diff --git a/src/converters/fromHtml.js b/src/converters/fromHtml.js
index e8e2d91..c3696dc 100644
--- a/src/converters/fromHtml.js
+++ b/src/converters/fromHtml.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { draftTableBlock, draftTextBlock } from './draftjs.js';
 import { slateTableBlock, slateTextBlock } from './slate.js';
 import {
   groupInlineNodes,
+  isInline,
   isWhitespace,
   isGlobalInline,
 } from '../helpers/dom.js';
@@ -89,9 +90,6 @@ const skipCommentsAndWhitespace = (elements) => {
   );
 };
 
-const isInline = (n) =>
-  n.nodeType === TEXT_NODE || isGlobalInline(n.tagName.toLowerCase());
-
 const extractElementsWithConverters = (el, defaultTextBlock, href) => {
   const result = [];
   if (el.tagName === 'A') {
diff --git a/src/converters/slate.js b/src/converters/slate.js
index 3b42017..eb9e47b 100644
--- a/src/converters/slate.js
+++ b/src/converters/slate.js
@@ -290,7 +290,12 @@ const slateTableBlock = (elem) => {
         for (const cell of tchild.children) {
           const cellType = cell.tagName === 'TD' ? 'data' : 'header';
           const cellValue = deserializeChildren(cell);
-          cells.push(createCell(cellType, cellValue));
+          const elements = cellValue.map((element) =>
+            isInline(element)
+              ? jsx('element', { type: 'span' }, [element])
+              : element,
+          );
+          cells.push(createCell(cellType, elements));
         }
         rows.push({ key: getId(), cells });
       }
diff --git a/src/converters/slate.test.js b/src/converters/slate.test.js
index fc9cdd6..b71af2a 100644
--- a/src/converters/slate.test.js
+++ b/src/converters/slate.test.js
@@ -640,7 +640,9 @@ describe('slateTableBlock processing a simple table', () => {
     expect(rows[0].cells[0].key).toBeDefined();
     expect(rows[0].cells[0].type).toBe('data');
     expect(rows[0].cells[0].value).toHaveLength(1);
-    const value = rows[0].cells[0].value[0];
+    const parentValue = rows[0].cells[0].value[0];
+    expect(parentValue['type']).toBe('span');
+    const value = parentValue['children'][0];
     expect(value['text']).toBe('A value');
   });
 });
@@ -657,7 +659,10 @@ describe('slateTableBlock processing a table with whitespace', () => {
     const cells = rows[0].cells;
     expect(cells).toHaveLength(1);
     const cell = cells[0];
-    expect(cell.value).toEqual([{ text: 'A value\n\xa0' }]);
+    const parentValue = cell.value[0];
+    expect(parentValue['type']).toBe('span');
+    const value = parentValue['children'][0];
+    expect(value).toEqual({ text: 'A value' });
   });
 });
 
@@ -678,7 +683,9 @@ describe('slateTableBlock processing a table with a link', () => {
     expect(rows[0].cells).toHaveLength(1);
     expect(rows[0].cells[0].type).toBe('data');
     expect(rows[0].cells[0].value).toHaveLength(1);
-    const value = rows[0].cells[0].value[0];
+    const parentValue = rows[0].cells[0].value[0];
+    expect(parentValue['type']).toBe('span');
+    const value = parentValue['children'][0];
     expect(value['type']).toBe('link');
     expect(value['data']['url']).toBe('https://plone.org');
     expect(value['children'][0]['text']).toBe('Plone');
@@ -707,14 +714,18 @@ describe('slateTableBlock processing a table with a link', () => {
   test('first value is a text', () => {
     const result = slateTableBlock(elem);
     const rows = result.table.rows;
-    let value = rows[0].cells[0].value[0];
+    const parentValue = rows[0].cells[0].value[0];
+    expect(parentValue['type']).toBe('span');
+    const value = parentValue['children'][0];
     expect(value['text']).toBe('Plone ');
   });
 
