diff --git a/.changeset/popular-cups-bake.md b/.changeset/popular-cups-bake.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e3ed7b0f57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/popular-cups-bake.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@udecode/plate-table": patch
+---
+
+canMerge = true only if user selected more than one cell
diff --git a/packages/table/src/merge/useTableMergeState.ts b/packages/table/src/merge/useTableMergeState.ts
index 0ff2f09776..c925a42681 100644
--- a/packages/table/src/merge/useTableMergeState.ts
+++ b/packages/table/src/merge/useTableMergeState.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import { getTableGridAbove } from '../queries';
 import { getColSpan } from '../queries/getColSpan';
 import { getRowSpan } from '../queries/getRowSpan';
 import { useTableStore } from '../stores';
-import { TablePlugin } from '../types';
+import { TTableCellElement, TablePlugin } from '../types';
 import { isTableRectangular } from './isTableRectangular';
 
 export const useTableMergeState = () => {
@@ -41,18 +41,20 @@ export const useTableMergeState = () => {
     []
   );
 
+  if (!selectedCellEntries) return { canMerge: false, canUnmerge: false };
+
   const canMerge =
     !readOnly &&
     selected &&
     selectionExpanded &&
+    selectedCellEntries.length > 1 &&
     isTableRectangular(selectedTable);
 
   const canUnmerge =
     collapsed &&
-    selectedCellEntries &&
     selectedCellEntries.length === 1 &&
-    (getColSpan(selectedCellEntries[0][0] as any) > 1 ||
-      getRowSpan(selectedCellEntries[0][0] as any) > 1);
+    (getColSpan(selectedCellEntries[0][0] as TTableCellElement) > 1 ||
+      getRowSpan(selectedCellEntries[0][0] as TTableCellElement) > 1);
 
   return { canMerge, canUnmerge };
 };