diff --git a/pkg/prosemirror/html_block.go b/pkg/prosemirror/html_block.go
index e7468856c..636631e0e 100644
--- a/pkg/prosemirror/html_block.go
+++ b/pkg/prosemirror/html_block.go
@@ -462,7 +462,11 @@ func (c *htmlBlockConverter) convertTableRow(tr *html.Node) (*Node, error) {
 }
 
 func (c *htmlBlockConverter) convertTableCell(n *html.Node, typ NodeType) (*Node, error) {
-	attrs, err := json.Marshal(TableCellAttrs{})
+	cellAttrs := TableCellAttrs{
+		Colspan: tableSpanFromHTML(n, "colspan"),
+		Rowspan: tableSpanFromHTML(n, "rowspan"),
+	}
+	attrs, err := json.Marshal(cellAttrs)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot marshal table cell attrs: %w", err)
 	}
@@ -598,3 +602,18 @@ func attrVal(n *html.Node, key string) string {
 	}
 	return ""
 }
+
+// tableSpanFromHTML reads colspan or rowspan from a table cell element.
+// Missing, invalid, or non-positive values yield 1, matching HTML defaults
+// and ProseMirror/Tiptap cell attrs.
+func tableSpanFromHTML(n *html.Node, key string) int {
+	s := strings.TrimSpace(attrVal(n, key))
+	if s == "" {
+		return 1
+	}
+	v, err := strconv.Atoi(s)
+	if err != nil || v < 1 {
+		return 1
+	}
+	return v
+}
diff --git a/pkg/prosemirror/markdown_test.go b/pkg/prosemirror/markdown_test.go
index 400341015..7cc91cb34 100644
--- a/pkg/prosemirror/markdown_test.go
+++ b/pkg/prosemirror/markdown_test.go
@@ -428,6 +428,31 @@ func TestParseMarkdown_BlockHTMLTable(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Len(t, doc.Content[0].Content[0].Content, 2)
 	assert.Equal(t, NodeTableHeader, doc.Content[0].Content[0].Content[0].Type)
 	assert.Equal(t, NodeTableCell, doc.Content[0].Content[0].Content[1].Type)
+
+	thAttrs, err := doc.Content[0].Content[0].Content[0].TableCellAttrs()
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, 1, thAttrs.Colspan)
+	assert.Equal(t, 1, thAttrs.Rowspan)
+
+	tdAttrs, err := doc.Content[0].Content[0].Content[1].TableCellAttrs()
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, 1, tdAttrs.Colspan)
+	assert.Equal(t, 1, tdAttrs.Rowspan)
+}
+
+func TestParseMarkdown_BlockHTMLTableCellSpans(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	md := `<table><tr><td colspan="3" rowspan="2">X</td></tr></table>` + "\n"
+	doc, err := ParseMarkdown(md)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Len(t, doc.Content, 1)
+	cell := doc.Content[0].Content[0].Content[0]
+	require.Equal(t, NodeTableCell, cell.Type)
+	attrs, err := cell.TableCellAttrs()
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, 3, attrs.Colspan)
+	assert.Equal(t, 2, attrs.Rowspan)
 }
 
 func TestParseMarkdown_BlockHTMLScriptRemovedKeepsSafeContent(t *testing.T) {