diff --git a/.changeset/cruel-hairs-swim.md b/.changeset/cruel-hairs-swim.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d3292200
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/cruel-hairs-swim.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@clack/prompts": patch
+---
+
+Fix spinner clearing too many lines upwards when non-wrapping.
diff --git a/packages/prompts/src/spinner.ts b/packages/prompts/src/spinner.ts
index 3ff9d70c..2a9cfd63 100644
--- a/packages/prompts/src/spinner.ts
+++ b/packages/prompts/src/spinner.ts
@@ -101,7 +101,9 @@ export const spinner = ({
 			trim: false,
 		});
 		const prevLines = wrapped.split('\n');
-		output.write(cursor.up(prevLines.length - 1));
+		if (prevLines.length > 1) {
+			output.write(cursor.up(prevLines.length - 1));
+		}
 		output.write(cursor.to(0));
 		output.write(erase.down());
 	};
diff --git a/packages/prompts/test/__snapshots__/progress-bar.test.ts.snap b/packages/prompts/test/__snapshots__/progress-bar.test.ts.snap
index 86593d50..72508fbc 100644
--- a/packages/prompts/test/__snapshots__/progress-bar.test.ts.snap
+++ b/packages/prompts/test/__snapshots__/progress-bar.test.ts.snap
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ exports[`prompts - progress (isCI = false) > message > sets message for next fra
   "│
 ",
   "◒  ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ",
-  "<cursor.up count=0>",
   "<cursor.left count=1>",
   "<erase.down>",
   "◐  ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ foo",
@@ -96,15 +95,12 @@ exports[`prompts - progress (isCI = false) > start > renders frames at interval
   "│
 ",
   "◒  ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ",
-  "<cursor.up count=0>",
   "<cursor.left count=1>",
   "<erase.down>",
   "◐  ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ",
-  "<cursor.up count=0>",
   "<cursor.left count=1>",
   "<erase.down>",
   "◓  ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ",
-  "<cursor.up count=0>",
   "<cursor.left count=1>",
   "<erase.down>",
   "◑  ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ",
@@ -135,7 +131,6 @@ exports[`prompts - progress (isCI = false) > stop > renders cancel symbol if cod
   "│
 ",
   "◒  ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ",
-  "<cursor.up count=0>",
   "<cursor.left count=1>",
   "<erase.down>",
   "■  
@@ -150,7 +145,6 @@ exports[`prompts - progress (isCI = false) > stop > renders error symbol if code
   "│
 ",
   "◒  ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ",
-  "<cursor.up count=0>",
   "<cursor.left count=1>",
   "<erase.down>",
   "▲  
@@ -165,7 +159,6 @@ exports[`prompts - progress (isCI = false) > stop > renders message 1`] = `
   "│
 ",
   "◒  ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ",
-  "<cursor.up count=0>",
   "<cursor.left count=1>",
   "<erase.down>",
   "◇  foo
@@ -180,7 +173,6 @@ exports[`prompts - progress (isCI = false) > stop > renders message without remo
   "│
 ",
   "◒  ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ",
-  "<cursor.up count=0>",
   "<cursor.left count=1>",
   "<erase.down>",
   "◇  foo.
