diff --git a/esphome/components/select/__init__.py b/esphome/components/select/__init__.py
index ae78e729e6e..1f7e3c49762 100644
--- a/esphome/components/select/__init__.py
+++ b/esphome/components/select/__init__.py
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ from esphome.const import (
     CONF_OPERATION,
     CONF_OPTION,
     CONF_OPTIONS,
-    CONF_TRIGGER_ID,
     CONF_WEB_SERVER,
 )
 from esphome.core import CORE, ID, CoroPriority, coroutine_with_priority
@@ -36,12 +35,6 @@ select_ns = cg.esphome_ns.namespace("select")
 Select = select_ns.class_("Select", cg.EntityBase)
 SelectPtr = Select.operator("ptr")
 
-# Triggers
-SelectStateTrigger = select_ns.class_(
-    "SelectStateTrigger",
-    automation.Trigger.template(cg.StringRef, cg.size_t),
-)
-
 # Conditions
 SelectIsCondition = select_ns.class_("SelectIsCondition", automation.Condition)
 
@@ -62,11 +55,7 @@ _SELECT_SCHEMA = (
         {
             cv.OnlyWith(CONF_MQTT_ID, "mqtt"): cv.declare_id(mqtt.MQTTSelectComponent),
             cv.GenerateID(): cv.declare_id(Select),
-            cv.Optional(CONF_ON_VALUE): automation.validate_automation(
-                {
-                    cv.GenerateID(CONF_TRIGGER_ID): cv.declare_id(SelectStateTrigger),
-                }
-            ),
+            cv.Optional(CONF_ON_VALUE): automation.validate_automation(),
         }
     )
 )
@@ -98,9 +87,16 @@ async def setup_select_core_(var, config, *, options: list[str]):
     cg.add(var.traits.set_options(options))
 
     for conf in config.get(CONF_ON_VALUE, []):
-        trigger = cg.new_Pvariable(conf[CONF_TRIGGER_ID], var)
-        await automation.build_automation(
-            trigger, [(cg.StringRef, "x"), (cg.size_t, "i")], conf
+        # The callback carries the index; the automation gets the option text as well.
+        parent = automation.parent_ref(var)
+        index = cg.RawExpression("index")
+        await automation.build_callback_automation(
+            var,
+            "add_on_state_callback",
+            [(cg.StringRef, "x"), (cg.size_t, "i")],
+            conf,
+            params=[(cg.size_t, "index")],
+            forward=[cg.StringRef(parent.option_at(index)), index],
         )
 
     if (mqtt_id := config.get(CONF_MQTT_ID)) is not None:
diff --git a/esphome/components/select/automation.h b/esphome/components/select/automation.h
index c2dc752ca5a..9bef819e6d0 100644
--- a/esphome/components/select/automation.h
+++ b/esphome/components/select/automation.h
@@ -6,17 +6,6 @@
 
 namespace esphome::select {
 
-class SelectStateTrigger final : public Trigger<StringRef, size_t> {
- public:
-  explicit SelectStateTrigger(Select *parent) : parent_(parent) {
-    parent->add_on_state_callback(
-        [this](size_t index) { this->trigger(StringRef(this->parent_->option_at(index)), index); });
-  }
-
- protected:
-  Select *parent_;
-};
-
 template<size_t N, typename... Ts> class SelectIsCondition final : public Condition<Ts...> {
  public:
   SelectIsCondition(Select *parent, const char *const *option_list) : parent_(parent), option_list_(option_list) {}
diff --git a/tests/components/select/common-triggers.yaml b/tests/components/select/common-triggers.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bc3510950c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/components/select/common-triggers.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# on_value with both trigger arguments.
+select:
+  - platform: template
+    name: Select Triggers
+    id: select_triggers
+    optimistic: true
+    options:
+      - one
+      - two
+      - three
+    on_value:
+      - logger.log:
+          format: "Selected %s at %zu"
+          args: [x.c_str(), i]
diff --git a/tests/components/select/test-triggers.esp32-idf.yaml b/tests/components/select/test-triggers.esp32-idf.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..17b435f5a27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/components/select/test-triggers.esp32-idf.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+packages:
+  select: !include common.yaml
+  triggers: !include common-triggers.yaml