diff --git a/packages/block-library/src/button/edit.js b/packages/block-library/src/button/edit.js
index 4359fd0a37abd0..f07c5f967d7274 100644
--- a/packages/block-library/src/button/edit.js
+++ b/packages/block-library/src/button/edit.js
@@ -275,6 +275,7 @@ function ButtonEdit( props ) {
 				<RichText
 					ref={ mergedRef }
 					attributeKey="text"
+					value={ text }
 					aria-label={ __( 'Button text' ) }
 					placeholder={ placeholder || __( 'Add text…' ) }
 					onChange={ ( value ) =>
diff --git a/packages/block-library/src/heading/edit.js b/packages/block-library/src/heading/edit.js
index 3b0cc46324bcac..51bc12802816d7 100644
--- a/packages/block-library/src/heading/edit.js
+++ b/packages/block-library/src/heading/edit.js
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ function HeadingEdit( {
 			<RichText
 				tagName={ tagName }
 				attributeKey="content"
+				value={ content }
 				onChange={ onContentChange }
 				onMerge={ mergeBlocks }
 				onReplace={ onReplace }
diff --git a/packages/block-library/src/paragraph/edit.js b/packages/block-library/src/paragraph/edit.js
index 307601aa7a4ee7..309cf7d459dac3 100644
--- a/packages/block-library/src/paragraph/edit.js
+++ b/packages/block-library/src/paragraph/edit.js
@@ -154,6 +154,7 @@ function ParagraphBlock( {
 			<RichText
 				tagName="p"
 				attributeKey="content"
+				value={ content }
 				{ ...blockProps }
 				onMerge={ mergeBlocks }
 				onReplace={ onReplace }