diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d0bfd03b3..ae44d4943 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
 * feat: FocusLastPane bindable action (https://github.com/zellij-org/zellij/pull/4241)
 * fix: live reload on theme dir changes (https://github.com/zellij-org/zellij/pull/5135)
 * feat: new title-frames UI (https://github.com/zellij-org/zellij/pull/5318)
+* chore: upgrade wasmi to 1.1.0 (https://github.com/zellij-org/zellij/pull/5319)
 
 ## [0.44.3] - 2026-05-13
 * fix(windows): bump windows-sys to 0.59 to align manifest with code, fixing source builds via `cargo install`/`cargo binstall` (https://github.com/zellij-org/zellij/pull/5139)
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index b887fa6d7..2dfebce4e 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2050,12 +2050,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "log"
-version = "0.4.17"
+version = "0.4.33"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "abb12e687cfb44aa40f41fc3978ef76448f9b6038cad6aef4259d3c095a2382e"
-dependencies = [
- "cfg-if",
-]
+checksum = "0ceec5bc11778974d1bcb055b18002eba7f4b3518b6a0081b3af5f21666da9ad"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "log-mdc"
@@ -4162,9 +4159,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "wasi-common"
-version = "34.0.2"
+version = "36.0.12"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "82735a180c58e86727965ca39c0390d21c86a354f03cf7a3fc73f1de4c01ae1c"
+checksum = "8a5eb67546a23b30761dc1e30325984e166e8f6961ae97e3e82d5a7570255838"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "bitflags 2.11.0",
@@ -4181,7 +4178,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "thiserror 2.0.12",
  "tracing",
  "wiggle",
- "windows-sys 0.59.0",
+ "windows-sys 0.60.2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -4245,71 +4242,61 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "5be00faa2b4950c76fe618c409d2c3ea5a3c9422013e079482d78544bb2d184c"
 dependencies = [
  "leb128fmt",
- "wasmparser 0.239.0",
+ "wasmparser",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "wasmi"
-version = "0.51.5"
+version = "1.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "bb321403ce594274827657a908e13d1d9918aa02257b8bf8391949d9764023ff"
+checksum = "2300d0f78cba12f14e29e8dd157ea64050c0a688179aefdb2050105805594a0c"
 dependencies = [
  "spin",
  "wasmi_collections",
  "wasmi_core",
  "wasmi_ir",
- "wasmparser 0.228.0",
+ "wasmparser",
  "wat",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "wasmi_collections"
-version = "0.51.5"
+version = "1.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e9b8e98e45a2a534489f8225e765cbf1cb9a3078072605e58158910cf4749172"
+checksum = "f8a8c42a2a76148d43097b1d7cc2a5bf33d5c23bd4dd69015fc887e311767884"
 dependencies = [
  "string-interner",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "wasmi_core"
-version = "0.51.5"
+version = "1.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c25f375c0cdf14810eab07f532f61f14d4966f09c747a55067fdf3196e8512e6"
+checksum = "9013136083d988725953390bf668b64b7a218fabf26f8b913bbc59546b97ee27"
 dependencies = [
  "libm",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "wasmi_ir"
-version = "0.51.5"
+version = "1.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "624e2a68a4293ecb8f564260b68394b29cf3b3edba6bce35532889a2cb33c3d9"
+checksum = "ba1fa003f79156f406d62ef0e1464dc03e11ace37170e9fa7524299a75ad8f68"
 dependencies = [
  "wasmi_core",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "wasmi_wasi"
-version = "0.51.5"
+version = "1.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3b60d10ca50ddd071ca6006c89000159cfb0589ab3ba3a55377f71b5dc016825"
+checksum = "1d2f1828ab16dcd236544fdd8fd8d9dab77de4b4413503fcb20fe59e69e27c34"
 dependencies = [
  "wasi-common",
  "wasmi",
  "wiggle",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "wasmparser"
-version = "0.228.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "4abf1132c1fdf747d56bbc1bb52152400c70f336870f968b85e89ea422198ae3"
-dependencies = [
- "bitflags 2.11.0",
