diff --git a/packages/slate-react/src/plugins/before.js b/packages/slate-react/src/plugins/before.js
index ffc37a171..aef4cd804 100644
--- a/packages/slate-react/src/plugins/before.js
+++ b/packages/slate-react/src/plugins/before.js
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ function BeforePlugin() {
     // The `count` check here ensures that if another composition starts
     // before the timeout has closed out this one, we will abort unsetting the
     // `isComposing` flag, since a composition is still in affect.
-    setTimeout(() => {
+    window.requestAnimationFrame(() => {
       if (compositionCount > n) return
       isComposing = false