diff --git a/.changeset/nodeview-leaf-selection-mutations.md b/.changeset/nodeview-leaf-selection-mutations.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..66ff42b6ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/nodeview-leaf-selection-mutations.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@tiptap/core': patch
+---
+
+Node views without a `contentDOM` no longer ignore selection mutations, so ProseMirror moves the caret back to a valid position when the browser places it inside the node view.
diff --git a/packages/core/src/NodeView.test.ts b/packages/core/src/NodeView.test.ts
index 397f452802..35a9a17b75 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/NodeView.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/NodeView.test.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import type { ViewMutationRecord } from '@tiptap/pm/view'
 import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vite-plus/test'
 
 import { createViewMutationTestContext } from '../tests/utils/createViewMutationTestContext.js'
@@ -102,3 +103,55 @@ describe('NodeView ignoreMutation on iOS', () => {
     expect(nodeView.ignoreMutation(childListMutation(contentDOM, [edited]))).toBe(false)
   })
 })
+
+function createLeafNodeView() {
+  const wrapper = document.createElement('span')
+
+  wrapper.contentEditable = 'false'
+  wrapper.append(document.createTextNode('@mention'))
+  document.body.append(wrapper)
+
+  class LeafNodeView extends NodeView<null> {
+    get dom() {
+      return wrapper
+    }
+  }
+
+  const nodeView = new LeafNodeView(null, {
+    editor: {},
+    extension: {},
+    node: { isLeaf: true, isAtom: true },
+    decorations: [],
+    innerDecorations: {},
+    view: {},
+    HTMLAttributes: {},
+    getPos: () => 0,
+  } as unknown as NodeViewRendererProps)
+
+  return { nodeView, wrapper }
+}
+
+describe('NodeView ignoreMutation without contentDOM', () => {
+  afterEach(() => {
+    document.body.replaceChildren()
+  })
+
+  it('lets ProseMirror handle selection changes inside the node view', () => {
+    const { nodeView, wrapper } = createLeafNodeView()
+    const mutation = { type: 'selection', target: wrapper } as unknown as ViewMutationRecord
+
+    expect(nodeView.ignoreMutation(mutation)).toBe(false)
+  })
+
+  it('still ignores DOM mutations inside the node view', () => {
+    const { nodeView, wrapper } = createLeafNodeView()
+    const mutation = {
+      type: 'childList',
+      target: wrapper,
+      addedNodes: [],
+      removedNodes: [],
+    } as unknown as ViewMutationRecord
+
+    expect(nodeView.ignoreMutation(mutation)).toBe(true)
+  })
+})
diff --git a/packages/core/src/NodeView.ts b/packages/core/src/NodeView.ts
index d63444b4ec..600dc274d2 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/NodeView.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/NodeView.ts
@@ -269,10 +269,16 @@ export class NodeView<
    * @return `true` if it can safely be ignored.
    */
   ignoreMutation(mutation: ViewMutationRecord) {
-    if (!this.dom || !this.contentDOM) {
+    if (!this.dom) {
       return true
     }
 
+    if (!this.contentDOM) {
+      // ProseMirror has to see selection changes inside a leaf node view, otherwise
+      // the browser caret can get stuck inside its non-editable DOM and typed text is lost
+      return mutation.type !== 'selection'
+    }
+
     if (typeof this.options.ignoreMutation === 'function') {
       return this.options.ignoreMutation({ mutation })
     }