diff --git a/src/admin/components/forms/field-types/RichText/elements/relationship/Button/index.tsx b/src/admin/components/forms/field-types/RichText/elements/relationship/Button/index.tsx
index 4b4cb9c8d0c..e1ee606d527 100644
--- a/src/admin/components/forms/field-types/RichText/elements/relationship/Button/index.tsx
+++ b/src/admin/components/forms/field-types/RichText/elements/relationship/Button/index.tsx
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import Submit from '../../../../../Submit';
 import X from '../../../../../../icons/X';
 import Fields from './Fields';
 import { requests } from '../../../../../../../api';
+import { injectVoidElement } from '../../../injectVoid';
 
 import './index.scss';
 
@@ -31,13 +32,12 @@ const insertRelationship = (editor, { value, relationTo }) => {
     ],
   };
 
-  const nodes = [relationship, { type: 'p', children: [{ text: '' }] }];
-
   if (editor.blurSelection) {
     Transforms.select(editor, editor.blurSelection);
   }
 
-  Transforms.insertNodes(editor, nodes);
+  injectVoidElement(editor, relationship);
+
   ReactEditor.focus(editor);
 };
 
diff --git a/src/admin/components/forms/field-types/RichText/elements/upload/Button/index.tsx b/src/admin/components/forms/field-types/RichText/elements/upload/Button/index.tsx
index 289e1333b40..0f875f0d9da 100644
--- a/src/admin/components/forms/field-types/RichText/elements/upload/Button/index.tsx
+++ b/src/admin/components/forms/field-types/RichText/elements/upload/Button/index.tsx
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import MinimalTemplate from '../../../../../../templates/Minimal';
 import Button from '../../../../../../elements/Button';
 import { SanitizedCollectionConfig } from '../../../../../../../../collections/config/types';
 import PerPage from '../../../../../../elements/PerPage';
+import { injectVoidElement } from '../../../injectVoid';
 
 import './index.scss';
 import '../addSwapModals.scss';
@@ -35,13 +36,12 @@ const insertUpload = (editor, { value, relationTo }) => {
     ],
   };
 
-  const nodes = [upload, { type: 'p', children: [{ text: '' }] }];
-
   if (editor.blurSelection) {
     Transforms.select(editor, editor.blurSelection);
   }
 
-  Transforms.insertNodes(editor, nodes);
+  injectVoidElement(editor, upload);
+
   ReactEditor.focus(editor);
 };
 
diff --git a/src/admin/components/forms/field-types/RichText/injectVoid.ts b/src/admin/components/forms/field-types/RichText/injectVoid.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..90f96537649
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/admin/components/forms/field-types/RichText/injectVoid.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+import { Editor, Element, Transforms } from 'slate';
+import { isLastSelectedElementEmpty } from './isLastSelectedElementEmpty';
+
+export const injectVoidElement = (editor: Editor, element: Element): void => {
+  const lastSelectedElementIsEmpty = isLastSelectedElementEmpty(editor);
+  const previous = Editor.previous(editor);
+
+  if (lastSelectedElementIsEmpty) {
+    // If previous node is void
+    if (Editor.isVoid(editor, previous?.[0])) {
+      // Insert a blank element between void nodes
+      // so user can place cursor between void nodes
+      Transforms.insertNodes(editor, { children: [{ text: '' }] });
+      Transforms.setNodes(editor, element);
+    // Otherwise just set the empty node equal to new upload
+    } else {
+      Transforms.setNodes(editor, element);
+    }
+
+    // Add an empty node after the new upload
+    Transforms.insertNodes(editor, { children: [{ text: '' }] });
+  } else {
+    Transforms.insertNodes(editor, [element, { children: [{ text: '' }] }]);
+  }
+};
diff --git a/src/admin/components/forms/field-types/RichText/isLastSelectedElementEmpty.ts b/src/admin/components/forms/field-types/RichText/isLastSelectedElementEmpty.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bb4b4de8776
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/admin/components/forms/field-types/RichText/isLastSelectedElementEmpty.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+import { Editor, Element } from 'slate';
+
+export const isLastSelectedElementEmpty = (editor: Editor): boolean => {
+  const currentlySelectedNodes = Array.from(Editor.nodes(editor, {
+    at: Editor.unhangRange(editor, editor.selection),
+    match: (n) => !Editor.isEditor(n) && Element.isElement(n) && (!n.type || n.type === 'p'),
+  }));
+
+  const lastSelectedNode = currentlySelectedNodes?.[currentlySelectedNodes?.length - 1];
+
+  return lastSelectedNode && Element.isElement(lastSelectedNode[0])
+    && (!lastSelectedNode[0].type || lastSelectedNode[0].type === 'p')
+    && lastSelectedNode[0].children?.[0].text === '';
+};
diff --git a/src/fields/richText/defaultValue.ts b/src/fields/richText/defaultValue.ts
index 974d1f4fd94..cc7d0f9f66b 100644
--- a/src/fields/richText/defaultValue.ts
+++ b/src/fields/richText/defaultValue.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 export default [{
-  type: 'p',
   children: [{ text: '' }],
 }];