diff --git a/src/isHotkeyPressed.ts b/src/isHotkeyPressed.ts
index 00b312e5..97d57053 100644
--- a/src/isHotkeyPressed.ts
+++ b/src/isHotkeyPressed.ts
@@ -56,4 +56,10 @@ export function removeFromCurrentlyPressedKeys(key: string): void {
       removeFromCurrentlyPressedKeys(mapKey(e.code))
     })
   }
+
+  if (typeof window !== 'undefined') {
+    window.addEventListener('blur', () => {
+      currentlyPressedKeys.clear()
+    })
+  }
 })()
diff --git a/src/useHotkeys.ts b/src/useHotkeys.ts
index 3c6a014b..8915ac77 100644
--- a/src/useHotkeys.ts
+++ b/src/useHotkeys.ts
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ export default function useHotkeys<T extends HTMLElement>(
       return
     }
 
-    const listener = (e: KeyboardEvent) => {
+    const listener = (e: KeyboardEvent, isKeyUp: boolean = false) => {
       if (isKeyboardEventTriggeredByInput(e) && !isHotkeyEnabledOnTag(e, memoisedOptions?.enableOnFormTags)) {
         return
       }
@@ -77,7 +77,9 @@ export default function useHotkeys<T extends HTMLElement>(
           // Execute the user callback for that hotkey
           cb(e, hotkey)
 
-          hasTriggeredRef.current = true
+          if (!isKeyUp) {
+            hasTriggeredRef.current = true
+          }
         }
       })
     }
@@ -106,10 +108,8 @@ export default function useHotkeys<T extends HTMLElement>(
       hasTriggeredRef.current = false
 
       if (memoisedOptions?.keyup) {
-        listener(event)
+        listener(event, true)
       }
-      
-      hasTriggeredRef.current = false
     }
 
     // @ts-ignore
diff --git a/tests/isHotkeyPressed.test.tsx b/tests/isHotkeyPressed.test.tsx
index ff3fe3a2..acc5dabf 100644
--- a/tests/isHotkeyPressed.test.tsx
+++ b/tests/isHotkeyPressed.test.tsx
@@ -1,13 +1,6 @@
 import userEvent from '@testing-library/user-event'
 import { isHotkeyPressed } from '../src/isHotkeyPressed'
 
-beforeEach(() => {
-  window.document.dispatchEvent(new Event("DOMContentLoaded", {
-    bubbles: true,
-    cancelable: true
-  }))
-})
-
 test('should return true if hotkey is currently pressed down', async () => {
   const user = userEvent.setup()
 
@@ -110,3 +103,18 @@ test.skip('should respect the splitKey option', async () => {
   expect(isHotkeyPressed('ba,', 'a')).toBe(false)
   expect(isHotkeyPressed(['b', ','])).toBe(false)
 })
+
+test('Should clear pressed hotkeys when window blurs', async () => {
+  const user = userEvent.setup()
+
+  await user.keyboard('{Meta>}')
+
+  expect(isHotkeyPressed('meta')).toBe(true)
+
+  window.document.dispatchEvent(new Event("blur", {
+    bubbles: true,
+    cancelable: true
+  }))
+
+  expect(isHotkeyPressed('meta')).toBe(false)
+})
diff --git a/tests/useRecordHotkeys.spec.tsx b/tests/useRecordHotkeys.test.tsx
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/useRecordHotkeys.spec.tsx
rename to tests/useRecordHotkeys.test.tsx