diff --git a/.changeset/breezy-lizards-travel.md b/.changeset/breezy-lizards-travel.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6f4f0b6c04
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/breezy-lizards-travel.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'slate-react': patch
+---
+
+Fixed a bug in the memoization logic for the leaves of text nodes.
diff --git a/packages/slate-react/src/components/leaf.tsx b/packages/slate-react/src/components/leaf.tsx
index b3b7996abf..dcb6c4fa15 100644
--- a/packages/slate-react/src/components/leaf.tsx
+++ b/packages/slate-react/src/components/leaf.tsx
@@ -104,7 +104,6 @@ const MemoizedLeaf = React.memo(Leaf, (prev, next) => {
     next.renderLeaf === prev.renderLeaf &&
     next.renderPlaceholder === prev.renderPlaceholder &&
     next.text === prev.text &&
-    next.leaf.text === prev.leaf.text &&
     Text.equals(next.leaf, prev.leaf) &&
     next.leaf[PLACEHOLDER_SYMBOL] === prev.leaf[PLACEHOLDER_SYMBOL]
   )