diff --git a/ui-tui/packages/hermes-ink/src/ink/events/cmd-shortcuts.test.ts b/ui-tui/packages/hermes-ink/src/ink/events/cmd-shortcuts.test.ts
index 3f1c5109be..88aa02ecde 100644
--- a/ui-tui/packages/hermes-ink/src/ink/events/cmd-shortcuts.test.ts
+++ b/ui-tui/packages/hermes-ink/src/ink/events/cmd-shortcuts.test.ts
@@ -62,4 +62,32 @@ describe('enhanced keyboard modifier parsing', () => {
     expect(right.key.rightArrow).toBe(true)
     expect(right.key.super).toBe(true)
   })
+
+  it('restores uppercase for Shift+letter via kitty CSI u (Ghostty) so the composer gets "R"', () => {
+    // Ghostty with TERM=xterm-ghostty reports Shift+R as CSI 82;2u. The
+    // parser lowercases the keycode to name 'r' and sets shift=true; the
+    // input layer must re-capitalize so the composer receives 'R', not 'r'.
+    const shiftR = new InputEvent(parseOne('\u001b[82;2u'))
+    expect(shiftR.key.shift).toBe(true)
+    expect(shiftR.input).toBe('R')
+
+    const shiftA = new InputEvent(parseOne('\u001b[65;2u'))
+    expect(shiftA.input).toBe('A')
+
+    // Plain lowercase must stay lowercase.
+    const plainR = new InputEvent(parseOne('\u001b[114;1u'))
+    expect(plainR.key.shift).toBe(false)
+    expect(plainR.input).toBe('r')
+  })
+
+  it('restores uppercase for Shift+letter via xterm modifyOtherKeys so the composer gets "R"', () => {
+    // modifyOtherKeys form of the same bug: Shift+R is [27;2;82~.
+    const shiftR = new InputEvent(parseOne('\u001b[27;2;82~'))
+    expect(shiftR.key.shift).toBe(true)
+    expect(shiftR.input).toBe('R')
+
+    const plainR = new InputEvent(parseOne('\u001b[27;1;114~'))
+    expect(plainR.key.shift).toBe(false)
+    expect(plainR.input).toBe('r')
+  })
 })
diff --git a/ui-tui/packages/hermes-ink/src/ink/events/input-event.ts b/ui-tui/packages/hermes-ink/src/ink/events/input-event.ts
index 900f0042c0..36184e29bf 100644
--- a/ui-tui/packages/hermes-ink/src/ink/events/input-event.ts
+++ b/ui-tui/packages/hermes-ink/src/ink/events/input-event.ts
@@ -2,8 +2,20 @@ import { nonAlphanumericKeys, type ParsedKey } from '../parse-keypress.js'
 
 import { Event } from './event.js'
 
-const inputForSpecialSequence = (name: string): string =>
-  name === 'space' ? ' ' : name === 'return' || name === 'escape' ? '' : name
+const inputForSpecialSequence = (name: string, shift: boolean): string => {
+  const input = name === 'space' ? ' ' : name === 'return' || name === 'escape' ? '' : name
+
+  // Extended-key protocols (CSI u / xterm modifyOtherKeys) report printable
+  // letters as their lowercase keycode, so Shift+R arrives as name 'r' with
+  // shift=true. Re-apply shift to a single lowercase letter so the composer
+  // receives 'R', not 'r'. Keybinding consumers still see the lowercase
+  // canonical name via key.name — only the inserted text is case-restored.
+  if (shift && input.length === 1 && input >= 'a' && input <= 'z') {
+    return input.toUpperCase()
+  }
+
+  return input
+}
 
 export type Key = {
   upArrow: boolean
@@ -112,7 +124,7 @@ function parseKey(keypress: ParsedKey): [Key, string] {
       // so the raw "[57358u" doesn't leak into the prompt. See #38781.
       input = ''
     } else {
-      input = inputForSpecialSequence(keypress.name)
+      input = inputForSpecialSequence(keypress.name, keypress.shift)
     }
 
     processedAsSpecialSequence = true
@@ -130,7 +142,7 @@ function parseKey(keypress: ParsedKey): [Key, string] {
       // guards against future terminal behavior.
       input = ''
     } else {
-      input = inputForSpecialSequence(keypress.name)
+      input = inputForSpecialSequence(keypress.name, keypress.shift)
     }
 
     processedAsSpecialSequence = true