diff --git a/.changeset/sixty-ties-fetch.md b/.changeset/sixty-ties-fetch.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fa25a8458
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/sixty-ties-fetch.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'slate-react': patch
+---
+
+Re-render leaf when new properties were added to it
diff --git a/packages/slate-react/src/components/leaf.tsx b/packages/slate-react/src/components/leaf.tsx
index 674a477c1..b3b7996ab 100644
--- a/packages/slate-react/src/components/leaf.tsx
+++ b/packages/slate-react/src/components/leaf.tsx
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ const MemoizedLeaf = React.memo(Leaf, (prev, next) => {
     next.renderPlaceholder === prev.renderPlaceholder &&
     next.text === prev.text &&
     next.leaf.text === prev.leaf.text &&
-    Text.matches(next.leaf, prev.leaf) &&
+    Text.equals(next.leaf, prev.leaf) &&
     next.leaf[PLACEHOLDER_SYMBOL] === prev.leaf[PLACEHOLDER_SYMBOL]
   )
 })