diff --git a/base/src/main/java/atlantafx/base/controls/CaptionMenuItem.java b/base/src/main/java/atlantafx/base/controls/CaptionMenuItem.java
index c7825fc..270aa9d 100644
--- a/base/src/main/java/atlantafx/base/controls/CaptionMenuItem.java
+++ b/base/src/main/java/atlantafx/base/controls/CaptionMenuItem.java
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 /* SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT */
 package atlantafx.base.controls;
 
-import atlantafx.base.theme.Styles;
 import javafx.beans.property.StringProperty;
 import javafx.scene.control.CustomMenuItem;
 import javafx.scene.control.Label;
@@ -9,7 +8,7 @@ import javafx.scene.control.Label;
 @SuppressWarnings("unused")
 public class CaptionMenuItem extends CustomMenuItem {
 
-    private final Label title = new Label();
+    protected final Label title = new Label();
 
     public CaptionMenuItem() {
         this(null);
@@ -21,7 +20,7 @@ public class CaptionMenuItem extends CustomMenuItem {
         setTitle(text);
         setContent(title);
         setHideOnClick(false);
-        getStyleClass().add(Styles.TEXT_CAPTION);
+        getStyleClass().addAll("caption-menu-item");
     }
 
     public String getTitle() {
diff --git a/styles/src/components/_menu.scss b/styles/src/components/_menu.scss
index 32d5e39..3231ec6 100755
--- a/styles/src/components/_menu.scss
+++ b/styles/src/components/_menu.scss
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ $separator-padding:       map-get(cfg.$separators, "small") !default;
   -fx-max-width:  cfg.$checkbox-mark-size;
 }
 
-.custom-menu-item.heading {
+.caption-menu-item {
   -fx-padding: cfg.$menu-padding-y cfg.$menu-padding-x cfg.$menu-padding-y cfg.$menu-padding-x;
 
   &:hover,