diff --git a/Sources/Public/Animation/LottieAnimationLayer.swift b/Sources/Public/Animation/LottieAnimationLayer.swift
index a88a812e1a..1cb5a3b237 100644
--- a/Sources/Public/Animation/LottieAnimationLayer.swift
+++ b/Sources/Public/Animation/LottieAnimationLayer.swift
@@ -358,6 +358,7 @@ public class LottieAnimationLayer: CALayer {
   /// The completion closure will be called with `false`
   open func pause() {
     removeCurrentAnimation()
+    currentPlaybackMode = .pause
   }
 
   /// Applies the given `LottiePlaybackMode` to this layer.