diff --git a/src/wp-includes/class-wp-customize-manager.php b/src/wp-includes/class-wp-customize-manager.php
index 31d9d355d3..1bb832396a 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/class-wp-customize-manager.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/class-wp-customize-manager.php
@@ -2272,6 +2272,10 @@ final class WP_Customize_Manager {
 			}
 		}
 
+		if ( ! empty( $is_future_dated ) && 'publish' === $args['status'] ) {
+			$args['status'] = 'future';
+		}
+
 		// The request was made via wp.customize.previewer.save().
 		$update_transactionally = (bool) $args['status'];
 		$allow_revision = (bool) $args['status'];
diff --git a/tests/phpunit/tests/customize/manager.php b/tests/phpunit/tests/customize/manager.php
index 559371d58c..1955a1cd74 100644
--- a/tests/phpunit/tests/customize/manager.php
+++ b/tests/phpunit/tests/customize/manager.php
@@ -1412,6 +1412,24 @@ class Tests_WP_Customize_Manager extends WP_UnitTestCase {
 		$this->assertEquals( $new_sidebar_1, $updated_sidebars_widgets['sidebar-1'] );
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Ensure that saving a changeset with a publish status but future date will change the status to future, to align with behavior in wp_insert_post().
+	 *
+	 * @ticket 41336
+	 * @covers WP_Customize_Manager::save_changeset_post
+	 */
+	function test_publish_changeset_with_future_status_when_future_date() {
+		$wp_customize = $this->create_test_manager( wp_generate_uuid4() );
+
+		$wp_customize->save_changeset_post( array(
+			'date_gmt' => gmdate( 'Y-m-d H:i:s', strtotime( '+1 day' ) ),
+			'status' => 'publish',
+			'title' => 'Foo',
+		) );
+
+		$this->assertSame( 'future', get_post_status( $wp_customize->changeset_post_id() ) );
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Ensure that save_changeset_post method bails updating an underlying changeset which is invalid.
 	 *