diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index bbe24067..1eb95c14 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -79,8 +79,12 @@
   support ([#1865][1865]).
 * Run-time changes to the window title, and the app ID now require the
   new value to consist of printable characters only.
+* Kitty keyboard protocol: Enter, Tab and Backspace no longer report
+  _release_ events unless _"Report all keys as escape codes"_ is
+  enabled ([#1892][1892]).
 
 [1865]: https://codeberg.org/dnkl/foot/issues/1865
+[1892]: https://codeberg.org/dnkl/foot/issues/1892
 
 
 ### Deprecated
diff --git a/input.c b/input.c
index 201f5c69..51425a36 100644
--- a/input.c
+++ b/input.c
@@ -1236,9 +1236,20 @@ kitty_kbd_protocol(struct seat *seat, struct terminal *term,
 
     if ((mods & ~locked & ~consumed) == 0) {
         switch (sym) {
-        case XKB_KEY_Return:    term_to_slave(term, "\r", 1); return  true;
-        case XKB_KEY_BackSpace: term_to_slave(term, "\x7f", 1); return true;
-        case XKB_KEY_Tab:       term_to_slave(term, "\t", 1); return true;
+        case XKB_KEY_Return:
+            if (!released)
+                term_to_slave(term, "\r", 1);
+            return  true;
+
+        case XKB_KEY_BackSpace:
+            if (!released)
+                term_to_slave(term, "\x7f", 1);
+            return true;
+
+        case XKB_KEY_Tab:
+            if (!released)
+                term_to_slave(term, "\t", 1);
+            return true;
         }
     }