diff --git a/typo3/sysext/rte_ckeditor/Resources/Public/JavaScript/Plugins/softhyphen/plugin.js b/typo3/sysext/rte_ckeditor/Resources/Public/JavaScript/Plugins/softhyphen/plugin.js
index f5b43daf24504590cc7584a549695b8c334707da..ecb14b3cdcfb7421884acd7f65606d74f65ca342 100644
--- a/typo3/sysext/rte_ckeditor/Resources/Public/JavaScript/Plugins/softhyphen/plugin.js
+++ b/typo3/sysext/rte_ckeditor/Resources/Public/JavaScript/Plugins/softhyphen/plugin.js
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ CKEDITOR.plugins.add("softhyphen", {
     // create command "insertSoftHyphen" which inserts the invisible html tag `­`
     editor.addCommand('insertSoftHyphen', {
       exec: function (editor) {
-        editor.insertHtml('­');
+        editor.insertHtml('­', 'text');
       }
     });