@@ -195,7 +187,6 @@ exports[`prompts - progress (isCI = false) > stop > renders submit symbol and st
   "│
 ",
   "◒  ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ",
-  "<cursor.up count=0>",
   "<cursor.left count=1>",
   "<erase.down>",
   "◇  
@@ -210,19 +201,15 @@ exports[`prompts - progress (isCI = false) > style > renders block progressbar 1
   "│
 ",
   "◒  ██████████ ",
-  "<cursor.up count=0>",
   "<cursor.left count=1>",
   "<erase.down>",
   "◐  ██████████ ",
-  "<cursor.up count=0>",
   "<cursor.left count=1>",
   "<erase.down>",
   "◓  ██████████ ",
-  "<cursor.up count=0>",
   "<cursor.left count=1>",
   "<erase.down>",
   "◑  ██████████ ",
-  "<cursor.up count=0>",
   "<cursor.left count=1>",
   "<erase.down>",
   "◇  
@@ -237,19 +224,15 @@ exports[`prompts - progress (isCI = false) > style > renders heavy progressbar 1
   "│
 ",
   "◒  ━━━━━━━━━━ ",
-  "<cursor.up count=0>",
   "<cursor.left count=1>",
   "<erase.down>",
   "◐  ━━━━━━━━━━ ",
-  "<cursor.up count=0>",
   "<cursor.left count=1>",
   "<erase.down>",
   "◓  ━━━━━━━━━━ ",
-  "<cursor.up count=0>",
   "<cursor.left count=1>",
   "<erase.down>",
   "◑  ━━━━━━━━━━ ",
-  "<cursor.up count=0>",
   "<cursor.left count=1>",
   "<erase.down>",
   "◇  
@@ -264,19 +247,15 @@ exports[`prompts - progress (isCI = false) > style > renders light progressbar 1
   "│
 ",
   "◒  ────────── ",
-  "<cursor.up count=0>",
   "<cursor.left count=1>",
   "<erase.down>",
   "◐  ────────── ",
-  "<cursor.up count=0>",
   "<cursor.left count=1>",
   "<erase.down>",
   "◓  ────────── ",
-  "<cursor.up count=0>",
   "<cursor.left count=1>",
   "<erase.down>",
   "◑  ────────── ",
-  "<cursor.up count=0>",
   "<cursor.left count=1>",
   "<erase.down>",
   "◇  
@@ -293,7 +272,6 @@ exports[`prompts - progress (isCI = true) > message > sets message for next fram
   "◒  ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ...",
   "
 ",
-  "<cursor.up count=0>",
   "<cursor.left count=1>",
   "<erase.down>",
   "◐  ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ foo...",
@@ -412,7 +390,6 @@ exports[`prompts - progress (isCI = true) > stop > renders cancel symbol if code
   "◒  ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ...",
   "
 ",
-  "<cursor.up count=0>",
   "<cursor.left count=1>",
   "<erase.down>",
   "■  
@@ -429,7 +406,6 @@ exports[`prompts - progress (isCI = true) > stop > renders error symbol if code
   "◒  ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ...",
   "
 ",
-  "<cursor.up count=0>",
   "<cursor.left count=1>",
   "<erase.down>",
   "▲  
@@ -446,7 +422,6 @@ exports[`prompts - progress (isCI = true) > stop > renders message 1`] = `
   "◒  ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ...",
   "
 ",
-  "<cursor.up count=0>",
   "<cursor.left count=1>",
   "<erase.down>",
   "◇  foo
@@ -463,7 +438,6 @@ exports[`prompts - progress (isCI = true) > stop > renders message without remov
   "◒  ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ...",
   "
 ",
-  "<cursor.up count=0>",
   "<cursor.left count=1>",
   "<erase.down>",
   "◇  foo.
@@ -480,7 +454,6 @@ exports[`prompts - progress (isCI = true) > stop > renders submit symbol and sto
   "◒  ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ...",
   "
 ",
-  "<cursor.up count=0>",
   "<cursor.left count=1>",
   "<erase.down>",
