diff --git a/Riot/Modules/Room/VoiceMessages/VoiceMessagePlaybackView.swift b/Riot/Modules/Room/VoiceMessages/VoiceMessagePlaybackView.swift
index 77638d38be..436e1002a4 100644
--- a/Riot/Modules/Room/VoiceMessages/VoiceMessagePlaybackView.swift
+++ b/Riot/Modules/Room/VoiceMessages/VoiceMessagePlaybackView.swift
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ class VoiceMessagePlaybackView: UIView, NibLoadable, Themable {
     
     private var _waveformView: VoiceMessageWaveformView!
     private var currentTheme: Theme?
-    private var scrubProgress: CGFloat?
     
     @IBOutlet private var backgroundView: UIView!
     @IBOutlet private var recordingIcon: UIView!
@@ -51,6 +50,9 @@ class VoiceMessagePlaybackView: UIView, NibLoadable, Themable {
     @IBOutlet private var elapsedTimeLabel: UILabel!
     @IBOutlet private var waveformContainerView: UIView!
     
+    private var longPressGestureRecognizer: UILongPressGestureRecognizer!
+    private var panGestureRecognizer: UIPanGestureRecognizer!
+    
     weak var delegate: VoiceMessagePlaybackViewDelegate?
     
     var details: VoiceMessagePlaybackViewDetails?
@@ -75,6 +77,14 @@ class VoiceMessagePlaybackView: UIView, NibLoadable, Themable {
         
         _waveformView = VoiceMessageWaveformView(frame: waveformContainerView.bounds)
         waveformContainerView.vc_addSubViewMatchingParent(_waveformView)
+        
+        longPressGestureRecognizer = UILongPressGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: #selector(handleLongPressGesture(_:)))
+        longPressGestureRecognizer.minimumPressDuration = 0.2
+        waveformView.addGestureRecognizer(longPressGestureRecognizer)
+        
+        panGestureRecognizer = UIPanGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: #selector(handlePanGesture(_:)))
+        panGestureRecognizer.isEnabled = false
+        waveformView.addGestureRecognizer(panGestureRecognizer)
     }
     
     func configureWithDetails(_ details: VoiceMessagePlaybackViewDetails?) {
@@ -136,28 +146,36 @@ class VoiceMessagePlaybackView: UIView, NibLoadable, Themable {
         currentTheme = theme
         configureWithDetails(details)
     }
-    
+        
     // MARK: - Private
         
-    @IBAction private func onPlayButtonTap() {
+    private func onPlayButtonTap() {
         delegate?.voiceMessagePlaybackViewDidRequestPlaybackToggle()
     }
     
-    @IBAction private func tap(gestureRecognizer: UITapGestureRecognizer) {
+    @objc private func handleLongPressGesture(_ gestureRecognizer: UITapGestureRecognizer) {
         let x = gestureRecognizer.location(in: waveformContainerView).x.clamped(to: 0...waveformContainerView.bounds.width)
         let progress = x / waveformContainerView.bounds.width
         delegate?.voiceMessagePlaybackViewDidRequestSeek(to: progress)
+        
+        switch gestureRecognizer.state {
+        case .began:
+            panGestureRecognizer.isEnabled = true
+        case .ended, .failed, .cancelled:
+            panGestureRecognizer.isEnabled = false
+        default:
+            break
+        }
     }
-
-    @IBAction private func pan(gestureRecognizer: UIPanGestureRecognizer) {
-            switch gestureRecognizer.state {
-            case .began, .changed:
-                let x = gestureRecognizer.location(in: waveformContainerView).x.clamped(to: 0...waveformContainerView.bounds.width)
-                let progress = x / waveformContainerView.bounds.width
-                scrubProgress = progress
-                delegate?.voiceMessagePlaybackViewDidRequestSeek(to: progress)
-            default:
-                scrubProgress = nil
-            }
+    
+    @objc private func handlePanGesture(_ gestureRecognizer: UIPanGestureRecognizer) {
+        switch gestureRecognizer.state {
+        case .began, .changed:
+            let x = gestureRecognizer.location(in: waveformContainerView).x.clamped(to: 0...waveformContainerView.bounds.width)
+            let progress = x / waveformContainerView.bounds.width
+            delegate?.voiceMessagePlaybackViewDidRequestSeek(to: progress)
+        default:
+            break
         }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/Riot/Modules/Room/VoiceMessages/VoiceMessagePlaybackView.xib b/Riot/Modules/Room/VoiceMessages/VoiceMessagePlaybackView.xib
index d60ec0b68b..1bbca0184c 100644
--- a/Riot/Modules/Room/VoiceMessages/VoiceMessagePlaybackView.xib
+++ b/Riot/Modules/Room/VoiceMessages/VoiceMessagePlaybackView.xib
@@ -51,10 +51,6 @@
                             <rect key="frame" x="94" y="7" width="317" height="30"/>
                             <color key="backgroundColor" white="0.0" alpha="0.0" colorSpace="custom" customColorSpace="genericGamma22GrayColorSpace"/>
                             <gestureRecognizers/>
-                            <connections>
-                                <outletCollection property="gestureRecognizers" destination="TvB-7x-51j" appends="YES" id="2ac-M3-OKn"/>
-                                <outletCollection property="gestureRecognizers" destination="Fwa-Eg-VFh" appends="YES" id="meS-g1-yIc"/>
-                            </connections>
                         </view>
                     </subviews>
                     <constraints>
@@ -86,16 +82,6 @@
             </connections>
             <point key="canvasLocation" x="-1742.753623188406" y="-299.33035714285711"/>
         </view>
-        <panGestureRecognizer minimumNumberOfTouches="1" id="TvB-7x-51j">
-            <connections>
-                <action selector="panWithGestureRecognizer:" destination="cGR-49-HWB" id="mcT-Wy-ePL"/>
-            </connections>
-        </panGestureRecognizer>
-        <tapGestureRecognizer id="Fwa-Eg-VFh">
-            <connections>
-                <action selector="tapWithGestureRecognizer:" destination="cGR-49-HWB" id="VMd-gQ-DPy"/>
-            </connections>
-        </tapGestureRecognizer>
     </objects>
     <resources>
         <image name="voice_message_play_button" width="15.5" height="15"/>
diff --git a/changelog.d/4935.change b/changelog.d/4935.change
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..93c0dcc9cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/4935.change
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Voice Message scrubbing should require a slightly longer press, to avoid accidental scrubbing when scrolling the timeline
\ No newline at end of file