diff --git a/example/ios/Flutter/AppFrameworkInfo.plist b/example/ios/Flutter/AppFrameworkInfo.plist
index 9625e10..7c56964 100644
--- a/example/ios/Flutter/AppFrameworkInfo.plist
+++ b/example/ios/Flutter/AppFrameworkInfo.plist
@@ -21,6 +21,6 @@
   <key>CFBundleVersion</key>
   <string>1.0</string>
   <key>MinimumOSVersion</key>
-  <string>11.0</string>
+  <string>12.0</string>
 </dict>
 </plist>
diff --git a/example/ios/Runner.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj b/example/ios/Runner.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
index 549a3d1..3ffa6ec 100644
--- a/example/ios/Runner.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
+++ b/example/ios/Runner.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@
 				GCC_WARN_UNINITIALIZED_AUTOS = YES_AGGRESSIVE;
 				GCC_WARN_UNUSED_FUNCTION = YES;
 				GCC_WARN_UNUSED_VARIABLE = YES;
-				IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET = 11.0;
+				IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET = 12.0;
 				MTL_ENABLE_DEBUG_INFO = NO;
 				SDKROOT = iphoneos;
 				SUPPORTED_PLATFORMS = iphoneos;
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@
 				GCC_WARN_UNINITIALIZED_AUTOS = YES_AGGRESSIVE;
 				GCC_WARN_UNUSED_FUNCTION = YES;
 				GCC_WARN_UNUSED_VARIABLE = YES;
-				IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET = 11.0;
+				IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET = 12.0;
 				MTL_ENABLE_DEBUG_INFO = YES;
 				ONLY_ACTIVE_ARCH = YES;
 				SDKROOT = iphoneos;
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@
 				GCC_WARN_UNINITIALIZED_AUTOS = YES_AGGRESSIVE;
 				GCC_WARN_UNUSED_FUNCTION = YES;
 				GCC_WARN_UNUSED_VARIABLE = YES;
-				IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET = 11.0;
+				IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET = 12.0;
 				MTL_ENABLE_DEBUG_INFO = NO;
 				SDKROOT = iphoneos;
 				SUPPORTED_PLATFORMS = iphoneos;
diff --git a/example/pubspec.lock b/example/pubspec.lock
index 1886c37..3fef290 100644
--- a/example/pubspec.lock
+++ b/example/pubspec.lock
@@ -37,10 +37,10 @@ packages:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
       name: collection
-      sha256: f092b211a4319e98e5ff58223576de6c2803db36221657b46c82574721240687
+      sha256: ee67cb0715911d28db6bf4af1026078bd6f0128b07a5f66fb2ed94ec6783c09a
       url: "https://pub.dev"
     source: hosted
-    version: "1.17.2"
+    version: "1.18.0"
   cupertino_icons:
     dependency: "direct main"
     description:
@@ -103,10 +103,10 @@ packages:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
       name: meta
-      sha256: "3c74dbf8763d36539f114c799d8a2d87343b5067e9d796ca22b5eb8437090ee3"
+      sha256: a6e590c838b18133bb482a2745ad77c5bb7715fb0451209e1a7567d416678b8e
       url: "https://pub.dev"
     source: hosted
-    version: "1.9.1"
+    version: "1.10.0"
   non_uniform_border:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
@@ -140,18 +140,18 @@ packages:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
       name: stack_trace
-      sha256: c3c7d8edb15bee7f0f74debd4b9c5f3c2ea86766fe4178eb2a18eb30a0bdaed5
+      sha256: "73713990125a6d93122541237550ee3352a2d84baad52d375a4cad2eb9b7ce0b"
       url: "https://pub.dev"
     source: hosted
-    version: "1.11.0"
+    version: "1.11.1"
   stream_channel:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
       name: stream_channel
-      sha256: "83615bee9045c1d322bbbd1ba209b7a749c2cbcdcb3fdd1df8eb488b3279c1c8"
+      sha256: ba2aa5d8cc609d96bbb2899c28934f9e1af5cddbd60a827822ea467161eb54e7
       url: "https://pub.dev"
     source: hosted
-    version: "2.1.1"
+    version: "2.1.2"
   string_scanner:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
@@ -179,10 +179,10 @@ packages:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
       name: test_api
-      sha256: "75760ffd7786fffdfb9597c35c5b27eaeec82be8edfb6d71d32651128ed7aab8"
+      sha256: "5c2f730018264d276c20e4f1503fd1308dfbbae39ec8ee63c5236311ac06954b"
       url: "https://pub.dev"
     source: hosted
-    version: "0.6.0"
+    version: "0.6.1"
   vector_math:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
@@ -195,10 +195,10 @@ packages:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
       name: web
-      sha256: dc8ccd225a2005c1be616fe02951e2e342092edf968cf0844220383757ef8f10
+      sha256: afe077240a270dcfd2aafe77602b4113645af95d0ad31128cc02bce5ac5d5152
       url: "https://pub.dev"
     source: hosted
-    version: "0.1.4-beta"
+    version: "0.3.0"
 sdks:
-  dart: ">=3.1.0-185.0.dev <4.0.0"
+  dart: ">=3.2.0-194.0.dev <4.0.0"
   flutter: ">=3.3.1"
diff --git a/lib/src/text_field/base_text_field.dart b/lib/src/text_field/base_text_field.dart
index 93fb96e..ba0046b 100644
--- a/lib/src/text_field/base_text_field.dart
+++ b/lib/src/text_field/base_text_field.dart
@@ -118,6 +118,15 @@ class BaseTextFieldState extends State<BaseTextField>
   @visibleForTesting
   FocusNode get focusNode => _focusNode;
 