- "indexmap 2.7.1",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "wasmparser"
 version = "0.239.0"
@@ -4379,9 +4366,9 @@ checksum = "72069c3113ab32ab29e5584db3c6ec55d416895e60715417b5b883a357c3e471"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "wiggle"
-version = "34.0.2"
+version = "36.0.12"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b61d3bcb6a981233e8b774738f4495ad2c724a0d73ac626f373944e9ba1e3101"
+checksum = "55a0751406b641ff50ef42d4a1ca843a03040c488c0c27f92093633447464013"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-trait",
@@ -4393,9 +4380,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "wiggle-generate"
-version = "34.0.2"
+version = "36.0.12"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6e7f9816357d0d2bd1c0af68b6e302013152dfdeef4b6a488de87dc2026ed6fa"
+checksum = "ab62083fdcecdd0cac61b8c46e7de4f2629ebe8699fd9ce790d922cc89d50f5f"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "heck 0.5.0",
@@ -4407,9 +4394,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "wiggle-macro"
-version = "34.0.2"
+version = "36.0.12"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1e215597862a78dc57fb6988bd09b76af8e632ca4cb74bc26fe3ab129b8cb3b9"
+checksum = "756b7a4a7f57ee2f53e9ef3501ed0faacda4b8dcb169a921cddc8bc09ebd199e"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
@@ -4501,6 +4488,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 2.0.96",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows-link"
+version = "0.2.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f0805222e57f7521d6a62e36fa9163bc891acd422f971defe97d64e70d0a4fe5"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows-result"
 version = "0.1.2"
@@ -4537,6 +4530,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-targets 0.52.6",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows-sys"
+version = "0.60.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f2f500e4d28234f72040990ec9d39e3a6b950f9f22d3dba18416c35882612bcb"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows-targets 0.53.5",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows-targets"
 version = "0.48.0"
@@ -4561,13 +4563,30 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows_aarch64_gnullvm 0.52.6",
  "windows_aarch64_msvc 0.52.6",
  "windows_i686_gnu 0.52.6",
- "windows_i686_gnullvm",
+ "windows_i686_gnullvm 0.52.6",
  "windows_i686_msvc 0.52.6",
  "windows_x86_64_gnu 0.52.6",
  "windows_x86_64_gnullvm 0.52.6",
  "windows_x86_64_msvc 0.52.6",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows-targets"
+version = "0.53.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4945f9f551b88e0d65f3db0bc25c33b8acea4d9e41163edf90dcd0b19f9069f3"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows-link",
+ "windows_aarch64_gnullvm 0.53.1",
+ "windows_aarch64_msvc 0.53.1",
+ "windows_i686_gnu 0.53.1",
+ "windows_i686_gnullvm 0.53.1",
+ "windows_i686_msvc 0.53.1",
+ "windows_x86_64_gnu 0.53.1",
+ "windows_x86_64_gnullvm 0.53.1",
+ "windows_x86_64_msvc 0.53.1",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_aarch64_gnullvm"
 version = "0.48.0"
@@ -4580,6 +4599,12 @@ version = "0.52.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "32a4622180e7a0ec044bb555404c800bc9fd9ec262ec147edd5989ccd0c02cd3"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_aarch64_gnullvm"
+version = "0.53.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a9d8416fa8b42f5c947f8482c43e7d89e73a173cead56d044f6a56104a6d1b53"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_aarch64_msvc"
 version = "0.48.0"
@@ -4592,6 +4617,12 @@ version = "0.52.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "09ec2a7bb152e2252b53fa7803150007879548bc709c039df7627cabbd05d469"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_aarch64_msvc"
+version = "0.53.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b9d782e804c2f632e395708e99a94275910eb9100b2114651e04744e9b125006"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_i686_gnu"
 version = "0.48.0"
@@ -4604,12 +4635,24 @@ version = "0.52.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "8e9b5ad5ab802e97eb8e295ac6720e509ee4c243f69d781394014ebfe8bbfa0b"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_i686_gnu"
