diff --git a/src/MarkdownTextInput.web.tsx b/src/MarkdownTextInput.web.tsx
index 872b77e4..2745b9a7 100644
--- a/src/MarkdownTextInput.web.tsx
+++ b/src/MarkdownTextInput.web.tsx
@@ -560,8 +560,7 @@ const MarkdownTextInput = React.forwardRef<TextInput, MarkdownTextInputProps>(
 
         const text = processedValue !== undefined ? processedValue : '';
 
-        const currentCursorPostion = contentSelection?.current && contentSelection?.current.end <= text.length ? contentSelection.current.end : text.length;
-        parseText(divRef.current, text, processedMarkdownStyle, currentCursorPostion);
+        parseText(divRef.current, text, processedMarkdownStyle, contentSelection.current?.end);
         updateTextColor(divRef.current, value);
       },
       [multiline, processedMarkdownStyle, processedValue],
diff --git a/src/web/parserUtils.ts b/src/web/parserUtils.ts
index 5e2ef243..3758bbaf 100644
--- a/src/web/parserUtils.ts
+++ b/src/web/parserUtils.ts
@@ -179,12 +179,13 @@ function moveCursor(isFocused: boolean, alwaysMoveCursorToTheEnd: boolean, curso
   }
 }
 
-function parseText(target: HTMLElement, text: string, curosrPositionIndex: number | null, markdownStyle: PartialMarkdownStyle = {}, alwaysMoveCursorToTheEnd = false) {
+function parseText(target: HTMLElement, text: string, cursorPositionIndex: number | null, markdownStyle: PartialMarkdownStyle = {}, alwaysMoveCursorToTheEnd = false) {
   const targetElement = target;
 
-  let cursorPosition: number | null = curosrPositionIndex;
+  // in case the cursorPositionIndex is larger than text length, cursorPosition will be null, i.e: move the caret to the end
+  let cursorPosition: number | null = cursorPositionIndex && cursorPositionIndex <= text.length ? cursorPositionIndex : null;
   const isFocused = document.activeElement === target;
-  if (isFocused && curosrPositionIndex === null) {
+  if (isFocused && cursorPositionIndex === null) {
     const selection = CursorUtils.getCurrentCursorPosition(target);
     cursorPosition = selection ? selection.end : null;
   }