diff --git a/.changeset/large-steaks-try.md b/.changeset/large-steaks-try.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f78db1668
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/large-steaks-try.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'slate-react': patch
+---
+
+Allow pasting plain text into editable voids
diff --git a/packages/slate-react/src/components/editable.tsx b/packages/slate-react/src/components/editable.tsx
index 7e8a2e8e4..cb1954c9a 100644
--- a/packages/slate-react/src/components/editable.tsx
+++ b/packages/slate-react/src/components/editable.tsx
@@ -1610,7 +1610,7 @@ export const Editable = (props: EditableProps) => {
               (event: React.ClipboardEvent<HTMLDivElement>) => {
                 if (
                   !readOnly &&
-                  ReactEditor.hasSelectableTarget(editor, event.target) &&
+                  ReactEditor.hasEditableTarget(editor, event.target) &&
                   !isEventHandled(event, attributes.onPaste)
                 ) {
                   // COMPAT: Certain browsers don't support the `beforeinput` event, so we