diff --git a/Tests/IntegrationTests/Fixtures/1Dimension/createNewNodes.e2e.js b/Tests/IntegrationTests/Fixtures/1Dimension/createNewNodes.e2e.js
index 1adc77dccb..12b0cedb89 100644
--- a/Tests/IntegrationTests/Fixtures/1Dimension/createNewNodes.e2e.js
+++ b/Tests/IntegrationTests/Fixtures/1Dimension/createNewNodes.e2e.js
@@ -177,21 +177,21 @@ test('Can create content node from inside InlineUI', async t => {
 
     subSection('Inline validation');
     // We have to wait for ajax requests to be triggered, since they are debounced for 0.5s
-    await t.wait(600);
+    await t.wait(1600);
     await changeRequestLogger.clear();
     await t
         .expect(Selector('.test-headline h1').exists).ok('Validation tooltip appeared')
         .click('.test-headline h1')
         .pressKey('ctrl+a delete')
         .switchToMainWindow()
-        .wait(600)
+        .wait(1600)
         .expect(ReactSelector('InlineValidationTooltips').exists).ok('Validation tooltip appeared');
     await t
         .expect(changeRequestLogger.count(() => true)).eql(0, 'No requests were fired with invalid state');
     await t
         .switchToIframe(contentIframeSelector)
         .typeText(Selector('.test-headline h1'), 'Some text')
-        .wait(600);
+        .wait(1600);
     await t.expect(changeRequestLogger.count(() => true)).eql(1, 'Request fired when field became valid');
 
     subSection('Create a link to node');
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ test('Inline CKEditor mode `paragraph: false` works as expected', async t => {
         .expect(Selector('.neos-contentcollection').withText('Foo Bar').exists).ok('Inserted text exists');
 
     await t.switchToMainWindow();
-    await t.wait(500); // we debounce the change
+    await t.wait(1500); // we debounce the change
     await t.expect(ReactSelector('Inspector TextAreaEditor').withProps({ value: 'Foo Bar<br>Bun Buz'}).exists).ok('The TextAreaEditor mirrors the expected value')
 });
 
diff --git a/packages/neos-ui-ckeditor5-bindings/src/ckEditorApi.js b/packages/neos-ui-ckeditor5-bindings/src/ckEditorApi.js
index fa7f56352a..979a2ab5f5 100644
--- a/packages/neos-ui-ckeditor5-bindings/src/ckEditorApi.js
+++ b/packages/neos-ui-ckeditor5-bindings/src/ckEditorApi.js
@@ -58,11 +58,14 @@ export const createEditor = store => async options => {
         .create(propertyDomNode, ckEditorConfig)
         .then(editor => {
             editor.ui.focusTracker.on('change:isFocused', event => {
-                if (event.source.isFocused) {
-                    currentEditor = editor;
-                    editorConfig.setCurrentlyEditedPropertyName(propertyName);
-                    handleUserInteractionCallback();
+                if (!event.source.isFocused) {
+                    onChange(cleanupContentBeforeCommit(editor.getData()))
+                    return
                 }
+
+                currentEditor = editor;
+                editorConfig.setCurrentlyEditedPropertyName(propertyName);
+                handleUserInteractionCallback();
             });
 
             editor.keystrokes.set('Ctrl+K', (_, cancel) => {
@@ -71,7 +74,7 @@ export const createEditor = store => async options => {
             });
 
             editor.model.document.on('change', () => handleUserInteractionCallback());
-            editor.model.document.on('change:data', debounce(() => onChange(cleanupContentBeforeCommit(editor.getData())), 500, {maxWait: 5000}));
+            editor.model.document.on('change:data', debounce(() => onChange(cleanupContentBeforeCommit(editor.getData())), 1500, {maxWait: 5000}));
             return editor;
         }).catch(e => {
             if (e instanceof TypeError && e.message.match(/Class constructor .* cannot be invoked without 'new'/)) {