How can I modify texts in a variants with the prototype mode when it involves an interaction?

Hey, got an issue that I can’t solve

Let's say i have a dropdown component. The dropdown component, when clicked, opens up a menu component. The menu component has a bunch of menu list components. The menu list components have text like "item 1", "item 2", "item 3". By default, the dropdown component is set to "default" state and in this state, the menu isn't open. When the dropdown component changes to "open” state, the menu is open.

I prototype it so that when you click on the dropdown, it changes from default to open. In my figma editor, I change the text of the menu list components to "bob", "joe", "fred" by switching the component to open, then editing the menu list components text, and then changing it back to default. After I make these changes, if I change it back to open on my figma editor, the changes are there. But when I go to prototype mode and click on my dropdown, it goes back to the text of the parent component, which is "item 1", "item 2", "item 3".

I tried using text properties on the menu list components, but that didn’t work.

How can I fix this so that my text changes are saved for child components who only will appear if they are triggered by a parent component interaction?