diff --git a/lib/block.ts b/lib/block.ts
index 6d3aa2e..82ecbe1 100644
--- a/lib/block.ts
+++ b/lib/block.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import type {
 } from './types';
 
 import type { VNode } from 'vue';
+import { h } from 'vue';
 import { Text } from './text';
 import { name } from '../package.json';
 
@@ -72,6 +73,16 @@ export const Block = ({ content, componentsContext }: BlockProps) => {
     return BlockComponent(props);
   }
 
+  // Handle empty paragraphs separately as they should render a <br> tag
+  if (
+    type === 'paragraph' &&
+    childrenNodes.length === 1 &&
+    childrenNodes[0].type === 'text' &&
+    childrenNodes[0].text === ''
+  ) {
+    return h('br');
+  }
+
   const augmentedProps = augmentProps(content);
 
   const theChildren: any = childrenNodes.map((childNode) => {