diff --git a/.changeset/dirty-insects-obey.md b/.changeset/dirty-insects-obey.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..45071455ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/dirty-insects-obey.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@udecode/plate-table': patch
+---
+
+Fixed table insertion inside text nodes
diff --git a/packages/table/src/withInsertFragmentTable.ts b/packages/table/src/withInsertFragmentTable.ts
index fd3e59af7d..d23c6a7a76 100644
--- a/packages/table/src/withInsertFragmentTable.ts
+++ b/packages/table/src/withInsertFragmentTable.ts
@@ -156,6 +156,10 @@ export const withInsertFragmentTable = <
 
           return;
         }
+      } else if (fragment.length === 1 && fragment[0].type === ELEMENT_TABLE) {
+        // needed to insert as node, otherwise it will be inserted as text
+        editor.insertNode(fragment[0]);
+        return;
       }
     }