   "◇  
@@ -497,13 +470,11 @@ exports[`prompts - progress (isCI = true) > style > renders block progressbar 1`
   "◒  ██████████ ...",
   "
 ",
-  "<cursor.up count=0>",
   "<cursor.left count=1>",
   "<erase.down>",
   "◐  ██████████ ...",
   "
 ",
-  "<cursor.up count=0>",
   "<cursor.left count=1>",
   "<erase.down>",
   "◇  
@@ -520,13 +491,11 @@ exports[`prompts - progress (isCI = true) > style > renders heavy progressbar 1`
   "◒  ━━━━━━━━━━ ...",
   "
 ",
-  "<cursor.up count=0>",
   "<cursor.left count=1>",
   "<erase.down>",
   "◐  ━━━━━━━━━━ ...",
   "
 ",
-  "<cursor.up count=0>",
   "<cursor.left count=1>",
   "<erase.down>",
   "◇  
@@ -543,13 +512,11 @@ exports[`prompts - progress (isCI = true) > style > renders light progressbar 1`
   "◒  ────────── ...",
   "
 ",
-  "<cursor.up count=0>",
   "<cursor.left count=1>",
   "<erase.down>",
   "◐  ────────── ...",
   "
 ",
-  "<cursor.up count=0>",
   "<cursor.left count=1>",
   "<erase.down>",
   "◇  
diff --git a/packages/prompts/test/__snapshots__/spinner.test.ts.snap b/packages/prompts/test/__snapshots__/spinner.test.ts.snap
index 0d2c987e..5bc4a650 100644
--- a/packages/prompts/test/__snapshots__/spinner.test.ts.snap
+++ b/packages/prompts/test/__snapshots__/spinner.test.ts.snap
@@ -17,19 +17,15 @@ exports[`spinner (isCI = false) > indicator customization > custom delay 1`] = `
   "│
 ",
   "◒  ",
-  "<cursor.up count=0>",
   "<cursor.left count=1>",
   "<erase.down>",
   "◐  ",
-  "<cursor.up count=0>",
   "<cursor.left count=1>",
   "<erase.down>",
   "◓  ",
-  "<cursor.up count=0>",
   "<cursor.left count=1>",
   "<erase.down>",
   "◑  ",
-  "<cursor.up count=0>",
   "<cursor.left count=1>",
   "<erase.down>",
   "◇  
@@ -44,19 +40,15 @@ exports[`spinner (isCI = false) > indicator customization > custom frames 1`] =
   "│
 ",
   "🐴  ",
-  "<cursor.up count=0>",
   "<cursor.left count=1>",
   "<erase.down>",
   "🦋  ",
-  "<cursor.up count=0>",
   "<cursor.left count=1>",
   "<erase.down>",
   "🐙  ",
-  "<cursor.up count=0>",
   "<cursor.left count=1>",
   "<erase.down>",
   "🐶  ",
-  "<cursor.up count=0>",
   "<cursor.left count=1>",
   "<erase.down>",
   "◇  
@@ -71,259 +63,195 @@ exports[`spinner (isCI = false) > indicator customization > custom frames with l
   "│
 ",
   "0  ",
-  "<cursor.up count=0>",
   "<cursor.left count=1>",
   "<erase.down>",
   "1  ",
-  "<cursor.up count=0>",
   "<cursor.left count=1>",
   "<erase.down>",
   "2  ",
-  "<cursor.up count=0>",
   "<cursor.left count=1>",
   "<erase.down>",
   "3  ",
-  "<cursor.up count=0>",
   "<cursor.left count=1>",
   "<erase.down>",
   "4  ",
-  "<cursor.up count=0>",
   "<cursor.left count=1>",
   "<erase.down>",
   "5  ",
-  "<cursor.up count=0>",
   "<cursor.left count=1>",
   "<erase.down>",
   "6  ",
-  "<cursor.up count=0>",
   "<cursor.left count=1>",
   "<erase.down>",
   "7  ",
-  "<cursor.up count=0>",
   "<cursor.left count=1>",
   "<erase.down>",
   "8  .",
-  "<cursor.up count=0>",
   "<cursor.left count=1>",
   "<erase.down>",
   "9  .",
-  "<cursor.up count=0>",
   "<cursor.left count=1>",
   "<erase.down>",
   "0  .",
-  "<cursor.up count=0>",
   "<cursor.left count=1>",
   "<erase.down>",
   "1  .",
-  "<cursor.up count=0>",
   "<cursor.left count=1>",
   "<erase.down>",
   "2  .",
-  "<cursor.up count=0>",
   "<cursor.left count=1>",