+  // We previous used the onChange event from the [TextFormField], since adding a listener to the [TextEditingController] is also called
+  // when we focus / unfocus the [TextFormField].
+  // 💾 This was the previous documentation:
+  // 💾 use onChange instead of [TextEditingController.addListener]
+  // 💾 because this will notify a text change when we loose focus
+  // 💾 when routing back. This will trigger a new search which is wrong.
+  // Since we now use the listener, we need to distinct the value by ourself.
+  late String _previousTextValue = widget.text;
+
   bool _textFieldIsValid = true;
 
   @override
@@ -141,6 +150,9 @@ class BaseTextFieldState extends State<BaseTextField>
       _textEditingController = TextEditingController();
     }
 
+    _textEditingController
+        .addListener(() => _onChanged(_textEditingController.text));
+
     _focusNode.addListener(_addFocusNodeListener);
   }
 
@@ -197,17 +209,6 @@ class BaseTextFieldState extends State<BaseTextField>
       enableSuggestions: widget.enableSuggestions,
       focusNode: _focusNode,
       controller: _textEditingController,
-      // use onChange instead of [TextEditingController.addListener]
-      // because this will notify a text change when we loose focus
-      // when routing back. This will trigger a new search which is wrong.
-      onChanged: (string) {
-        // we always want to validate the new input when the current state is invalid
-        if (!_textFieldIsValid) {
-          _formFieldKey.currentState?.validate();
-        }
-
-        widget.onChanged(string);
-      },
       decoration: widget.decoration,
     );
   }
@@ -248,6 +249,19 @@ class BaseTextFieldState extends State<BaseTextField>
     _formFieldKey.currentState?.validate();
   }
 
+  void _onChanged(String value) {
+    if (_previousTextValue == value) return;
+
+    _previousTextValue = value;
+
+    // we always want to validate the new input when the current state is invalid
+    if (!_textFieldIsValid) {
+      _formFieldKey.currentState?.validate();
+    }
+
+    widget.onChanged(value);
+  }
+
   void _addFocusNodeListener() {
     widget.onFocusChanged?.call(_focusNode.hasFocus);