diff --git a/pkg/gui/controllers.go b/pkg/gui/controllers.go
index d7f6647c7..790a6d98b 100644
--- a/pkg/gui/controllers.go
+++ b/pkg/gui/controllers.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/gui/controllers/helpers"
 	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/gui/modes/cherrypicking"
 	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/gui/services/custom_commands"
+	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/gui/types"
 	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/snake"
 )
 
@@ -92,6 +93,9 @@ func (gui *Gui) resetControllers() {
 
 	onCommitSuccess := func() {
 		gui.State.savedCommitMessage = ""
+		_ = gui.c.Refresh(types.RefreshOptions{
+			Scope: []types.RefreshableView{types.STAGING},
+		})
 	}
 
 	commitMessageController := controllers.NewCommitMessageController(
diff --git a/pkg/integration/tests/commit/staged.go b/pkg/integration/tests/commit/staged.go
index 09bcf2815..f5e45995d 100644
--- a/pkg/integration/tests/commit/staged.go
+++ b/pkg/integration/tests/commit/staged.go
@@ -53,8 +53,12 @@ var Staged = NewIntegrationTest(NewIntegrationTestArgs{
 				Contains(commitMessage),
 			)
 
-		t.Views().StagingSecondary().IsFocused()
+		t.Views().StagingSecondary().
+			IsEmpty()
 
-		// TODO: assert that the staging panel has been refreshed (it currently does not get correctly refreshed)
+		t.Views().Staging().
+			IsFocused().
+			Content(Contains("+myfile content")).
+			Content(DoesNotContain("+with a second line"))
 	},
 })
diff --git a/pkg/integration/tests/commit/staged_without_hooks.go b/pkg/integration/tests/commit/staged_without_hooks.go
index 620f712f9..dcf20d08d 100644
--- a/pkg/integration/tests/commit/staged_without_hooks.go
+++ b/pkg/integration/tests/commit/staged_without_hooks.go
@@ -53,8 +53,12 @@ var StagedWithoutHooks = NewIntegrationTest(NewIntegrationTestArgs{
 				Contains("WIP" + commitMessage),
 			)
 
-		t.Views().StagingSecondary().IsFocused()
+		t.Views().StagingSecondary().
+			IsEmpty()
 
-		// TODO: assert that the staging panel has been refreshed (it currently does not get correctly refreshed)
+		t.Views().Staging().
+			IsFocused().
+			Content(Contains("+myfile content")).
+			Content(DoesNotContain("+with a second line"))
 	},
 })