diff --git a/crates/forge_main/src/zsh/plugin.rs b/crates/forge_main/src/zsh/plugin.rs
index b54e3e9baa..c91ee70a9a 100644
--- a/crates/forge_main/src/zsh/plugin.rs
+++ b/crates/forge_main/src/zsh/plugin.rs
@@ -426,6 +426,20 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(actual, expected);
     }
 
+    /// Regression: forge keybindings must survive zsh-vi-mode's `zvm_init`
+    /// by re-applying via `zvm_after_init_commands` (#2681).
+    #[test]
+    fn test_generated_plugin_registers_zvm_after_init_hook() {
+        use pretty_assertions::assert_eq;
+
+        let fixture = generate_zsh_plugin().unwrap();
+        let actual = fixture.contains("function _forge_apply_keybindings()")
+            && fixture.contains("typeset -ga zvm_after_init_commands")
+            && fixture.contains("zvm_after_init_commands+=('_forge_apply_keybindings')");
+        let expected = true;
+        assert_eq!(actual, expected);
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn test_setup_zsh_integration_without_nerd_font_config() {
         use tempfile::TempDir;
diff --git a/shell-plugin/lib/bindings.zsh b/shell-plugin/lib/bindings.zsh
index 432d0cb421..0476dd43cf 100644
--- a/shell-plugin/lib/bindings.zsh
+++ b/shell-plugin/lib/bindings.zsh
@@ -35,11 +35,17 @@ function forge-bracketed-paste() {
     zle reset-prompt
 }
 
-# Register the bracketed paste widget to fix highlighting on paste
-zle -N bracketed-paste forge-bracketed-paste
+# Re-applied after zsh-vi-mode's `zvm_init` precmd hook, which rebuilds the
+# main/viins/vicmd keymaps and otherwise silently clobbers these bindings.
+function _forge_apply_keybindings() {
+    zle -N bracketed-paste forge-bracketed-paste
+    bindkey '^M' forge-accept-line
+    bindkey '^J' forge-accept-line
+    bindkey '^I' forge-completion
+}
+
+_forge_apply_keybindings
 
-# Bind Enter to our custom accept-line that transforms :commands
-bindkey '^M' forge-accept-line
-bindkey '^J' forge-accept-line
-# Update the Tab binding to use the new completion widget
-bindkey '^I' forge-completion  # Tab for both @ and :command completion
+# Harmless no-op when zsh-vi-mode (jeffreytse/zsh-vi-mode) isn't loaded.
+typeset -ga zvm_after_init_commands
+zvm_after_init_commands+=('_forge_apply_keybindings')