diff --git a/packages/primevue/src/cascadeselect/style/CascadeSelectStyle.js b/packages/primevue/src/cascadeselect/style/CascadeSelectStyle.js
index 9b389af0b..b3b2e1aa6 100644
--- a/packages/primevue/src/cascadeselect/style/CascadeSelectStyle.js
+++ b/packages/primevue/src/cascadeselect/style/CascadeSelectStyle.js
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ const classes = {
         'p-cascadeselect-label',
         {
             'p-placeholder': instance.label === props.placeholder,
-            'p-cascadeselect-label-empty': !instance.$slots['value'] && (instance.label === 'p-emptylabel' || instance.label.length === 0)
+            'p-cascadeselect-label-empty': !instance.$slots['value'] && (instance.label === 'p-emptylabel' || instance.label?.length === 0)
         }
     ],
     clearIcon: 'p-cascadeselect-clear-icon',
diff --git a/packages/primevue/src/datepicker/DatePicker.vue b/packages/primevue/src/datepicker/DatePicker.vue
index 198c4c0fa..92d3288d5 100755
--- a/packages/primevue/src/datepicker/DatePicker.vue
+++ b/packages/primevue/src/datepicker/DatePicker.vue
@@ -1329,6 +1329,8 @@ export default {
                     if (lookAhead(match)) {
                         while (num.length < len) {
                             num = '0' + num;
+                            this.selectionStart = this.selectionStart + 1;
+                            this.selectionEnd = this.selectionEnd + 1;
                         }
                     }
 
diff --git a/packages/primevue/src/select/Select.vue b/packages/primevue/src/select/Select.vue
index 8bc9c760b..4dd99e211 100755
--- a/packages/primevue/src/select/Select.vue
+++ b/packages/primevue/src/select/Select.vue
@@ -798,7 +798,10 @@ export default {
         hasFocusableElements() {
             return getFocusableElements(this.overlay, ':not([data-p-hidden-focusable="true"])').length > 0;
         },
-        isOptionMatched(option) {
+        isOptionExactMatched(option) {
+            return this.isValidOption(option) && typeof this.getOptionLabel(option) === 'string' && this.getOptionLabel(option)?.toLocaleLowerCase(this.filterLocale) == this.searchValue.toLocaleLowerCase(this.filterLocale);
+        },
+        isOptionStartsWith(option) {
             return this.isValidOption(option) && typeof this.getOptionLabel(option) === 'string' && this.getOptionLabel(option)?.toLocaleLowerCase(this.filterLocale).startsWith(this.searchValue.toLocaleLowerCase(this.filterLocale));
         },
         isValidOption(option) {
@@ -846,11 +849,10 @@ export default {
             let matched = false;
 
             if (isNotEmpty(this.searchValue)) {
-                if (this.focusedOptionIndex !== -1) {
-                    optionIndex = this.visibleOptions.slice(this.focusedOptionIndex).findIndex((option) => this.isOptionMatched(option));
-                    optionIndex = optionIndex === -1 ? this.visibleOptions.slice(0, this.focusedOptionIndex).findIndex((option) => this.isOptionMatched(option)) : optionIndex + this.focusedOptionIndex;
-                } else {
-                    optionIndex = this.visibleOptions.findIndex((option) => this.isOptionMatched(option));
+                optionIndex = this.visibleOptions.findIndex((option) => this.isOptionExactMatched(option));
+
+                if (optionIndex === -1) {
+                    optionIndex = this.visibleOptions.findIndex((option) => this.isOptionStartsWith(option));
                 }
 
                 if (optionIndex !== -1) {
diff --git a/packages/primevue/src/tree/Tree.spec.js b/packages/primevue/src/tree/Tree.spec.js
index 848212857..92394a609 100644
--- a/packages/primevue/src/tree/Tree.spec.js
+++ b/packages/primevue/src/tree/Tree.spec.js
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ describe('Tree.vue', () => {
 
