diff --git a/Zotero/Scenes/Detail/PDF/Views/PDFDocumentViewController.swift b/Zotero/Scenes/Detail/PDF/Views/PDFDocumentViewController.swift
index e3a8d3ada..1b4d9bb87 100644
--- a/Zotero/Scenes/Detail/PDF/Views/PDFDocumentViewController.swift
+++ b/Zotero/Scenes/Detail/PDF/Views/PDFDocumentViewController.swift
@@ -636,6 +636,7 @@ extension PDFDocumentViewController: PDFViewControllerDelegate {
                 return action.replacing(handler: { [weak self] _ in
                     guard let self else { return }
                     self.viewModel.process(action: .createHighlight(pageIndex: pageView.pageIndex, rects: rects))
+                    pageView.selectionView.selectedGlyphs = nil
                 })
 
             default: