diff --git a/crates/gpui/src/platform/linux/platform.rs b/crates/gpui/src/platform/linux/platform.rs
index dfa68a44f3..9efd7e9538 100644
--- a/crates/gpui/src/platform/linux/platform.rs
+++ b/crates/gpui/src/platform/linux/platform.rs
@@ -845,9 +845,15 @@ impl crate::Keystroke {
                 {
                     if key.is_ascii_graphic() {
                         key_utf8.to_lowercase()
-                    // map ctrl-a to a
-                    } else if key_utf32 <= 0x1f {
-                        ((key_utf32 as u8 + 0x60) as char).to_string()
+                    // map ctrl-a to `a`
+                    // ctrl-0..9 may emit control codes like ctrl-[, but
+                    // we don't want to map them to `[`
+                    } else if key_utf32 <= 0x1f
+                        && !name.chars().next().is_some_and(|c| c.is_ascii_digit())
+                    {
+                        ((key_utf32 as u8 + 0x40) as char)
+                            .to_ascii_lowercase()
+                            .to_string()
                     } else {
                         name
                     }