         let searchField = wrapper.find('input.p-inputtext');
         const key = 't';
+
         searchField.element.value = key;
 
         await searchField.trigger('keyup', {
diff --git a/packages/primevue/src/virtualscroller/VirtualScroller.vue b/packages/primevue/src/virtualscroller/VirtualScroller.vue
index ac947c07d..f2a05e8df 100644
--- a/packages/primevue/src/virtualscroller/VirtualScroller.vue
+++ b/packages/primevue/src/virtualscroller/VirtualScroller.vue
@@ -91,11 +91,12 @@ export default {
                 this.d_loading = newValue;
             }
         },
-        items(newValue, oldValue) {
-            if (!oldValue || oldValue.length !== (newValue || []).length) {
+        items: {
+            handler(newValue) {
                 this.init();
                 this.calculateAutoSize();
-            }
+            },
+            deep: true
         },
         itemSize() {
             this.init();
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 0f2dc885d..897124def 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ importers:
         version: 9.32.0(eslint@8.57.1)
       pnpm:
         specifier: ^9.6.0
-        version: 9.15.1
+        version: 9.15.2
       prettier:
         specifier: 2.7.1
         version: 2.7.1
@@ -4864,15 +4864,15 @@ packages:
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     engines: {node: '>= 6'}
 
-  pkg-types@1.2.1:
-    resolution: {integrity: sha512-sQoqa8alT3nHjGuTjuKgOnvjo4cljkufdtLMnO2LBP/wRwuDlo1tkaEdMxCRhyGRPacv/ztlZgDPm2b7FAmEvw==}
+  pkg-types@1.3.0:
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-kS7yWjVFCkIw9hqdJBoMxDdzEngmkr5FXeWZZfQ6GoYacjVnsW6l2CcYW/0ThD0vF4LPJgVYnrg4d0uuhwYQbg==}
 
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     engines: {node: '>=4'}
 
-  pnpm@9.15.1:
-    resolution: {integrity: sha512-GstWXmGT7769p3JwKVBGkVDPErzHZCYudYfnHRncmKQj3/lTblfqRMSb33kP9pToPCe+X6oj1n4MAztYO+S/zw==}
+  pnpm@9.15.2:
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-k+V7ASbw33TOa/8paAOUwLpU7Ecka5zzIfASHY2bsD91CnBfJO3DwRgIU6/XwsO5QZbQo9U9PgadnieT7xHzIQ==}
     engines: {node: '>=18.12'}
     hasBin: true
 
@@ -5312,8 +5312,8 @@ packages:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-OCVPnIObs4N29kxTjzLfUryOkvZEq+pf8jTF0lg8E7uETuWHA+v7j3c/xJmiqpX450191LlmZfUKkXxkTry7nA==}
     engines: {node: ^10 || ^12 || >=14}
 
-  preact@10.25.3:
-    resolution: {integrity: sha512-dzQmIFtM970z+fP9ziQ3yG4e3ULIbwZzJ734vaMVUTaKQ2+Ru1Ou/gjshOYVHCcd1rpAelC6ngjvjDXph98unQ==}
+  preact@10.25.4:
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-jLdZDb+Q+odkHJ+MpW/9U5cODzqnB+fy2EiHSZES7ldV5LK7yjlVzTp7R8Xy6W6y75kfK8iWYtFVH7lvjwrCMA==}
 
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     resolution: {integrity: sha512-vkcDPrRZo1QZLbn5RLGPpg/WmIQ65qoWWhcGKf/b5eplkkarX0m9z8ppCat4mlOqUsWpyNuYgO3VRyrYHSzX5g==}
@@ -5996,8 +5996,8 @@ packages:
   tinybench@2.9.0:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-0+DUvqWMValLmha6lr4kD8iAMK1HzV0/aKnCtWb9v9641TnP/MFb7Pc2bxoxQjTXAErryXVgUOfv2YqNllqGeg==}
 
