diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 426fb1cd06..86166e6079 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 - Fix `Ctrl+'` "Show guides" shortcut on non-US keyboard layouts by matching the physical key location (by @RenzoMXD) [Github #8423](https://github.com/penpot/penpot/issues/8423)
 - Fix lost-update race on `team.features` during concurrent file creation (by @web-dev0521) [Github #9197](https://github.com/penpot/penpot/issues/9197)
 - Fix copy and paste actions crashing the workspace on insecure origins (plain HTTP / non-`localhost`) where the Clipboard API is unavailable (by @MilosM348) [Github #6514](https://github.com/penpot/penpot/issues/6514)
+- Fix blend-mode dropdown leaving the canvas rendered with the last hover-preview blend mode when dismissed without selecting an option; the WASM render is now reverted to the saved blend mode on pointer-leave (by @edwin-rivera-dev) [Github #XXXX](https://github.com/penpot/penpot/issues/XXXX)
 
 
 ## 2.16.0 (Unreleased)
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/main/ui/workspace/sidebar/options/menus/layer.cljs b/frontend/src/app/main/ui/workspace/sidebar/options/menus/layer.cljs
index 41ec031902..111f3757fc 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/main/ui/workspace/sidebar/options/menus/layer.cljs
+++ b/frontend/src/app/main/ui/workspace/sidebar/options/menus/layer.cljs
@@ -125,9 +125,14 @@
 
         handle-blend-mode-leave
         (mf/use-fn
-         (mf/deps ids)
+         (mf/deps ids current-blend-mode wasm-renderer-enabled?)
          (fn [_value]
            (swap! state* assoc :preview-complete? true)
+           (when wasm-renderer-enabled?
+             (doseq [id ids]
+               (wasm.api/use-shape id)
+               (wasm.api/set-shape-blend-mode current-blend-mode)
+               (wasm.api/request-render "preview-blend-mode")))
            (st/emit! (dw/unset-preview-blend-mode ids))))
 
         handle-opacity-change