diff --git a/.changeset/2026-07-29-static-renderer-audio-video.md b/.changeset/2026-07-29-static-renderer-audio-video.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e93e2c629a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/2026-07-29-static-renderer-audio-video.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@tiptap/static-renderer': patch
+---
+
+Render `audio` and `video` elements with a closing tag instead of as self-closing, so browsers no longer nest following content inside them.
diff --git a/packages/static-renderer/__tests__/pm-self-closing-tags.spec.ts b/packages/static-renderer/__tests__/pm-self-closing-tags.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4f27effb87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/static-renderer/__tests__/pm-self-closing-tags.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+import { Node } from '@tiptap/core'
+import Document from '@tiptap/extension-document'
+import Paragraph from '@tiptap/extension-paragraph'
+import Text from '@tiptap/extension-text'
+import { renderToHTMLString } from '@tiptap/static-renderer/pm/html-string'
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
+
+const Audio = Node.create({
+  name: 'audio',
+  group: 'block',
+  atom: true,
+  addAttributes() {
+    return { src: { default: null } }
+  },
+  renderHTML({ HTMLAttributes }) {
+    return ['audio', HTMLAttributes]
+  },
+})
+
+const Video = Node.create({
+  name: 'video',
+  group: 'block',
+  atom: true,
+  addAttributes() {
+    return { src: { default: null } }
+  },
+  renderHTML({ HTMLAttributes }) {
+    return ['video', HTMLAttributes]
+  },
+})
+
+const extensions = [Document, Paragraph, Text, Audio, Video]
+
+describe('static renderer: non-void elements get a closing tag', () => {
+  it('renders <audio> with a closing tag, not self-closed', () => {
+    const html = renderToHTMLString({
+      content: {
+        type: 'doc',
+        content: [{ type: 'audio', attrs: { src: 'https://example.com/a.mp3' } }],
+      },
+      extensions,
+    })
+
+    expect(html).toBe('<audio src="https://example.com/a.mp3"></audio>')
+  })
+
+  it('renders <video> with a closing tag, not self-closed', () => {
+    const html = renderToHTMLString({
+      content: {
+        type: 'doc',
+        content: [{ type: 'video', attrs: { src: 'https://example.com/v.mp4' } }],
+      },
+      extensions,
+    })
+
+    expect(html).toBe('<video src="https://example.com/v.mp4"></video>')
+  })
+
+  it('keeps multiple audio players as siblings instead of nesting them', () => {
+    const html = renderToHTMLString({
+      content: {
+        type: 'doc',
+        content: [
+          { type: 'audio', attrs: { src: 'https://example.com/a.mp3' } },
+          { type: 'paragraph', content: [{ type: 'text', text: 'between' }] },
+          { type: 'audio', attrs: { src: 'https://example.com/b.mp3' } },
+        ],
+      },
+      extensions,
+    })
+
+    expect(html).toBe(
+      '<audio src="https://example.com/a.mp3"></audio><p>between</p><audio src="https://example.com/b.mp3"></audio>',
+    )
+  })
+})
diff --git a/packages/static-renderer/src/pm/html-string/html-string.ts b/packages/static-renderer/src/pm/html-string/html-string.ts
index 2902faef39..0c80d5707f 100644
--- a/packages/static-renderer/src/pm/html-string/html-string.ts
+++ b/packages/static-renderer/src/pm/html-string/html-string.ts
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ const NON_SELF_CLOSING_TAGS = new Set([
   'span',
   'a',
   'button',
+  'audio',
+  'video',
 ])
 
 /**