diff --git a/ui-tui/packages/hermes-ink/src/ink/components/App.tsx b/ui-tui/packages/hermes-ink/src/ink/components/App.tsx
index a8984e13ca..5851c4bef6 100644
--- a/ui-tui/packages/hermes-ink/src/ink/components/App.tsx
+++ b/ui-tui/packages/hermes-ink/src/ink/components/App.tsx
@@ -332,7 +332,10 @@ export default class App extends PureComponent<Props, State> {
     // drain stdin next and clear this timer. Prevents both the spurious
     // Escape key and the lost scroll event.
     if (this.props.stdin.readableLength > 0) {
-      this.incompleteEscapeTimer = setTimeout(this.flushIncomplete, this.NORMAL_TIMEOUT)
+      this.incompleteEscapeTimer = setTimeout(
+        this.flushIncomplete,
+        this.keyParseState.mode === 'IN_PASTE' ? this.PASTE_TIMEOUT : this.NORMAL_TIMEOUT
+      )
 
       return
     }