diff --git a/packages/ckeditor5-table/theme/tablecolumnresize.css b/packages/ckeditor5-table/theme/tablecolumnresize.css
index a0e5c1c0153..05d09c5099d 100644
--- a/packages/ckeditor5-table/theme/tablecolumnresize.css
+++ b/packages/ckeditor5-table/theme/tablecolumnresize.css
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@
 
 .ck-content .table td,
 .ck-content .table th {
+	/* To prevent text overflowing beyond its cell when columns are resized by resize handler
+	(https://github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor5/pull/14379#issuecomment-1589460978). */
+	overflow-wrap: break-word;
 	position: relative;
 }