diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 576dee6d027..d4a3a6bad26 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@
         "proxy-polyfill": "^0.3.2",
         "slug": "^10.0.0",
         "tippy.js": "^6.3.7",
+        "tiptap-text-direction": "^0.3.1",
         "uuid": "^11.0.5",
         "vue": "^2.7.16",
         "vue-click-outside": "^1.1.0",
@@ -23199,6 +23200,15 @@
         "@popperjs/core": "^2.9.0"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/tiptap-text-direction": {
+      "version": "0.3.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/tiptap-text-direction/-/tiptap-text-direction-0.3.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-h3WerSUqesMDVzKcMAinMz0FaBqUiNd0KoiU/LahJaeV+jT1jkw9EQ7ixCwM+pvcIJTHfmzry/4gA5P5p0Al1A==",
+      "peerDependencies": {
+        "@tiptap/core": "^2.0.0",
+        "@tiptap/pm": "^2.0.0"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/tmp": {
       "version": "0.2.3",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/tmp/-/tmp-0.2.3.tgz",
@@ -41507,6 +41517,12 @@
         "@popperjs/core": "^2.9.0"
       }
     },
+    "tiptap-text-direction": {
+      "version": "0.3.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/tiptap-text-direction/-/tiptap-text-direction-0.3.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-h3WerSUqesMDVzKcMAinMz0FaBqUiNd0KoiU/LahJaeV+jT1jkw9EQ7ixCwM+pvcIJTHfmzry/4gA5P5p0Al1A==",
+      "requires": {}
+    },
     "tmp": {
       "version": "0.2.3",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/tmp/-/tmp-0.2.3.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 58e5483f8a1..61c8f9c555b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
     "@tiptap/extension-collaboration-cursor": "^2.9.1",
     "@tiptap/extension-document": "^2.9.1",
     "@tiptap/extension-dropcursor": "^2.9.1",
+    "tiptap-text-direction": "^0.3.1",
     "@tiptap/extension-gapcursor": "^2.9.1",
     "@tiptap/extension-hard-break": "^2.9.1",
     "@tiptap/extension-heading": "^2.9.1",
diff --git a/src/extensions/RichText.js b/src/extensions/RichText.js
index cf71f42c71b..4e57feeff66 100644
--- a/src/extensions/RichText.js
+++ b/src/extensions/RichText.js
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ import TaskList from './../nodes/TaskList.js'
 import Text from '@tiptap/extension-text'
 import TrailingNode from './../nodes/TrailingNode.js'
 /* eslint-enable import/no-named-as-default */
+import TextDirection from 'tiptap-text-direction'
 
 import { Strong, Italic, Strike, Link, Underline } from './../marks/index.js'
 import { translate as t } from '@nextcloud/l10n'
@@ -118,6 +119,9 @@ export default Extension.create({
 				})
 				: null,
 			TrailingNode,
+			TextDirection.configure({
+				types: ['heading', 'paragraph', 'bulletList', 'listItem', 'orderedList'],
+			}),
 		]
 		const additionalExtensionNames = this.options.extensions.map(e => e.name)
 		return [