diff --git a/unstructured/partition/pptx.py b/unstructured/partition/pptx.py
index 0fc46c773e..7c55bcdefd 100644
--- a/unstructured/partition/pptx.py
+++ b/unstructured/partition/pptx.py
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ def _iter_table_element(self, graphfrm: GraphicFrame) -> Iterator[Table]:
             return
 
         html_text = htmlify_matrix_of_cell_texts(
-            [[cell.text for cell in row.cells] for row in rows]
+            [[cell.text.replace("\n", " ") for cell in row.cells] for row in rows]
         )
         html_table = HtmlTable.from_html_text(html_text)