-  tinyexec@0.3.1:
-    resolution: {integrity: sha512-WiCJLEECkO18gwqIp6+hJg0//p23HXp4S+gGtAKu3mI2F2/sXC4FvHvXvB0zJVVaTPhx1/tOwdbRsa1sOBIKqQ==}
+  tinyexec@0.3.2:
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-KQQR9yN7R5+OSwaK0XQoj22pwHoTlgYqmUscPYoknOoWCWfj/5/ABTMRi69FrKU5ffPVh5QcFikpWJI/P1ocHA==}
 
   tinyglobby@0.2.10:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-Zc+8eJlFMvgatPZTl6A9L/yht8QqdmUNtURHaKZLmKBE12hNPSrqNkUp2cs3M/UKmNVVAMFQYSjYIVHDjW5zew==}
@@ -6228,12 +6228,12 @@ packages:
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     engines: {node: '>=14.0.0'}
 
-  unplugin@2.1.0:
-    resolution: {integrity: sha512-us4j03/499KhbGP8BU7Hrzrgseo+KdfJYWcbcajCOqsAyb8Gk0Yn2kiUIcZISYCb1JFaZfIuG3b42HmguVOKCQ==}
+  unplugin@2.1.2:
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-Q3LU0e4zxKfRko1wMV2HmP8lB9KWislY7hxXpxd+lGx0PRInE4vhMBVEZwpdVYHvtqzhSrzuIfErsob6bQfCzw==}
     engines: {node: '>=18.12.0'}
 
