diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 153c7eb20..b3a2d93a5 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@
 
 ### :sparkles: New features
 
+## 2.1.1
+
+### :bug: Bugs fixed
+
+- Fix pencil loader [Taiga #8348](https://tree.taiga.io/project/penpot/issue/8348)
 
 ## 2.1.0 - Things can only get better!
 
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/main/ui/dashboard/placeholder.cljs b/frontend/src/app/main/ui/dashboard/placeholder.cljs
index 15cb2d98d..41cd3eac2 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/main/ui/dashboard/placeholder.cljs
+++ b/frontend/src/app/main/ui/dashboard/placeholder.cljs
@@ -41,5 +41,5 @@
 (mf/defc loading-placeholder
   []
   [:div {:class (stl/css :grid-empty-placeholder :loader)}
-   [:div {:class (stl/css :icon)} i/loader]
+   [:div {:class (stl/css :icon)} i/loader-pencil]
    [:div {:class (stl/css :text)} (tr "dashboard.loading-files")]])
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/main/ui/dashboard/placeholder.scss b/frontend/src/app/main/ui/dashboard/placeholder.scss
index f2a37fbf0..6f05ba000 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/main/ui/dashboard/placeholder.scss
+++ b/frontend/src/app/main/ui/dashboard/placeholder.scss
@@ -23,8 +23,7 @@
     svg {
       width: $s-64;
       height: $s-64;
-      stroke: $df-secondary;
-      fill: none;
+      fill: $df-secondary;
     }
   }