+version = "0.53.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "960e6da069d81e09becb0ca57a65220ddff016ff2d6af6a223cf372a506593a3"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_i686_gnullvm"
 version = "0.52.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "0eee52d38c090b3caa76c563b86c3a4bd71ef1a819287c19d586d7334ae8ed66"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_i686_gnullvm"
+version = "0.53.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "fa7359d10048f68ab8b09fa71c3daccfb0e9b559aed648a8f95469c27057180c"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_i686_msvc"
 version = "0.48.0"
@@ -4622,6 +4665,12 @@ version = "0.52.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "240948bc05c5e7c6dabba28bf89d89ffce3e303022809e73deaefe4f6ec56c66"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_i686_msvc"
+version = "0.53.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1e7ac75179f18232fe9c285163565a57ef8d3c89254a30685b57d83a38d326c2"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_x86_64_gnu"
 version = "0.48.0"
@@ -4634,6 +4683,12 @@ version = "0.52.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "147a5c80aabfbf0c7d901cb5895d1de30ef2907eb21fbbab29ca94c5b08b1a78"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_x86_64_gnu"
+version = "0.53.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9c3842cdd74a865a8066ab39c8a7a473c0778a3f29370b5fd6b4b9aa7df4a499"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_x86_64_gnullvm"
 version = "0.48.0"
@@ -4646,6 +4701,12 @@ version = "0.52.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "24d5b23dc417412679681396f2b49f3de8c1473deb516bd34410872eff51ed0d"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_x86_64_gnullvm"
+version = "0.53.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0ffa179e2d07eee8ad8f57493436566c7cc30ac536a3379fdf008f47f6bb7ae1"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_x86_64_msvc"
 version = "0.48.0"
@@ -4658,6 +4719,12 @@ version = "0.52.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "589f6da84c646204747d1270a2a5661ea66ed1cced2631d546fdfb155959f9ec"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_x86_64_msvc"
+version = "0.53.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d6bbff5f0aada427a1e5a6da5f1f98158182f26556f345ac9e04d36d0ebed650"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "winnow"
 version = "0.7.15"
diff --git a/zellij-server/Cargo.toml b/zellij-server/Cargo.toml
index a67ceed2e..72bf3b464 100644
--- a/zellij-server/Cargo.toml
+++ b/zellij-server/Cargo.toml
@@ -41,13 +41,13 @@ unicode-width = { workspace = true }
 url = { workspace = true }
 uuid = { workspace = true }
 vte = { workspace = true }
-wasmi_wasi = { version = "0.51.3" }
+wasmi_wasi = { version = "1.1.0" }
 zellij-utils = { workspace = true }
 once_cell = "1.19"
 num_cpus = { workspace = true }
 
 [dependencies.wasmi]
-version = "0.51.3"
+version = "1.1.0"
 default-features = false
 features = ["std"]
 
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ windows-sys = { workspace = true, features = [
 [dev-dependencies]
 insta = "1.6.0"
 tempfile = "3.2.0"
-wasmi = { version = "0.51.3", features = ["std"] }
+wasmi = { version = "1.1.0", features = ["std"] }
 
 [features]
 web_server_capability = ["zellij-utils/web_server_capability"]
diff --git a/zellij-server/src/screen.rs b/zellij-server/src/screen.rs
index b876b0e40..97831ba7b 100644
--- a/zellij-server/src/screen.rs
+++ b/zellij-server/src/screen.rs
@@ -6498,6 +6498,12 @@ pub(crate) fn screen_thread_main(
                     },
                 }
 
+                if let Some(pending_events) = pending_events_waiting_for_pane.remove(&pid) {
+                    for event in pending_events {
+                        screen.bus.senders.send_to_screen(event).non_fatal();
+                    }
+                }
+
                 screen.render(None)?;
             },
             ScreenInstruction::TogglePaneEmbedOrFloating(