diff --git a/libs/tokens/src/lib/transforms/shadow-shorthand.spec.ts b/libs/tokens/src/lib/transforms/shadow-shorthand.spec.ts
index 2a608acbf1..9ddee2e041 100644
--- a/libs/tokens/src/lib/transforms/shadow-shorthand.spec.ts
+++ b/libs/tokens/src/lib/transforms/shadow-shorthand.spec.ts
@@ -61,6 +61,13 @@ describe('basic', () => {
 
 	it('should match if category and type comply to a shadow type', () => {
 		expect(matcher({ ...defaultToken, attributes: {} })).toEqual(false);
+		expect(
+			matcher({
+				...defaultToken,
+				type: 'boxShadow',
+				attributes: { category: 'something-with-shadow' },
+			})
+		).toEqual(true);
 		expect(matcher(token)).toEqual(true);
 	});
 });
diff --git a/libs/tokens/src/lib/transforms/shadow-shorthand.ts b/libs/tokens/src/lib/transforms/shadow-shorthand.ts
index f9e6bf7ce2..c3b1a0728d 100644
--- a/libs/tokens/src/lib/transforms/shadow-shorthand.ts
+++ b/libs/tokens/src/lib/transforms/shadow-shorthand.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ export default {
 	name: 'shadow/shorthand',
 	transitive: true,
 	matcher: ({ type, attributes: { category } }) =>
-		category?.includes('shadow') && type == 'boxShadow',
+		!!category?.includes('shadow') && type == 'boxShadow',
 	transformer: ({ value }) =>
 		Array.isArray(value) ? parseShadowEffects(value) : value,
 } as Named<Transform>;