diff --git a/components/cascader/__tests__/__snapshots__/index.test.js.snap b/components/cascader/__tests__/__snapshots__/index.test.js.snap
index c8d21910c6fa..f24086a3e1cb 100644
--- a/components/cascader/__tests__/__snapshots__/index.test.js.snap
+++ b/components/cascader/__tests__/__snapshots__/index.test.js.snap
@@ -952,7 +952,6 @@ exports[`Cascader should highlight keyword and filter when search in Cascader 1`
                       },
                     ]
                   }
-                  placeholder="Please select"
                   popupClassName=""
                   popupPlacement="bottomLeft"
                   popupVisible={true}
@@ -1250,7 +1249,6 @@ exports[`Cascader should render not found content 1`] = `
                       },
                     ]
                   }
-                  placeholder="Please select"
                   popupClassName=""
                   popupPlacement="bottomLeft"
                   popupVisible={true}
@@ -1578,7 +1576,6 @@ exports[`Cascader should show not found content when options.length is 0 1`] = `
                       },
                     ]
                   }
-                  placeholder="Please select"
                   popupClassName=""
                   popupPlacement="bottomLeft"
                   popupVisible={true}
diff --git a/components/cascader/__tests__/index.test.js b/components/cascader/__tests__/index.test.js
index 4c772ae1b9a0..54cc0b795bfd 100644
--- a/components/cascader/__tests__/index.test.js
+++ b/components/cascader/__tests__/index.test.js
@@ -491,4 +491,15 @@ describe('Cascader', () => {
     );
     expect(popupWrapper.render()).toMatchSnapshot();
   });
+
+  it('placeholder works correctly', () => {
+    const wrapper = mount(<Cascader options={[]} />);
+    expect(wrapper.find('input').prop('placeholder')).toBe('Please select');
+
+    const customPlaceholder = 'Custom placeholder';
+    wrapper.setProps({
+      placeholder: customPlaceholder,
+    });
+    expect(wrapper.find('input').prop('placeholder')).toBe(customPlaceholder);
+  });
 });
diff --git a/components/cascader/index.tsx b/components/cascader/index.tsx
index 87b48ba24bb6..e35074cbaa4c 100644
--- a/components/cascader/index.tsx
+++ b/components/cascader/index.tsx
@@ -216,7 +216,6 @@ function warningValueNotExist(list: CascaderOptionType[], fieldNames: FieldNames
 
 class Cascader extends React.Component<CascaderProps, CascaderState> {
   static defaultProps = {
-    placeholder: 'Please select',
     transitionName: 'slide-up',
     popupPlacement: 'bottomLeft',
     options: [],
@@ -430,7 +429,7 @@ class Cascader extends React.Component<CascaderProps, CascaderState> {
       prefixCls: customizePrefixCls,
       inputPrefixCls: customizeInputPrefixCls,
       children,
-      placeholder = locale.placeholder,
+      placeholder = locale.placeholder || 'Please select',
       size,
       disabled,
       className,