diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md
index b01cd235..8a550808 100644
--- a/changelog.md
+++ b/changelog.md
@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@ Features
 * Add `\bug` command.
 
 
+Bug Fixes
+---------
+* Force a prompt_toolkit refresh after fzf history search to avoid display glitches.
+
+
 1.57.0 (2026/02/25)
 ==============
 
diff --git a/mycli/packages/toolkit/fzf.py b/mycli/packages/toolkit/fzf.py
index a5d6ffce..966fb436 100644
--- a/mycli/packages/toolkit/fzf.py
+++ b/mycli/packages/toolkit/fzf.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 from pyfzf import FzfPrompt
 
 from mycli.packages.toolkit.history import FileHistoryWithTimestamp
+from mycli.packages.toolkit.utils import safe_invalidate_display
 
 
 class Fzf(FzfPrompt):
@@ -56,6 +57,7 @@ def search_history(event: KeyPressEvent, incremental: bool = False) -> None:
         formatted_history_items,
         fzf_options=' '.join(options),
     )
+    safe_invalidate_display(event.app)
 
     if result:
         selected_index = formatted_history_items.index(result[0])
diff --git a/mycli/packages/toolkit/utils.py b/mycli/packages/toolkit/utils.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1e5fca93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mycli/packages/toolkit/utils.py
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+from prompt_toolkit.application import Application, run_in_terminal
+
+
+def safe_invalidate_display(app: Application) -> None:
+    """
+    fzf can confuse the terminal/app when certain values are set in
+    environment variable FZF_DEFAULT_OPTS.
+
+    The same could happen after running other external programs.
+
+    This function invalidates the prompt_toolkit display, causing a
+    refresh of the prompt message and pending user input, without
+    leading to exceptions at exit time, as the built-in
+    app.invalidate() does.
+    """
+
+    def print_empty_string():
+        app.print_text('')
+
+    run_in_terminal(print_empty_string)