diff --git a/components/virtualtreeview-new/branches/4.8/VirtualTrees.pas b/components/virtualtreeview-new/branches/4.8/VirtualTrees.pas
index f680e609d..43e01c876 100644
--- a/components/virtualtreeview-new/branches/4.8/VirtualTrees.pas
+++ b/components/virtualtreeview-new/branches/4.8/VirtualTrees.pas
@@ -7550,7 +7550,7 @@ begin
     else
       TextColor := FHeader.FFont.Color;
     if TextColor = clDefault then
-      TextColor := clCaptionText;
+      TextColor := clBtnText;
     SetTextColor(DC, ColorToRGB(TextColor));
     DrawText(DC, PChar(Caption), Length(Caption), Bounds, DrawFormat);
   end;