diff --git a/js/McqView.js b/js/McqView.js
index 8c8cd5f..29a7318 100644
--- a/js/McqView.js
+++ b/js/McqView.js
@@ -1,9 +1,14 @@
+import logging from 'core/js/logging';
 import QuestionView from 'core/js/views/questionView';
 
 class McqView extends QuestionView {
 
   initialize(...args) {
-    this.onKeyPress = this.onKeyPress.bind(this);
+    this.onKeyDown = this.onKeyDown.bind(this);
+    this.onKeyPress = (...args) => {
+      logging.deprecated('McqView onKeyPress is deprecated, please change to onKeyDown');
+      this.onKeyDown(...args);
+    };
     this.onItemSelect = this.onItemSelect.bind(this);
     this.onItemFocus = this.onItemFocus.bind(this);
     this.onItemBlur = this.onItemBlur.bind(this);
@@ -18,18 +23,13 @@ class McqView extends QuestionView {
     this.setReadyStatus();
   }
 
-  onKeyPress(event) {
-    if (event.which !== 13) return;
-    // <ENTER> keypress
+  onKeyDown(event) {
+    if (!['Enter', ' '].includes(event.key)) return;
     this.onItemSelect(event);
   }
 
   onItemFocus(event) {
     if (!this.model.isInteractive()) return;
-    if (this.model.get('_isRadio')) {
-      this.onItemSelect(event);
-      return;
-    }
     const index = parseInt($(event.currentTarget).data('adapt-index'));
     const item = this.model.getChildren().findWhere({ _index: index });
     item.set('_isHighlighted', true);
diff --git a/templates/mcq.jsx b/templates/mcq.jsx
index 264825f..98de5e0 100644
--- a/templates/mcq.jsx
+++ b/templates/mcq.jsx
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ export default function Mcq(props) {
     body,
     instruction,
     ariaQuestion,
-    onKeyPress,
+    onKeyDown,
     onItemSelect,
     onItemFocus,
     onItemBlur
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ export default function Mcq(props) {
                 a11y.normalize(altText || text) :
                 `${_shouldBeSelected ? ariaLabels.correct : ariaLabels.incorrect}, ${_isActive ? ariaLabels.selectedAnswer : ariaLabels.unselectedAnswer}. ${a11y.normalize(altText || text)}`}
               data-adapt-index={_index}
-              onKeyPress={onKeyPress}
+              onKeyDown={onKeyDown}
               onChange={onItemSelect}
               onFocus={onItemFocus}
               onBlur={onItemBlur}