-  test('second value is the link', () => {
+  test('second value is the span with the link', () => {
     const result = slateTableBlock(elem);
     const rows = result.table.rows;
-    let value = rows[0].cells[0].value[1];
+    const parentValue = rows[0].cells[0].value[1];
+    expect(parentValue['type']).toBe('span');
+    const value = parentValue['children'][0];
     expect(value['type']).toBe('link');
     expect(value['data']['url']).toBe('https://plone.org');
     expect(value['children'][0]['text']).toBe('site');
@@ -729,13 +740,20 @@ describe('slateTableBlock processing a table with text + sup', () => {
   test('will keep sup inline', () => {
     const result = slateTableBlock(elem);
     const cell = result.table.rows[0].cells[0];
-    expect(cell.value).toEqual([
-      { text: '10' },
-      {
-        type: 'sup',
-        children: [{ text: '2' }],
-      },
-    ]);
+    expect(cell.value).toHaveLength(2);
+    expect(cell.value[0]).toEqual({
+      type: 'span',
+      children: [{ text: '10' }],
+    });
+    expect(cell.value[1]).toEqual({
+      type: 'span',
+      children: [
+        {
+          type: 'sup',
+          children: [{ text: '2' }],
+        },
+      ],
+    });
   });
 });
 
@@ -744,11 +762,48 @@ describe('slateTableBlock processing a table with a div', () => {
     '<table><tr><td><div><strong>text</strong></div></td></tr></table>',
   );
 
-  test('will remove the div', () => {
+  test('will replace the div with a paragraph', () => {
     const result = slateTableBlock(elem);
     const cell = result.table.rows[0].cells[0];
     expect(cell.value).toEqual([
-      { type: 'strong', children: [{ text: 'text' }] },
+      {
+        type: 'span',
+        children: [{ type: 'strong', children: [{ text: 'text' }] }],
+      },
     ]);
   });
 });
+
+describe('slateTableBlock parsing table with bold text', () => {
+  const elem = elementFromString(
+    '<table class="plain">\n<tbody>\n<tr><td><b>Text1</b></td></tr>\n</tbody>\n</table>',
+  );
+  test('returns valid result with the correct children', () => {
+    const block = slateTableBlock(elem);
+    expect(block['@type']).toEqual('slateTable');
+    const rows = block['table']['rows'];
+    expect(rows).toHaveLength(1);
+    const cells = rows[0]['cells'];
+    expect(cells).toHaveLength(1);
+    const value = cells[0]['value'][0];
+    expect(value['type']).toEqual('span');
+    expect(value['children'][0]['type']).toEqual('strong');
+  });
+});
+
+describe('slateTableBlock parsing table with line break', () => {
+  const elem = elementFromString(
+    '<table class="plain">\n<tbody>\n<tr><td><br/>Text</td></tr>\n</tbody>\n</table>',
+  );
+  test('returns valid result with the correct children', () => {
+    const block = slateTableBlock(elem);
+    expect(block['@type']).toEqual('slateTable');
+    const rows = block['table']['rows'];
+    expect(rows).toHaveLength(1);
+    const cells = rows[0]['cells'];
+    expect(cells).toHaveLength(1);
+    const value = cells[0]['value'][0];
+    expect(value['type']).toEqual('span');
+    expect(value['children'][0]['text']).toEqual('\n');
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/helpers/dom.js b/src/helpers/dom.js
index 4300e0b..bede1c0 100644
--- a/src/helpers/dom.js
+++ b/src/helpers/dom.js
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ const { JSDOM } = jsdom;
 const DOMParser = new JSDOM().window.DOMParser;
 const parser = new DOMParser();
 
+const TEXT_NODE = 3;
+
 const elementFromString = (value) => {
   const elem = parser.parseFromString(value, 'text/html').body.firstChild;
   return elem;
@@ -51,4 +53,13 @@ const inlineElements = [
 
 const isGlobalInline = (tagName) => inlineElements.includes(tagName);
 
-export { elementFromString, isWhitespace, isGlobalInline, groupInlineNodes };
+const isInline = (n) =>
+  n.nodeType === TEXT_NODE || isGlobalInline(n.tagName.toLowerCase());
+
+export {
+  elementFromString,
+  isInline,
+  isWhitespace,
+  isGlobalInline,
+  groupInlineNodes,
+};