diff --git a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/odoo-editor/src/OdooEditor.js b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/odoo-editor/src/OdooEditor.js
index 0098ded098c..48f7dcd6079 100644
--- a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/odoo-editor/src/OdooEditor.js
+++ b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/odoo-editor/src/OdooEditor.js
@@ -4638,7 +4638,12 @@ export class OdooEditor extends EventTarget {
                     }
                 });
             } else {
-                this._applyCommand('insert', clipboardElem);
+                if (closestElement(sel.anchorNode, 'a')) {
+                    this._applyCommand('insert', clipboardElem.textContent);
+                }
+                else {
+                    this._applyCommand('insert', clipboardElem);
+                }
             }
         } else {
             const text = ev.clipboardData.getData('text/plain');
diff --git a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/odoo-editor/test/spec/copyPaste.test.js b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/odoo-editor/test/spec/copyPaste.test.js
index 5d5a3c29727..b321bd5f132 100644
--- a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/odoo-editor/test/spec/copyPaste.test.js
+++ b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/odoo-editor/test/spec/copyPaste.test.js
@@ -1548,6 +1548,15 @@ describe('Paste', () => {
                     contentAfter: `<p><a href="${url}">${url}</a> abc <a href="${videoUrl}">${videoUrl}</a> def <a href="${imgUrl}">${imgUrl}</a>[]</p>`,
                 });
             });
+            it('should paste plain text inside non empty link', async () => {
+                await testEditor(BasicEditor, {
+                    contentBefore: '<p><a href="#">a[]b</a></p>',
+                    stepFunction: async editor => {
+                        await pasteHtml(editor, '<span>123</span>');
+                    },
+                    contentAfter: '<p><a href="#">a123[]b</a></p>',
+                });
+            });
         });
         describe('range not collapsed', async () => {
             it('should paste and transform an URL in a p', async () => {