diff --git a/packages/cli/src/ui/utils/CodeColorizer.test.tsx b/packages/cli/src/ui/utils/CodeColorizer.test.tsx
index 2f231e1bb3..7fc120b58b 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/ui/utils/CodeColorizer.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/cli/src/ui/utils/CodeColorizer.test.tsx
@@ -50,4 +50,36 @@ describe('colorizeCode', () => {
     expect(lastFrame()).toMatch(/line 1\s*\n\s*\n\s*line 3/);
     unmount();
   });
+
+  it('does not let colors from ansi escape codes leak into colorized code', async () => {
+    const code = 'line 1\n\x1b[41mline 2 with red background\x1b[0m\nline 3';
+    const settings = new LoadedSettings(
+      { path: '', settings: {}, originalSettings: {} },
+      { path: '', settings: {}, originalSettings: {} },
+      {
+        path: '',
+        settings: { ui: { useAlternateBuffer: true, showLineNumbers: false } },
+        originalSettings: {
+          ui: { useAlternateBuffer: true, showLineNumbers: false },
+        },
+      },
+      { path: '', settings: {}, originalSettings: {} },
+      true,
+      [],
+    );
+
+    const result = colorizeCode({
+      code,
+      language: 'javascript',
+      maxWidth: 80,
+      settings,
+      hideLineNumbers: true,
+    });
+
+    const renderResult = renderWithProviders(<>{result}</>);
+    await renderResult.waitUntilReady();
+
+    await expect(renderResult).toMatchSvgSnapshot();
+    renderResult.unmount();
+  });
 });
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/ui/utils/CodeColorizer.tsx b/packages/cli/src/ui/utils/CodeColorizer.tsx
index 56e34eefa4..e5ce2562af 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/ui/utils/CodeColorizer.tsx
+++ b/packages/cli/src/ui/utils/CodeColorizer.tsx
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import type {
   ElementContent,
   RootContent,
 } from 'hast';
+import stripAnsi from 'strip-ansi';
 import { themeManager } from '../themes/theme-manager.js';
 import type { Theme } from '../themes/theme.js';
 import {
@@ -98,16 +99,17 @@ function highlightAndRenderLine(
   theme: Theme,
 ): React.ReactNode {
   try {
+    const strippedLine = stripAnsi(line);
     const getHighlightedLine = () =>
       !language || !lowlight.registered(language)
-        ? lowlight.highlightAuto(line)
-        : lowlight.highlight(language, line);
+        ? lowlight.highlightAuto(strippedLine)
+        : lowlight.highlight(language, strippedLine);
 
     const renderedNode = renderHastNode(getHighlightedLine(), theme, undefined);
 
-    return renderedNode !== null ? renderedNode : line;
+    return renderedNode !== null ? renderedNode : strippedLine;
   } catch (_error) {
-    return line;
+    return stripAnsi(line);
   }
 }
 
@@ -238,7 +240,7 @@ export function colorizeCode({
             <Text color={activeTheme.defaultColor}>{`${index + 1}`}</Text>
           </Box>
         )}
-        <Text color={activeTheme.colors.Gray}>{line}</Text>
+        <Text color={activeTheme.colors.Gray}>{stripAnsi(line)}</Text>
       </Box>
     ));
 
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/ui/utils/__snapshots__/CodeColorizer-colorizeCode-does-not-let-colors-from-ansi-escape-codes-leak-into-colorized-code.snap.svg b/packages/cli/src/ui/utils/__snapshots__/CodeColorizer-colorizeCode-does-not-let-colors-from-ansi-escape-codes-leak-into-colorized-code.snap.svg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..04b774eb58
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/cli/src/ui/utils/__snapshots__/CodeColorizer-colorizeCode-does-not-let-colors-from-ansi-escape-codes-leak-into-colorized-code.snap.svg
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="920" height="71" viewBox="0 0 920 71">
+  <style>
+    text { font-family: Consolas, "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 14px; dominant-baseline: text-before-edge; white-space: pre; }
+  </style>
+  <rect width="920" height="71" fill="#000000" />
+  <g transform="translate(10, 10)">
+    <text x="0" y="2" fill="#ffffff" textLength="45" lengthAdjust="spacingAndGlyphs">line </text>
+    <text x="45" y="2" fill="#a6e3a1" textLength="9" lengthAdjust="spacingAndGlyphs">1</text>
+    <text x="0" y="19" fill="#ffffff" textLength="45" lengthAdjust="spacingAndGlyphs">line </text>
+    <text x="45" y="19" fill="#a6e3a1" textLength="9" lengthAdjust="spacingAndGlyphs">2</text>
+    <text x="63" y="19" fill="#89b4fa" textLength="36" lengthAdjust="spacingAndGlyphs">with</text>
+    <text x="99" y="19" fill="#ffffff" textLength="801" lengthAdjust="spacingAndGlyphs"> red background                                                                          </text>
+    <text x="0" y="36" fill="#ffffff" textLength="45" lengthAdjust="spacingAndGlyphs">line </text>
+    <text x="45" y="36" fill="#a6e3a1" textLength="9" lengthAdjust="spacingAndGlyphs">3</text>
+  </g>
+</svg>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/ui/utils/__snapshots__/CodeColorizer.test.tsx.snap b/packages/cli/src/ui/utils/__snapshots__/CodeColorizer.test.tsx.snap
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c348c6ef50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/cli/src/ui/utils/__snapshots__/CodeColorizer.test.tsx.snap
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+// Vitest Snapshot v1, https://vitest.dev/guide/snapshot.html
+
+exports[`colorizeCode > does not let colors from ansi escape codes leak into colorized code 1`] = `
+"line 1
+line 2 with red background
+line 3"
+`;