-  unstorage@1.14.3:
-    resolution: {integrity: sha512-nj1rtc2XWCck2fDB39sboAajqooj9LmxZ9/eBM1XR+iUQAFctKvLl0FcPP5f4vzRgU1dmJ03SZhqZMLc9RDXIA==}
+  unstorage@1.14.4:
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-1SYeamwuYeQJtJ/USE1x4l17LkmQBzg7deBJ+U9qOBoHo15d1cDxG4jM31zKRgF7pG0kirZy4wVMX6WL6Zoscg==}
     peerDependencies:
       '@azure/app-configuration': ^1.8.0
       '@azure/cosmos': ^4.2.0
@@ -7601,7 +7601,7 @@ snapshots:
   '@docsearch/js@3.8.2(@algolia/client-search@5.18.0)(search-insights@2.17.3)':
     dependencies:
       '@docsearch/react': 3.8.2(@algolia/client-search@5.18.0)(search-insights@2.17.3)
-      preact: 10.25.3
+      preact: 10.25.4
     transitivePeerDependencies:
       - '@algolia/client-search'
       - '@types/react'
@@ -8200,7 +8200,7 @@ snapshots:
       global-dirs: 3.0.1
       magicast: 0.3.5
       pathe: 1.1.2
-      pkg-types: 1.2.1
+      pkg-types: 1.3.0
       prompts: 2.4.2
       rc9: 2.1.2
       semver: 7.6.3
@@ -8233,7 +8233,7 @@ snapshots:
       pacote: 17.0.7
       pathe: 1.1.2
       perfect-debounce: 1.0.0
-      pkg-types: 1.2.1
+      pkg-types: 1.3.0
       rc9: 2.1.2
       semver: 7.6.3
       simple-git: 3.27.0
@@ -8279,7 +8279,7 @@ snapshots:
       mlly: 1.7.3
       ohash: 1.1.4
       pathe: 1.1.2
-      pkg-types: 1.2.1
+      pkg-types: 1.3.0
       scule: 1.3.0
       semver: 7.6.3
       ufo: 1.5.4
@@ -8306,7 +8306,7 @@ snapshots:
       mlly: 1.7.3
       ohash: 1.1.4
       pathe: 1.1.2
-      pkg-types: 1.2.1
+      pkg-types: 1.3.0
       scule: 1.3.0
       semver: 7.6.3
       ufo: 1.5.4
@@ -8333,7 +8333,7 @@ snapshots:
       mlly: 1.7.3
       ohash: 1.1.4
       pathe: 1.1.2
-      pkg-types: 1.2.1
+      pkg-types: 1.3.0
       scule: 1.3.0
       semver: 7.6.3
       ufo: 1.5.4
@@ -8360,7 +8360,7 @@ snapshots:
       lodash.template: 4.5.0
       mlly: 1.7.3
       pathe: 1.1.2
-      pkg-types: 1.2.1
+      pkg-types: 1.3.0
       scule: 1.3.0
       semver: 7.6.3
       unctx: 2.4.1
@@ -8385,7 +8385,7 @@ snapshots:
       lodash.template: 4.5.0
       mlly: 1.7.3
       pathe: 1.1.2
-      pkg-types: 1.2.1
+      pkg-types: 1.3.0
       scule: 1.3.0
       semver: 7.6.3
       unctx: 2.4.1
@@ -8406,7 +8406,7 @@ snapshots:
       mlly: 1.7.3
       nuxi: 3.3.2
       pathe: 1.1.2
-      pkg-types: 1.2.1
+      pkg-types: 1.3.0
       tsconfck: 3.1.4(typescript@5.7.2)
       unbuild: 2.0.0(typescript@5.7.2)
     transitivePeerDependencies:
@@ -8423,7 +8423,7 @@ snapshots:
       defu: 6.1.4
       hookable: 5.5.3
       pathe: 1.1.2
-      pkg-types: 1.2.1
+      pkg-types: 1.3.0
       scule: 1.3.0
       std-env: 3.8.0
       ufo: 1.5.4
@@ -8443,7 +8443,7 @@ snapshots:
       defu: 6.1.4
       hookable: 5.5.3
       pathe: 1.1.2
-      pkg-types: 1.2.1
+      pkg-types: 1.3.0
       scule: 1.3.0
       std-env: 3.8.0
       ufo: 1.5.4
@@ -8463,7 +8463,7 @@ snapshots:
       hookable: 5.5.3
       jiti: 1.21.7
       pathe: 1.1.2
-      pkg-types: 1.2.1
+      pkg-types: 1.3.0
       postcss-import-resolver: 2.0.0
       scule: 1.3.0
       std-env: 3.8.0
@@ -8483,7 +8483,7 @@ snapshots:
       hookable: 5.5.3
       jiti: 1.21.7
       pathe: 1.1.2
-      pkg-types: 1.2.1
+      pkg-types: 1.3.0
       postcss-import-resolver: 2.0.0
       scule: 1.3.0
       std-env: 3.8.0
@@ -8558,10 +8558,10 @@ snapshots:
       radix3: 1.1.2
       scule: 1.3.0
       std-env: 3.8.0
-      tinyexec: 0.3.1
+      tinyexec: 0.3.2
       ufo: 1.5.4
       unenv: 1.10.0
-      unplugin: 2.1.0
+      unplugin: 2.1.2
       vite: 5.4.11(@types/node@18.19.68)(terser@5.37.0)
       vitest-environment-nuxt: 1.0.1(@types/node@18.19.68)(@vue/test-utils@2.4.6)(magicast@0.3.5)(rollup@4.29.1)(terser@5.37.0)(typescript@5.7.2)(vitest@1.6.0(@types/node@18.19.68)(terser@5.37.0))
       vue: 3.5.13(typescript@5.7.2)
@@ -8608,7 +8608,7 @@ snapshots:
       ohash: 1.1.4
       pathe: 1.1.2
       perfect-debounce: 0.1.3
-      pkg-types: 1.2.1
+      pkg-types: 1.3.0
       postcss: 8.4.49
       postcss-import: 15.1.0(postcss@8.4.49)
       postcss-url: 10.1.3(postcss@8.4.49)
@@ -8667,7 +8667,7 @@ snapshots:
       ohash: 1.1.4
       pathe: 1.1.2
       perfect-debounce: 0.1.3
-      pkg-types: 1.2.1
+      pkg-types: 1.3.0
       postcss: 8.4.49
       postcss-import: 15.1.0(postcss@8.4.49)
       postcss-url: 10.1.3(postcss@8.4.49)
@@ -9865,7 +9865,7 @@ snapshots:
       ohash: 1.1.4
       pathe: 1.1.2
       perfect-debounce: 1.0.0
-      pkg-types: 1.2.1
+      pkg-types: 1.3.0
       rc9: 2.1.2
     optionalDependencies:
       magicast: 0.3.5
@@ -9882,7 +9882,7 @@ snapshots:
       ohash: 1.1.4
       pathe: 1.1.2
       perfect-debounce: 1.0.0
-      pkg-types: 1.2.1
+      pkg-types: 1.3.0
       rc9: 2.1.2
     optionalDependencies:
       magicast: 0.3.5
@@ -9947,7 +9947,7 @@ snapshots:
       ofetch: 1.4.1
       open: 10.1.0
       pathe: 1.1.2
-      pkg-types: 1.2.1
+      pkg-types: 1.3.0
       scule: 1.3.0
       semver: 7.6.3
       std-env: 3.8.0
@@ -11451,7 +11451,7 @@ snapshots:
   local-pkg@0.5.1:
     dependencies:
       mlly: 1.7.3
-      pkg-types: 1.2.1
+      pkg-types: 1.3.0
 
