diff --git a/packages/inquirer/lib/prompts/input.js b/packages/inquirer/lib/prompts/input.js
index 87f68b920..7a707181c 100644
--- a/packages/inquirer/lib/prompts/input.js
+++ b/packages/inquirer/lib/prompts/input.js
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ class InputPrompt extends Base {
    */
 
   onKeypress() {
-    this.state = 'touched';
+    this.status = 'touched';
 
     this.render();
   }
diff --git a/packages/inquirer/package.json b/packages/inquirer/package.json
index fbe36a9d9..4b756dafa 100644
--- a/packages/inquirer/package.json
+++ b/packages/inquirer/package.json
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "chai": "^4.3.6",
+    "chai-string": "^1.5.0",
     "chalk-pipe": "^5.1.1",
     "cmdify": "^0.0.4",
     "mocha": "^9.2.2",
diff --git a/packages/inquirer/test/specs/prompts/input.js b/packages/inquirer/test/specs/prompts/input.js
index 0fe3b93ed..443f0f716 100644
--- a/packages/inquirer/test/specs/prompts/input.js
+++ b/packages/inquirer/test/specs/prompts/input.js
@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
 const { expect } = require('chai');
+const chai = require('chai');
+const chaiString = require('chai-string');
 const ReadlineStub = require('../../helpers/readline');
 const fixtures = require('../../helpers/fixtures');
 
 const Input = require('../../../lib/prompts/input');
 
+chai.use(chaiString);
+
 describe('`input` prompt', () => {
   beforeEach(function () {
     this.fixture = { ...fixtures.input };
@@ -94,4 +98,24 @@ describe('`input` prompt', () => {
       done();
     }, 200);
   });
+
+  it('should clear default on input', function (done) {
+    const defaultValue = 'default-string';
+    const input = new Input(
+      {
+        ...this.fixture,
+        default: defaultValue,
+      },
+      this.rl
+    );
+
+    input.run();
+
+    this.rl.line = 'inquirer';
+    this.rl.input.emit('keypress');
+    setTimeout(() => {
+      expect(this.rl.output.__raw__).to.have.entriesCount(defaultValue, 1);
+      done();
+    }, 200);
+  });
 });
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 2f6070195..4b32f5363 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -2820,6 +2820,11 @@ caseless@~0.12.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/caseless/-/caseless-0.12.0.tgz#1b681c21ff84033c826543090689420d187151dc"
   integrity sha1-G2gcIf+EAzyCZUMJBolCDRhxUdw=
 
+chai-string@^1.5.0:
+  version "1.5.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/chai-string/-/chai-string-1.5.0.tgz#0bdb2d8a5f1dbe90bc78ec493c1c1c180dd4d3d2"
+  integrity sha512-sydDC3S3pNAQMYwJrs6dQX0oBQ6KfIPuOZ78n7rocW0eJJlsHPh2t3kwW7xfwYA/1Bf6/arGtSUo16rxR2JFlw==
+
 chai@^4.3.6:
   version "4.3.6"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/chai/-/chai-4.3.6.tgz#ffe4ba2d9fa9d6680cc0b370adae709ec9011e9c"