diff --git a/.changeset/late-spiders-fold.md b/.changeset/late-spiders-fold.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7bc1dc4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/late-spiders-fold.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@graphcms/rich-text-react-renderer": patch
+---
+
+fix(react): simple elements are not empty
diff --git a/packages/react-renderer/src/util/elementIsEmpty.ts b/packages/react-renderer/src/util/elementIsEmpty.ts
index 574b1c4..8625dbe 100644
--- a/packages/react-renderer/src/util/elementIsEmpty.ts
+++ b/packages/react-renderer/src/util/elementIsEmpty.ts
@@ -28,5 +28,5 @@ export function elementIsEmpty({
     return hasText.length > 0 ? false : true;
   } else if (children[0].text === '') return true;
 
-  return true;
+  return false;
 }
diff --git a/packages/react-renderer/test/RichText.test.tsx b/packages/react-renderer/test/RichText.test.tsx
index 934c153..02d4a34 100644
--- a/packages/react-renderer/test/RichText.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/react-renderer/test/RichText.test.tsx
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import {
   inlineContent,
   emptyContent,
   embedAssetContent,
+  simpleH1Content,
 } from './content';
 
 describe('@graphcms/rich-text-react-renderer', () => {
@@ -99,6 +100,18 @@ describe('@graphcms/rich-text-react-renderer', () => {
     `);
   });
 
+  it('should should render H1 with some text', () => {
+    const { container } = render(<RichText content={simpleH1Content} />);
+
+    expect(container).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+      <div>
+        <h1>
+          heading
+        </h1>
+      </div>
+    `);
+  });
+
   it('renders content with custom elements', () => {
     const { container } = render(
       <RichText
diff --git a/packages/react-renderer/test/content.ts b/packages/react-renderer/test/content.ts
index f2624b2..e2483e2 100644
--- a/packages/react-renderer/test/content.ts
+++ b/packages/react-renderer/test/content.ts
@@ -141,6 +141,17 @@ export const emptyContent: RichTextContent = [
   },
 ];
 
+export const simpleH1Content: RichTextContent = [
+  {
+    type: 'heading-one',
+    children: [
+      {
+        text: 'heading',
+      },
+    ],
+  },
+];
+
 export const inlineContent: RichTextContent = [
   {
     type: 'paragraph',