diff --git a/packages/frontend/editor-ui/src/features/workflows/canvas/components/Canvas.test.ts b/packages/frontend/editor-ui/src/features/workflows/canvas/components/Canvas.test.ts
index 58df8ab2799..1f4aad6413f 100644
--- a/packages/frontend/editor-ui/src/features/workflows/canvas/components/Canvas.test.ts
+++ b/packages/frontend/editor-ui/src/features/workflows/canvas/components/Canvas.test.ts
@@ -1507,6 +1507,25 @@ describe('Canvas', () => {
 			useContextMenu().close();
 		});
 
+		it('clears the node selection when opening the pane context menu', async () => {
+			const node = createCanvasNodeElement({ id: 'node-1', label: 'Node 1' });
+			workflowDocumentStore.setNodes([createTestNode({ id: node.id, name: 'Node 1' })]);
+
+			const { container } = renderComponent({
+				props: { nodes: [node] },
+			});
+			await waitFor(() => expect(container.querySelectorAll('.vue-flow__node')).toHaveLength(1));
+
+			const { addSelectedNodes, findNode, getSelectedNodes } = useVueFlow(canvasId);
+			addSelectedNodes([findNode(node.id)!]);
+			await waitFor(() => expect(getSelectedNodes.value).toHaveLength(1));
+
+			await fireEvent.contextMenu(container.querySelector('.vue-flow__pane')!);
+
+			await waitFor(() => expect(getSelectedNodes.value).toHaveLength(0));
+			expect(useContextMenu().targetNodeIds.value).toEqual([]);
+		});
+
 		async function renderWithGroup(
 			props: { readOnly?: boolean; suppressInteraction?: boolean } = {},
 			{
diff --git a/packages/frontend/editor-ui/src/features/workflows/canvas/components/Canvas.vue b/packages/frontend/editor-ui/src/features/workflows/canvas/components/Canvas.vue
index 58c15c37a11..fa7198d4a09 100644
--- a/packages/frontend/editor-ui/src/features/workflows/canvas/components/Canvas.vue
+++ b/packages/frontend/editor-ui/src/features/workflows/canvas/components/Canvas.vue
@@ -1407,6 +1407,15 @@ function onOpenContextMenu(
 	});
 }
 
+function onOpenPaneContextMenu(event: MouseEvent) {
+	clearSelectedNodes();
+	contextMenu.open(event, {
+		source: 'canvas',
+		nodeIds: [],
+		readOnly: isContextMenuReadOnly.value,
+	});
+}
+
 function onOpenSelectionContextMenu({ event }: { event: MouseEvent }) {
 	onOpenContextMenu(event);
 }
@@ -1797,7 +1806,7 @@ defineExpose({
 		@connect="onConnect"
 		@connect-end="onConnectEnd"
 		@pane-click="onClickPane"
-		@pane-context-menu="onOpenContextMenu"
+		@pane-context-menu="onOpenPaneContextMenu"
 		@move="onPaneMove"
 		@move-end="onPaneMoveEnd"
 		@node-drag-start="onNodeDragStart"