diff --git a/packages/core/src/extensions/SuggestionMenu/SuggestionMenu.test.ts b/packages/core/src/extensions/SuggestionMenu/SuggestionMenu.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..68d3e84208
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/src/extensions/SuggestionMenu/SuggestionMenu.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,125 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+
+import { BlockNoteEditor } from "../../editor/BlockNoteEditor.js";
+
+/**
+ * @vitest-environment jsdom
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Find the SuggestionMenu ProseMirror plugin instance from the editor state.
+ * We need to do this because the PluginKey is not exported, and creating a new
+ * PluginKey with the same name gives a different instance.
+ */
+function findSuggestionPlugin(editor: BlockNoteEditor) {
+  const state = editor._tiptapEditor.state;
+  const plugin = state.plugins.find(
+    (p) => (p as any).key === "SuggestionMenuPlugin$",
+  );
+  if (!plugin) {
+    throw new Error("SuggestionMenuPlugin not found in editor state");
+  }
+  return plugin;
+}
+
+function getSuggestionPluginState(editor: BlockNoteEditor) {
+  const plugin = findSuggestionPlugin(editor);
+  return plugin.getState(editor._tiptapEditor.state);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Simulates typing a trigger character and dispatching the suggestion menu
+ * meta, mirroring what `handleTextInput` does when the user types "/".
+ */
+function triggerSuggestionMenu(editor: BlockNoteEditor, char: string) {
+  const plugin = findSuggestionPlugin(editor);
+  const view = editor._tiptapEditor.view;
+  // First insert the trigger character (like handleTextInput does)
+  view.dispatch(view.state.tr.insertText(char));
+  // Then dispatch the meta to activate the suggestion menu
+  view.dispatch(
+    view.state.tr
+      .setMeta(plugin, {
+        triggerCharacter: char,
+      })
+      .scrollIntoView(),
+  );
+}
+
+function createEditor() {
+  const editor = BlockNoteEditor.create();
+  const div = document.createElement("div");
+  editor.mount(div);
+  return editor;
+}
+
+describe("SuggestionMenu", () => {
+  it("should open suggestion menu in a paragraph", () => {
+    const editor = createEditor();
+
+    editor.replaceBlocks(editor.document, [
+      {
+        id: "paragraph-0",
+        type: "paragraph",
+        content: "Hello world",
+      },
+    ]);
+
+    editor.setTextCursorPosition("paragraph-0", "end");
+
+    // Verify we start with no active suggestion menu
+    expect(getSuggestionPluginState(editor)).toBeUndefined();
+
+    // Trigger the suggestion menu
+    triggerSuggestionMenu(editor, "/");
+
+    // Plugin state should now be defined (menu opened)
+    const pluginState = getSuggestionPluginState(editor);
+    expect(pluginState).toBeDefined();
+    expect(pluginState.triggerCharacter).toBe("/");
+
+    editor._tiptapEditor.destroy();
+  });
+
+  it("should not open suggestion menu in table content", () => {
+    const editor = createEditor();
+
+    editor.replaceBlocks(editor.document, [
+      {
+        id: "table-0",
+        type: "table",
+        content: {
+          type: "tableContent",
+          rows: [
+            {
+              cells: ["Cell 1", "Cell 2", "Cell 3"],
+            },
+            {
+              cells: ["Cell 4", "Cell 5", "Cell 6"],
+            },
+          ],
+        },
+      },
+    ]);
+
+    // Place cursor inside a table cell
+    editor.setTextCursorPosition("table-0", "start");
+
+    // Verify the cursor is inside table content (the parent node is
+    // a tableParagraph which belongs to the "tableContent" group)
+    const $from = editor._tiptapEditor.state.selection.$from;
+    expect($from.parent.type.isInGroup("tableContent")).toBe(true);
+
+    // Verify we start with no active suggestion menu
+    expect(getSuggestionPluginState(editor)).toBeUndefined();
+
+    // Attempt to trigger the suggestion menu
+    triggerSuggestionMenu(editor, "/");
+
+    // Plugin state should remain undefined because the cursor is inside
+    // table content, and the fix prevents the menu from activating there
+    expect(getSuggestionPluginState(editor)).toBeUndefined();
+
+    editor._tiptapEditor.destroy();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/core/src/extensions/SuggestionMenu/SuggestionMenu.ts b/packages/core/src/extensions/SuggestionMenu/SuggestionMenu.ts
index 029103600a..75e905da68 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/extensions/SuggestionMenu/SuggestionMenu.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/extensions/SuggestionMenu/SuggestionMenu.ts
@@ -238,8 +238,11 @@ export const SuggestionMenu = createExtension(({ editor }) => {
             _oldState,
             newState,
           ): SuggestionPluginState => {
-            // Ignore transactions in code blocks.
-            if (transaction.selection.$from.parent.type.spec.code) {
+            // Ignore transactions in code blocks or table content
+            if (
+              transaction.selection.$from.parent.type.spec.code ||
+              transaction.selection.$from.parent.type.isInGroup("tableContent")
+            ) {
               return prev;
             }