   "<erase.down>",
   "3  .",
-  "<cursor.up count=0>",
   "<cursor.left count=1>",
   "<erase.down>",
   "4  .",
-  "<cursor.up count=0>",
   "<cursor.left count=1>",
   "<erase.down>",
   "5  .",
-  "<cursor.up count=0>",
   "<cursor.left count=1>",
   "<erase.down>",
   "6  ..",
-  "<cursor.up count=0>",
   "<cursor.left count=1>",
   "<erase.down>",
   "7  ..",
-  "<cursor.up count=0>",
   "<cursor.left count=1>",
   "<erase.down>",
   "8  ..",
-  "<cursor.up count=0>",
   "<cursor.left count=1>",
   "<erase.down>",
   "9  ..",
-  "<cursor.up count=0>",
   "<cursor.left count=1>",
   "<erase.down>",
   "0  ..",
-  "<cursor.up count=0>",
   "<cursor.left count=1>",
   "<erase.down>",
   "1  ..",
-  "<cursor.up count=0>",
   "<cursor.left count=1>",
   "<erase.down>",
   "2  ..",
-  "<cursor.up count=0>",
   "<cursor.left count=1>",
   "<erase.down>",
   "3  ..",
-  "<cursor.up count=0>",
   "<cursor.left count=1>",
   "<erase.down>",
   "4  ...",
-  "<cursor.up count=0>",
   "<cursor.left count=1>",
   "<erase.down>",
   "5  ...",
-  "<cursor.up count=0>",
   "<cursor.left count=1>",
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   "6  ...",
-  "<cursor.up count=0>",
   "<cursor.left count=1>",
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   "7  ...",
-  "<cursor.up count=0>",
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   "8  ...",
-  "<cursor.up count=0>",
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-  "<cursor.up count=0>",
   "<cursor.left count=1>",
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-  "<cursor.up count=0>",
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-  "<cursor.up count=0>",
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   "2  ...",
-  "<cursor.up count=0>",
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-  "<cursor.up count=0>",
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-  "<cursor.up count=0>",
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-  "<cursor.up count=0>",
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-  "<cursor.up count=0>",
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-  "<cursor.up count=0>",
   "<cursor.left count=1>",
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-  "<cursor.up count=0>",
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-  "<cursor.up count=0>",
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-  "<cursor.up count=0>",
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   "4  .",
-  "<cursor.up count=0>",
   "<cursor.left count=1>",
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   "5  .",
-  "<cursor.up count=0>",
   "<cursor.left count=1>",
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   "6  .",
-  "<cursor.up count=0>",
   "<cursor.left count=1>",
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   "7  .",
-  "<cursor.up count=0>",
   "<cursor.left count=1>",
   "<erase.down>",
   "8  .",
-  "<cursor.up count=0>",
   "<cursor.left count=1>",
   "<erase.down>",
   "9  ..",
-  "<cursor.up count=0>",
   "<cursor.left count=1>",
   "<erase.down>",
   "0  ..",
-  "<cursor.up count=0>",
   "<cursor.left count=1>",
   "<erase.down>",
   "1  ..",
-  "<cursor.up count=0>",
   "<cursor.left count=1>",
   "<erase.down>",
   "2  ..",
-  "<cursor.up count=0>",
   "<cursor.left count=1>",
   "<erase.down>",