   locate-path@6.0.0:
     dependencies:
@@ -11686,7 +11686,7 @@ snapshots:
       jiti: 1.21.7
       mlly: 1.7.3
       pathe: 1.1.2
-      pkg-types: 1.2.1
+      pkg-types: 1.3.0
       postcss: 8.4.49
       postcss-nested: 6.2.0(postcss@8.4.49)
       semver: 7.6.3
@@ -11698,7 +11698,7 @@ snapshots:
     dependencies:
       acorn: 8.14.0
       pathe: 1.1.2
-      pkg-types: 1.2.1
+      pkg-types: 1.3.0
       ufo: 1.5.4
 
   mri@1.2.0: {}
@@ -11775,7 +11775,7 @@ snapshots:
       openapi-typescript: 7.4.4(encoding@0.1.13)(typescript@5.7.2)
       pathe: 1.1.2
       perfect-debounce: 1.0.0
-      pkg-types: 1.2.1
+      pkg-types: 1.3.0
       pretty-bytes: 6.1.1
       radix3: 1.1.2
       rollup: 4.29.1
@@ -11790,7 +11790,7 @@ snapshots:
       unctx: 2.4.1
       unenv: 1.10.0
       unimport: 3.14.5(rollup@4.29.1)
-      unstorage: 1.14.3(db0@0.2.1)(ioredis@5.4.2)
+      unstorage: 1.14.4(db0@0.2.1)(ioredis@5.4.2)
       untyped: 1.5.2
       unwasm: 0.3.9
     transitivePeerDependencies:
@@ -11865,7 +11865,7 @@ snapshots:
       ohash: 1.1.4
       pathe: 1.1.2
       perfect-debounce: 0.1.3
-      pkg-types: 1.2.1
+      pkg-types: 1.3.0
       pretty-bytes: 6.1.1
       radix3: 1.1.2
       rollup: 3.29.5
@@ -11879,7 +11879,7 @@ snapshots:
       ufo: 1.5.4
       unenv: 1.10.0
       unimport: 3.14.5(rollup@3.29.5)
-      unstorage: 1.14.3(db0@0.2.1)(ioredis@5.4.2)
+      unstorage: 1.14.4(db0@0.2.1)(ioredis@5.4.2)
     transitivePeerDependencies:
       - '@azure/app-configuration'
       - '@azure/cosmos'
@@ -12204,7 +12204,7 @@ snapshots:
       consola: 3.3.3
       execa: 8.0.1
       pathe: 1.1.2
-      pkg-types: 1.2.1
+      pkg-types: 1.3.0
       ufo: 1.5.4
 
