diff --git a/build.zig.zon b/build.zig.zon
index 944f33e1..4c253114 100644
--- a/build.zig.zon
+++ b/build.zig.zon
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
 
     .dependencies = .{
         .syntax = .{
-            .url = "git+https://github.com/neurocyte/flow-syntax?ref=master#7b1fd3a97f00aba3a95cc65b95f34162347ed1ea",
-            .hash = "flow_syntax-0.7.2-X8jOoQhWAQBPt1rBRmttAGI0Z2QC-hCSZuoBZoZgr6Vv",
+            .url = "git+https://github.com/neurocyte/flow-syntax?ref=zig-0.15#5bc4bcba1552a597d1a6a1f3bf8433ba710b6a90",
+            .hash = "flow_syntax-0.7.2-X8jOoaFbAQBEZWaLbtlj9C8N4zRkNSG2Nq_T40pXRypr",
         },
         .flags = .{
             .url = "git+https://github.com/neurocyte/flags?ref=main#984b27948da3e4e40a253f76c85b51ec1a9ada11",
diff --git a/src/renderer/vaxis/input.zig b/src/renderer/vaxis/input.zig
index 68098f90..2a5d1af0 100644
--- a/src/renderer/vaxis/input.zig
+++ b/src/renderer/vaxis/input.zig
@@ -172,6 +172,10 @@ pub fn ucs32_to_utf8(ucs32: []const u32, utf8: []u8) error{ Utf8CannotEncodeSurr
     return @intCast(try unicode.utf8Encode(@intCast(ucs32[0]), utf8));
 }
 
+pub fn ucs32_to_utf8_scalar(ucs32: u32, utf8: []u8) error{ Utf8CannotEncodeSurrogateHalf, CodepointTooLarge }!usize {
+    return @intCast(try unicode.utf8Encode(@intCast(ucs32), utf8));
+}
+
 pub const utils = struct {
     pub fn key_id_string(k: Key) []const u8 {
         return switch (k) {
diff --git a/src/renderer/vaxis/renderer.zig b/src/renderer/vaxis/renderer.zig
index ccfb7383..0b1d60c8 100644
--- a/src/renderer/vaxis/renderer.zig
+++ b/src/renderer/vaxis/renderer.zig
@@ -429,20 +429,24 @@ fn handle_bracketed_paste_input(self: *Self, cbor_msg: []const u8) !bool {
     var keypress: input.Key = undefined;
     var egc_: input.Key = undefined;
     var mods: usize = undefined;
+    var text: []const u8 = undefined;
     const writer = &self.bracketed_paste_buffer.writer;
-    if (try cbor.match(cbor_msg, .{ "I", cbor.number, cbor.extract(&keypress), cbor.extract(&egc_), cbor.string, cbor.extract(&mods) })) {
+    if (try cbor.match(cbor_msg, .{ "I", cbor.number, cbor.extract(&keypress), cbor.extract(&egc_), cbor.extract(&text), cbor.extract(&mods) })) {
         switch (keypress) {
             106 => if (mods == 4) try writer.writeAll("\n") else try writer.writeAll("j"),
             input.key.enter => try writer.writeAll("\n"),
             input.key.tab => try writer.writeAll("\t"),
-            else => if (!input.is_non_input_key(keypress)) {
-                var buf: [6]u8 = undefined;
-                const bytes = try input.ucs32_to_utf8(&[_]u32{egc_}, &buf);
-                try writer.writeAll(buf[0..bytes]);
-            } else {
-                var buf: [6]u8 = undefined;
-                const bytes = try input.ucs32_to_utf8(&[_]u32{egc_}, &buf);
-                self.logger.print("unexpected codepoint in paste: {d} {s}", .{ keypress, buf[0..bytes] });
+            else => {
+                if (keypress == vaxis.Key.multicodepoint) {
+                    try writer.writeAll(text);
+                } else if (!input.is_non_input_key(keypress)) {
+                    var buf: [6]u8 = undefined;
+                    const bytes = try input.ucs32_to_utf8_scalar(egc_, &buf);
+                    try writer.writeAll(buf[0..bytes]);
+                } else {
+                    var buf: [1024]u8 = undefined;
+                    self.logger.print("unexpected codepoint in paste event: {s}", .{cbor.toJson(cbor_msg, &buf) catch "cbor.toJson failed"});
+                }
             },
         }
         return true;