   "3  ..",
-  "<cursor.up count=0>",
   "<cursor.left count=1>",
   "<erase.down>",
   "4  ..",
-  "<cursor.up count=0>",
   "<cursor.left count=1>",
   "<erase.down>",
   "5  ..",
-  "<cursor.up count=0>",
   "<cursor.left count=1>",
   "<erase.down>",
   "6  ..",
-  "<cursor.up count=0>",
   "<cursor.left count=1>",
   "<erase.down>",
   "7  ...",
-  "<cursor.up count=0>",
   "<cursor.left count=1>",
   "<erase.down>",
   "8  ...",
-  "<cursor.up count=0>",
   "<cursor.left count=1>",
   "<erase.down>",
   "9  ...",
-  "<cursor.up count=0>",
   "<cursor.left count=1>",
   "<erase.down>",
   "0  ...",
-  "<cursor.up count=0>",
   "<cursor.left count=1>",
   "<erase.down>",
   "1  ...",
-  "<cursor.up count=0>",
   "<cursor.left count=1>",
   "<erase.down>",
   "2  ...",
-  "<cursor.up count=0>",
   "<cursor.left count=1>",
   "<erase.down>",
   "3  ...",
-  "<cursor.up count=0>",
   "<cursor.left count=1>",
   "<erase.down>",
   "◇  
@@ -338,11 +266,9 @@ exports[`spinner (isCI = false) > message > sets message for next frame 1`] = `
   "│
 ",
   "◒  ",
-  "<cursor.up count=0>",
   "<cursor.left count=1>",
   "<erase.down>",
   "◐  foo",
-  "<cursor.up count=0>",
   "<cursor.left count=1>",
   "<erase.down>",
   "◇  
@@ -428,6 +354,23 @@ exports[`spinner (isCI = false) > process exit handling > uses global custom err
 ]
 `;
 
+exports[`spinner (isCI = false) > start > handles multi-line messages 1`] = `
+[
+  "<cursor.hide>",
+  "│
+",
+  "◒  foo
+bar
+baz",
+  "<cursor.up count=2>",
+  "<cursor.left count=1>",
+  "<erase.down>",
+  "◇  
+",
+  "<cursor.show>",
+]
+`;
+
 exports[`spinner (isCI = false) > start > handles wrapping 1`] = `
 [
   "<cursor.hide>",
@@ -450,19 +393,15 @@ exports[`spinner (isCI = false) > start > renders frames at interval 1`] = `
   "│
 ",
   "◒  ",
-  "<cursor.up count=0>",
   "<cursor.left count=1>",
   "<erase.down>",
   "◐  ",
-  "<cursor.up count=0>",
   "<cursor.left count=1>",
   "<erase.down>",
   "◓  ",
-  "<cursor.up count=0>",
   "<cursor.left count=1>",
   "<erase.down>",
   "◑  ",
-  "<cursor.up count=0>",
   "<cursor.left count=1>",
   "<erase.down>",
   "◇  
@@ -477,7 +416,6 @@ exports[`spinner (isCI = false) > start > renders message 1`] = `
   "│
 ",
   "◒  foo",
-  "<cursor.up count=0>",
   "<cursor.left count=1>",
   "<erase.down>",
   "◇  
@@ -492,7 +430,6 @@ exports[`spinner (isCI = false) > start > renders timer when indicator is "timer
   "│
 ",
   "◒   [0s]",
-  "<cursor.up count=0>",
   "<cursor.left count=1>",
   "<erase.down>",
   "◇   [0s]
@@ -507,7 +444,6 @@ exports[`spinner (isCI = false) > stop > renders cancel symbol if code = 1 1`] =
   "│
 ",
   "◒  ",
-  "<cursor.up count=0>",
   "<cursor.left count=1>",
   "<erase.down>",
   "■  
@@ -522,7 +458,6 @@ exports[`spinner (isCI = false) > stop > renders error symbol if code > 1 1`] =
   "│
 ",
   "◒  ",
-  "<cursor.up count=0>",
   "<cursor.left count=1>",
   "<erase.down>",
   "▲  
@@ -537,7 +472,6 @@ exports[`spinner (isCI = false) > stop > renders message 1`] = `
   "│
 ",
   "◒  ",
-  "<cursor.up count=0>",
   "<cursor.left count=1>",
   "<erase.down>",
   "◇  foo
@@ -552,7 +486,6 @@ exports[`spinner (isCI = false) > stop > renders message without removing dots 1
   "│
 ",
   "◒  ",
-  "<cursor.up count=0>",
   "<cursor.left count=1>",
   "<erase.down>",
   "◇  foo.
