diff --git a/brick.cabal b/brick.cabal
index 19fe18f..86273f4 100644
--- a/brick.cabal
+++ b/brick.cabal
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ library
                        vector,
                        contravariant,
                        text,
-                       text-zipper >= 0.2.1,
+                       text-zipper >= 0.5,
                        template-haskell,
                        deepseq >= 1.3 && < 1.5
 
diff --git a/src/Brick/Widgets/Edit.hs b/src/Brick/Widgets/Edit.hs
index f09b677..d55bdb3 100644
--- a/src/Brick/Widgets/Edit.hs
+++ b/src/Brick/Widgets/Edit.hs
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ import Brick.AttrMap
 -- * Ctrl-d, Del: delete character at cursor position
 -- * Backspace: delete character prior to cursor position
 -- * Ctrl-k: delete all from cursor to end of line
+-- * Ctrl-u: delete all from cursor to beginning of line
 -- * Arrow keys: move cursor
 -- * Enter: break the current line at the cursor position
 data Editor n =
@@ -72,6 +73,7 @@ handleEditorEvent e ed =
                   EvKey (KChar 'e') [MCtrl] -> Z.gotoEOL
                   EvKey (KChar 'd') [MCtrl] -> Z.deleteChar
                   EvKey (KChar 'k') [MCtrl] -> Z.killToEOL
+                  EvKey (KChar 'u') [MCtrl] -> Z.killToBOL
                   EvKey KEnter [] -> Z.breakLine
                   EvKey KDel [] -> Z.deleteChar
                   EvKey (KChar c) [] | c /= '\t' -> Z.insertChar c