentyone/assets/sass/05-blocks/quote/_editor.scss
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 	}
 
 	.wp-block-quote__citation {
-		color: var(--global--color-primary);
+		color: currentColor;
 		font-size: var(--global--font-size-xs);
 		font-style: var(--quote--font-style-cite);