diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6ddb17da2a8..780453db7c9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ Note that this project **does not** adhere to [Semantic Versioning](http://semve
 - We fixed an issue where the notification bar message, icon and actions appeared to be invisible. [#8761](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/8761)
 - We fixed an issue where deprecated fields tab is shown when the fields don't contain any values. [#8396](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/8396)
 - We fixed an issue which allow us to select and open identifiers from a popup list in the maintable [#8758](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/8758), [8802](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/8802)
+- We fixed an issue where the escape button had no functionality within the "Filter groups" textfield. [koppor#562](https://github.com/koppor/jabref/issues/562)
 
 ### Removed
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/keyboard/TextInputKeyBindings.java b/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/keyboard/TextInputKeyBindings.java
index d195f0bdef8..d63ac9459c2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/keyboard/TextInputKeyBindings.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/keyboard/TextInputKeyBindings.java
@@ -90,6 +90,10 @@ public static void call(Scene scene, KeyEvent event) {
                         focusedTextField.positionCaret(res.caretPosition);
                         event.consume();
                     }
+                    case CLOSE -> {
+                        focusedTextField.clear();
+                        event.consume();
+                    }
                 }
             });
         }