diff --git a/keyboards/crkbd/keymaps/thunderbird2086/config.h b/keyboards/crkbd/keymaps/thunderbird2086/config.h
index 69575fc90e26..8251bc9b8fc2 100644
--- a/keyboards/crkbd/keymaps/thunderbird2086/config.h
+++ b/keyboards/crkbd/keymaps/thunderbird2086/config.h
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #   undef TAPPING_TERM
 #endif
 #define TAPPING_TERM 200
+#define VER_NEWLINE_WAIT 200 // in milliseconds
 
 #define NO_ACTION_ONESHOT
 
diff --git a/keyboards/crkbd/keymaps/thunderbird2086/process_records.c b/keyboards/crkbd/keymaps/thunderbird2086/process_records.c
index 9c9715dfae44..46b9126677f3 100644
--- a/keyboards/crkbd/keymaps/thunderbird2086/process_records.c
+++ b/keyboards/crkbd/keymaps/thunderbird2086/process_records.c
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ bool process_record_user(uint16_t keycode, keyrecord_t *record) {
 #           endif
             case VRSN:
                 send_string(
-                    "# qmk " QMK_VERSION "\n" 
-                    "# " QMK_KEYBOARD "/" QMK_KEYMAP "\n" 
+                    "# qmk " QMK_VERSION "\n" SS_DELAY(VER_NEWLINE_WAIT)
+                    "# " QMK_KEYBOARD "/" QMK_KEYMAP "\n" SS_DELAY(VER_NEWLINE_WAIT)
                     "# built on: " QMK_BUILDDATE "\n");
                 break;
         }