diff --git a/packages/lexical-react/src/LexicalCollaborationPlugin.tsx b/packages/lexical-react/src/LexicalCollaborationPlugin.tsx
index b3018c1af5f..e69efa7dea1 100644
--- a/packages/lexical-react/src/LexicalCollaborationPlugin.tsx
+++ b/packages/lexical-react/src/LexicalCollaborationPlugin.tsx
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  */
 
-import type {Doc} from 'yjs';
+import type {Doc, XmlText} from 'yjs';
 
 import {
   type CollaborationContextType,
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ type Props = {
   excludedProperties?: ExcludedProperties;
   // `awarenessData` parameter allows arbitrary data to be added to the awareness.
   awarenessData?: object;
+  getXmlText?: (doc: Doc) => XmlText;
 };
 
 export function CollaborationPlugin({
@@ -57,6 +58,7 @@ export function CollaborationPlugin({
   initialEditorState,
   excludedProperties,
   awarenessData,
+  getXmlText,
 }: Props): JSX.Element {
   const isBindingInitialized = useRef(false);
   const isProviderInitialized = useRef(false);
@@ -117,13 +119,14 @@ export function CollaborationPlugin({
       doc || yjsDocMap.get(id),
       yjsDocMap,
       excludedProperties,
+      getXmlText,
     );
     setBinding(newBinding);
 
     return () => {
       newBinding.root.destroy(newBinding);
     };
-  }, [editor, provider, id, yjsDocMap, doc, excludedProperties]);
+  }, [editor, provider, id, yjsDocMap, doc, excludedProperties, getXmlText]);
 
   if (!provider || !binding) {
     return <></>;
diff --git a/packages/lexical-yjs/flow/LexicalYjs.js.flow b/packages/lexical-yjs/flow/LexicalYjs.js.flow
index 6258a1fce70..019218f3c1c 100644
--- a/packages/lexical-yjs/flow/LexicalYjs.js.flow
+++ b/packages/lexical-yjs/flow/LexicalYjs.js.flow
@@ -345,6 +345,7 @@ declare export function createBinding(
   id: string,
   doc: ?Doc,
   docMap: Map<string, Doc>,
+  getXmlText: ?(ydoc: Doc) => XmlText
 ): Binding;
 
 declare export function syncCursorPositions(
diff --git a/packages/lexical-yjs/src/Bindings.ts b/packages/lexical-yjs/src/Bindings.ts
index 5c9bdb8f9e0..3fb4f5cdae7 100644
--- a/packages/lexical-yjs/src/Bindings.ts
+++ b/packages/lexical-yjs/src/Bindings.ts
@@ -50,12 +50,13 @@ export function createBinding(
   doc: Doc | null | undefined,
   docMap: Map<string, Doc>,
   excludedProperties?: ExcludedProperties,
+  getXmlText = (ydoc: Doc) => ydoc.get('root', XmlText) as XmlText,
 ): Binding {
   invariant(
     doc !== undefined && doc !== null,
     'createBinding: doc is null or undefined',
   );
-  const rootXmlText = doc.get('root', XmlText) as XmlText;
+  const rootXmlText = getXmlText(doc);
   const root: CollabElementNode = $createCollabElementNode(
     rootXmlText,
     null,