   object-assign@4.1.1: {}
@@ -12404,7 +12404,7 @@ snapshots:
 
   pirates@4.0.6: {}
 
-  pkg-types@1.2.1:
+  pkg-types@1.3.0:
     dependencies:
       confbox: 0.1.8
       mlly: 1.7.3
@@ -12412,7 +12412,7 @@ snapshots:
 
   pluralize@8.0.0: {}
 
-  pnpm@9.15.1: {}
+  pnpm@9.15.2: {}
 
   postcss-calc@10.0.2(postcss@8.4.49):
     dependencies:
@@ -12813,7 +12813,7 @@ snapshots:
       picocolors: 1.1.1
       source-map-js: 1.2.1
 
-  preact@10.25.3: {}
+  preact@10.25.4: {}
 
   prelude-ls@1.2.1: {}
 
@@ -13563,7 +13563,7 @@ snapshots:
 
   tinybench@2.9.0: {}
 
-  tinyexec@0.3.1: {}
+  tinyexec@0.3.2: {}
 
   tinyglobby@0.2.10:
     dependencies:
@@ -13636,7 +13636,7 @@ snapshots:
       rollup: 4.29.1
       source-map: 0.8.0-beta.0
       sucrase: 3.35.0
-      tinyexec: 0.3.1
+      tinyexec: 0.3.2
       tinyglobby: 0.2.10
       tree-kill: 1.2.2
     optionalDependencies:
@@ -13706,7 +13706,7 @@ snapshots:
       mkdist: 1.6.0(typescript@5.7.2)
       mlly: 1.7.3
       pathe: 1.1.2
-      pkg-types: 1.2.1
+      pkg-types: 1.3.0
       pretty-bytes: 6.1.1
       rollup: 3.29.5
       rollup-plugin-dts: 6.1.1(rollup@3.29.5)(typescript@5.7.2)
@@ -13726,7 +13726,7 @@ snapshots:
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       estree-walker: 3.0.3
       magic-string: 0.30.17
-      unplugin: 2.1.0
+      unplugin: 2.1.2
 
   undici-types@5.26.5: {}
 
@@ -13770,7 +13770,7 @@ snapshots:
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       pathe: 1.1.2
       picomatch: 4.0.2
-      pkg-types: 1.2.1
+      pkg-types: 1.3.0
       scule: 1.3.0
       strip-literal: 2.1.1
       unplugin: 1.16.0
@@ -13789,7 +13789,7 @@ snapshots:
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       pathe: 1.1.2
       picomatch: 4.0.2
-      pkg-types: 1.2.1
+      pkg-types: 1.3.0
       scule: 1.3.0
       strip-literal: 2.1.1
       unplugin: 1.16.0
@@ -13853,12 +13853,12 @@ snapshots:
       acorn: 8.14.0
       webpack-virtual-modules: 0.6.2
 
-  unplugin@2.1.0:
+  unplugin@2.1.2:
     dependencies:
       acorn: 8.14.0
       webpack-virtual-modules: 0.6.2
 
-  unstorage@1.14.3(db0@0.2.1)(ioredis@5.4.2):
+  unstorage@1.14.4(db0@0.2.1)(ioredis@5.4.2):
     dependencies:
       anymatch: 3.1.3
       chokidar: 3.6.0
@@ -13899,7 +13899,7 @@ snapshots:
       magic-string: 0.30.17
       mlly: 1.7.3
       pathe: 1.1.2
-      pkg-types: 1.2.1
+      pkg-types: 1.3.0
       unplugin: 1.16.0
 
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