diff --git a/e2e-tests/test-data/basic-documents/sdpr.docx b/e2e-tests/test-data/basic-documents/sdpr.docx
index 5599465957..e31ad385a9 100644
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diff --git a/packages/super-editor/src/core/Editor.ts b/packages/super-editor/src/core/Editor.ts
index 89e2e80e67..dd6197a551 100644
--- a/packages/super-editor/src/core/Editor.ts
+++ b/packages/super-editor/src/core/Editor.ts
@@ -2602,9 +2602,7 @@ export class Editor extends EventEmitter<EditorEventMap> {
         'docProps/custom.xml': String(customXml),
         'word/_rels/document.xml.rels': String(rels),
         'word/numbering.xml': String(numbering),
-
-        // Replace & with &amp; in styles.xml as DOCX viewers can't handle it
-        'word/styles.xml': String(styles).replace(/&/gi, '&amp;'),
+        'word/styles.xml': String(styles),
         ...updatedHeadersFooters,
         ...(coreXml ? { 'docProps/core.xml': String(coreXml) } : {}),
       };
diff --git a/packages/super-editor/src/core/super-converter/exporter.js b/packages/super-editor/src/core/super-converter/exporter.js
index 39ab356902..685f44d313 100644
--- a/packages/super-editor/src/core/super-converter/exporter.js
+++ b/packages/super-editor/src/core/super-converter/exporter.js
@@ -565,7 +565,7 @@ export class DocxExporter {
   #replaceSpecialCharacters(text) {
     if (text === undefined || text === null) return text;
     return String(text)
-      .replace(/&/g, '&amp;')
+      .replace(/&(?!#\d+;|#x[0-9a-fA-F]+;|(?:amp|lt|gt|quot|apos);)/g, '&amp;')
       .replace(/</g, '&lt;')
       .replace(/>/g, '&gt;')
       .replace(/"/g, '&quot;')
diff --git a/packages/super-editor/src/tests/data/sdpr.docx b/packages/super-editor/src/tests/data/sdpr.docx
index b3b56b8fda..ebb7bb1013 100644
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diff --git a/packages/super-editor/src/tests/export/docxExporter.test.js b/packages/super-editor/src/tests/export/docxExporter.test.js
index a4c0dcfae3..7581d6e2e1 100644
--- a/packages/super-editor/src/tests/export/docxExporter.test.js
+++ b/packages/super-editor/src/tests/export/docxExporter.test.js
@@ -40,6 +40,31 @@ describe('DocxExporter', () => {
     expect(xml).toContain('Format=&lt;&lt;NUM&gt;&gt;_&lt;&lt;VER&gt;&gt;');
   });
 
+  it('does not double-escape ampersands in text nodes', () => {
+    const exporter = new DocxExporter(createConverterStub());
+
+    const data = {
+      name: 'w:document',
+      attributes: {},
+      elements: [
+        {
+          name: 'w:t',
+          elements: [
+            {
+              type: 'text',
+              text: 'Rock & Roll &amp; Jazz',
+            },
+          ],
+        },
+      ],
+    };
+
+    const xml = exporter.schemaToXml(data);
+
+    expect(xml).toContain('Rock &amp; Roll &amp; Jazz');
+    expect(xml).not.toContain('&amp;amp;');
+  });
+
   describe('error handling for text elements', () => {
     it('handles missing elements array gracefully', () => {
       const exporter = new DocxExporter(createConverterStub());