diff --git a/src/rich-text/node-views/image.ts b/src/rich-text/node-views/image.ts
index 97589c30..0c3d1c27 100644
--- a/src/rich-text/node-views/image.ts
+++ b/src/rich-text/node-views/image.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ export class ImageView implements NodeView {
 
         this.popover = this.createPopover();
 
-        this.dom = document.createElement("div");
+        this.dom = document.createElement("span");
         this.dom.appendChild(this.img);
         this.dom.appendChild(this.popover);
         this.dom.addEventListener("s-popover:hide", (event: Event) =>