diff --git a/release-notes/8.0.0/fix/4258.md b/release-notes/8.0.0/fix/4258.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c8f7646d91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release-notes/8.0.0/fix/4258.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix wrong placeholder text in the form for adding repository collaborator
diff --git a/templates/repo/settings/collaboration.tmpl b/templates/repo/settings/collaboration.tmpl
index ed4d5e7eb3..8028642a7d 100644
--- a/templates/repo/settings/collaboration.tmpl
+++ b/templates/repo/settings/collaboration.tmpl
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 			<form class="ui form" id="repo-collab-form" action="{{.Link}}" method="post">
 				{{.CsrfTokenHtml}}
 				<div id="search-user-box" class="ui search input tw-align-middle">
-					<input class="prompt" name="collaborator" placeholder="{{ctx.Locale.Tr "search.team_kind"}}" autocomplete="off" autofocus required>
+					<input class="prompt" name="collaborator" placeholder="{{ctx.Locale.Tr "search.user_kind"}}" autocomplete="off" autofocus required>
 				</div>
 				<button class="ui primary button">{{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.settings.add_collaborator"}}</button>
 			</form>
diff --git a/tests/integration/repo_collaborator_test.go b/tests/integration/repo_collaborator_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..beeb950f5a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/integration/repo_collaborator_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+// Copyright 2024 The Forgejo Authors. All rights reserved.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+
+package integration
+
+import (
+	"net/http"
+	"net/url"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+// TestRepoCollaborators is a test for contents of Collaborators tab in the repo settings
+// It only covers a few elements and can be extended as needed
+func TestRepoCollaborators(t *testing.T) {
+	onGiteaRun(t, func(t *testing.T, u *url.URL) {
+		session := loginUser(t, "user2")
+
+		// Visit Collaborators tab of repo settings
+		response := session.MakeRequest(t, NewRequest(t, "GET", "/user2/repo1/settings/collaboration"), http.StatusOK)
+		page := NewHTMLParser(t, response.Body).Find(".repo-setting-content")
+
+		// Veirfy header
+		assert.EqualValues(t, "Collaborators", strings.TrimSpace(page.Find("h4").Text()))
+
+		// Veirfy button text
+		page = page.Find("#repo-collab-form")
+		assert.EqualValues(t, "Add collaborator", strings.TrimSpace(page.Find("button.primary").Text()))
+
+		// Veirfy placeholder
+		placeholder, exists := page.Find("#search-user-box input").Attr("placeholder")
+		assert.True(t, exists)
+		assert.EqualValues(t, "Search users...", placeholder)
+	})
+}