@@ -567,7 +500,6 @@ exports[`spinner (isCI = false) > stop > renders submit symbol and stops spinner
   "│
 ",
   "◒  ",
-  "<cursor.up count=0>",
   "<cursor.left count=1>",
   "<erase.down>",
   "◇  
@@ -595,7 +527,6 @@ exports[`spinner (isCI = true) > indicator customization > custom delay 1`] = `
   "◒  ...",
   "
 ",
-  "<cursor.up count=0>",
   "<cursor.left count=1>",
   "<erase.down>",
   "◇  
@@ -612,7 +543,6 @@ exports[`spinner (isCI = true) > indicator customization > custom frames 1`] = `
   "🐴  ...",
   "
 ",
-  "<cursor.up count=0>",
   "<cursor.left count=1>",
   "<erase.down>",
   "◇  
@@ -629,7 +559,6 @@ exports[`spinner (isCI = true) > indicator customization > custom frames with lo
   "0  ...",
   "
 ",
-  "<cursor.up count=0>",
   "<cursor.left count=1>",
   "<erase.down>",
   "◇  
@@ -646,13 +575,11 @@ exports[`spinner (isCI = true) > message > sets message for next frame 1`] = `
   "◒  ...",
   "
 ",
-  "<cursor.up count=0>",
   "<cursor.left count=1>",
   "<erase.down>",
   "◐  foo...",
   "
 ",
-  "<cursor.up count=0>",
   "<cursor.left count=1>",
   "<erase.down>",
   "◇  
@@ -738,6 +665,25 @@ exports[`spinner (isCI = true) > process exit handling > uses global custom erro
 ]
 `;
 
+exports[`spinner (isCI = true) > start > handles multi-line messages 1`] = `
+[
+  "<cursor.hide>",
+  "│
+",
+  "◒  foo
+bar
+baz...",
+  "
+",
+  "<cursor.up count=2>",
+  "<cursor.left count=1>",
+  "<erase.down>",
+  "◇  
+",
+  "<cursor.show>",
+]
+`;
+
 exports[`spinner (isCI = true) > start > handles wrapping 1`] = `
 [
   "<cursor.hide>",
@@ -764,7 +710,6 @@ exports[`spinner (isCI = true) > start > renders frames at interval 1`] = `
   "◒  ...",
   "
 ",
-  "<cursor.up count=0>",
   "<cursor.left count=1>",
   "<erase.down>",
   "◇  
@@ -781,7 +726,6 @@ exports[`spinner (isCI = true) > start > renders message 1`] = `
   "◒  foo...",
   "
 ",
-  "<cursor.up count=0>",
   "<cursor.left count=1>",
   "<erase.down>",
   "◇  
@@ -798,7 +742,6 @@ exports[`spinner (isCI = true) > start > renders timer when indicator is "timer"
   "◒  ...",
   "
 ",
-  "<cursor.up count=0>",
   "<cursor.left count=1>",
   "<erase.down>",
   "◇   [0s]
@@ -815,7 +758,6 @@ exports[`spinner (isCI = true) > stop > renders cancel symbol if code = 1 1`] =
   "◒  ...",
   "
 ",
-  "<cursor.up count=0>",
   "<cursor.left count=1>",
   "<erase.down>",
   "■  
@@ -832,7 +774,6 @@ exports[`spinner (isCI = true) > stop > renders error symbol if code > 1 1`] = `
   "◒  ...",
   "
 ",
-  "<cursor.up count=0>",
   "<cursor.left count=1>",
   "<erase.down>",
   "▲  
@@ -849,7 +790,6 @@ exports[`spinner (isCI = true) > stop > renders message 1`] = `
   "◒  ...",
   "
 ",
-  "<cursor.up count=0>",
   "<cursor.left count=1>",
   "<erase.down>",
   "◇  foo
@@ -866,7 +806,6 @@ exports[`spinner (isCI = true) > stop > renders message without removing dots 1`
   "◒  ...",
   "
 ",
-  "<cursor.up count=0>",
   "<cursor.left count=1>",
   "<erase.down>",
   "◇  foo.
@@ -883,7 +822,6 @@ exports[`spinner (isCI = true) > stop > renders submit symbol and stops spinner
   "◒  ...",
   "
 ",
-  "<cursor.up count=0>",
   "<cursor.left count=1>",
   "<erase.down>",
   "◇  
diff --git a/packages/prompts/test/spinner.test.ts b/packages/prompts/test/spinner.test.ts
index 346aaee5..b3ba9f06 100644
--- a/packages/prompts/test/spinner.test.ts
+++ b/packages/prompts/test/spinner.test.ts
@@ -87,6 +87,18 @@ describe.each(['true', 'false'])('spinner (isCI = %s)', (isCI) => {
 
 			expect(output.buffer).toMatchSnapshot();
 		});
+
+		test('handles multi-line messages', () => {
+			const result = prompts.spinner({ output });
+
+			result.start('foo\nbar\nbaz');
+
+			vi.advanceTimersByTime(80);
+
+			result.stop();
+
+			expect(output.buffer).toMatchSnapshot();
+		});
 	});
 
 	describe('stop', () => {