diff --git a/flutter_highlight/lib/flutter_highlight.dart b/flutter_highlight/lib/flutter_highlight.dart
index 9afbc47..87d268b 100644
--- a/flutter_highlight/lib/flutter_highlight.dart
+++ b/flutter_highlight/lib/flutter_highlight.dart
@@ -90,8 +90,8 @@ class HighlightView extends StatelessWidget {
     return Container(
       color: theme[_rootKey]?.backgroundColor ?? _defaultBackgroundColor,
       padding: padding,
-      child: RichText(
-        text: TextSpan(
+      child: Text.rich(
+        TextSpan(
           style: _textStyle,
           children: _convert(highlight.parse(source, language: language).nodes!),
         ),