diff --git a/.changeset/afraid-radios-vanish.md b/.changeset/afraid-radios-vanish.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b01aa04753
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/afraid-radios-vanish.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+"@gradio/gallery": patch
+"gradio": patch
+---
+
+fix:Fix `gr.SelectData` so that the target attribute is correctly attached, and the filedata is included in the data attribute with `gr.Gallery`
diff --git a/gradio/route_utils.py b/gradio/route_utils.py
index ce223eb306..a2af62ed7c 100644
--- a/gradio/route_utils.py
+++ b/gradio/route_utils.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ from gradio.helpers import EventData
 from gradio.state_holder import SessionState
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from gradio.blocks import Blocks
     from gradio.routes import App
 
 set_documentation_group("routes")
@@ -186,22 +187,30 @@ def restore_session_state(app: App, body: PredictBody):
     return session_state, iterators
 
 
+def prepare_event_data(
+    blocks: Blocks,
+    body: PredictBody,
+    fn_index_inferred: int,
+) -> EventData:
+    dependency = blocks.dependencies[fn_index_inferred]
+    target = dependency["targets"][0] if len(dependency["targets"]) else None
+    event_data = EventData(
+        blocks.blocks.get(target[0]) if target else None,
+        body.event_data,
+    )
+    return event_data
+
+
 async def call_process_api(
     app: App,
     body: PredictBody,
     gr_request: Union[Request, list[Request]],
-    fn_index_inferred,
+    fn_index_inferred: int,
 ):
     session_state, iterators = restore_session_state(app=app, body=body)
 
     dependency = app.get_blocks().dependencies[fn_index_inferred]
-
-    target = dependency["targets"][0] if len(dependency["targets"]) else None
-    event_data = EventData(
-        app.get_blocks().blocks.get(target) if target else None,
-        body.event_data,
-    )
-
+    event_data = prepare_event_data(app.get_blocks(), body, fn_index_inferred)
     event_id = getattr(body, "event_id", None)
 
     fn_index = body.fn_index
diff --git a/js/gallery/static/Gallery.svelte b/js/gallery/static/Gallery.svelte
index c3a94d5fdf..15df142554 100644
--- a/js/gallery/static/Gallery.svelte
+++ b/js/gallery/static/Gallery.svelte
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@
 			if (selected_index !== null) {
 				dispatch("select", {
 					index: selected_index,
-					value: _value?.[selected_index][1]
+					value: [_value?.[selected_index][0].data, _value?.[selected_index][1]]
 				});
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/test/test_route_utils.py b/test/test_route_utils.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bcef9e681d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test_route_utils.py
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+import gradio as gr
+from gradio.data_classes import PredictBody
+from gradio.helpers import EventData
+from gradio.route_utils import prepare_event_data
+
+
+def test_prepare_event_data():
+    def on_select(evt: gr.SelectData):
+        return f"You selected {evt.value} at {evt.index} from {evt.target}"
+
+    with gr.Blocks() as demo:
+        textbox = gr.Textbox("Hello World!")
+        statement = gr.Textbox()
+        textbox.select(on_select, None, statement)
+
+    body = PredictBody(data=[], event_data={"value": "World", "index": [6, 11]})
+    event_data = prepare_event_data(demo, body, 0)
+    correct_event_data = EventData(textbox, {"value": "World", "index": [6, 11]})
+    assert vars(event_data) == vars(correct_event_data)