diff --git a/packages/core/src/api/blockManipulation/commands/moveBlocks/moveBlocks.ts b/packages/core/src/api/blockManipulation/commands/moveBlocks/moveBlocks.ts
index bb2f08dfca..1ba40df652 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/api/blockManipulation/commands/moveBlocks/moveBlocks.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/api/blockManipulation/commands/moveBlocks/moveBlocks.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ import type { BlockNoteEditor } from "../../../../editor/BlockNoteEditor";
 import { BlockIdentifier } from "../../../../schema/index.js";
 import { getNearestBlockPos } from "../../../getBlockInfoFromPos.js";
 import { getNodeById } from "../../../nodeUtil.js";
+import { insertBlocks } from "../insertBlocks/insertBlocks.js";
+import { removeAndInsertBlocks } from "../replaceBlocks/replaceBlocks.js";
+import { fixColumnList } from "../replaceBlocks/util/fixColumnList.js";
 
 type BlockSelectionData = (
   | {
@@ -148,7 +151,7 @@ export function moveBlocks(
   referenceBlock: BlockIdentifier,
   placement: "before" | "after",
 ) {
-  editor.transact(() => {
+  editor.transact((tr) => {
     // A `columnList` reference can be dissolved by `fixColumnList` when its
     // `column`s are removed, leaving its ID invalid for re-insertion. Anchor
     // to an adjacent block instead, which is unaffected by the removal.
@@ -164,8 +167,25 @@ export function moveBlocks(
       }
     }
 
-    editor.removeBlocks(blocks);
-    editor.insertBlocks(flattenColumns(blocks), referenceBlock, placement);
+    // Don't fix columns/columnLists in the removal step. Otherwise, the
+    // following case breaks:
+    // <column>
+    //  <paragraph></paragraph>
+    //  <paragraph>Paragraph</paragraph>
+    // </column>
+    // When the non-empty block is moved up, the column is now seen as empty
+    // and collapsed in the removal step, so the following insertion fails.
+    const { affectedColumnLists } = removeAndInsertBlocks(tr, blocks, [], {
+      fixColumns: false,
+    });
+    insertBlocks(tr, flattenColumns(blocks), referenceBlock, placement);
+
+    affectedColumnLists.forEach((id) => {
+      const posInfo = getNodeById(id, tr.doc);
+      if (posInfo) {
+        fixColumnList(tr, posInfo.posBeforeNode);
+      }
+    });
   });
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/core/src/api/blockManipulation/commands/replaceBlocks/replaceBlocks.ts b/packages/core/src/api/blockManipulation/commands/replaceBlocks/replaceBlocks.ts
index f1e946f909..4942689570 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/api/blockManipulation/commands/replaceBlocks/replaceBlocks.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/api/blockManipulation/commands/replaceBlocks/replaceBlocks.ts
@@ -20,9 +20,13 @@ export function removeAndInsertBlocks<
   tr: Transaction,
   blocksToRemove: BlockIdentifier[],
   blocksToInsert: PartialBlock<BSchema, I, S>[],
+  options: {
+    fixColumns?: boolean;
+  } = {},
 ): {
   insertedBlocks: Block<BSchema, I, S>[];
   removedBlocks: Block<BSchema, I, S>[];
+  affectedColumnLists: string[];
 } {
   const pmSchema = getPmSchema(tr);
   // Converts the `PartialBlock`s to ProseMirror nodes to insert them into the
@@ -112,12 +116,25 @@ export function removeAndInsertBlocks<
     );
   }
 
-  columnListPositions.forEach((pos) => fixColumnList(tr, pos));
+  // Saves IDs of columnLists containing removed blocks. If `fixColumns` is
+  // explicitly false, these are needed to run `fixColumnList` manually later.
+  const affectedColumnLists: string[] = [];
+  columnListPositions.forEach((pos) => {
+    const columnList = tr.doc.resolve(pos).nodeAfter;
+    if (columnList?.type.name === "columnList") {
+      affectedColumnLists.push(columnList.attrs.id);
+    }
+  });
+
+  // Collapses empty columns/columnLists
+  if (options.fixColumns !== false) {
+    columnListPositions.forEach((pos) => fixColumnList(tr, pos));
+  }
 
   // Converts the nodes created from `blocksToInsert` into full `Block`s.
   const insertedBlocks = nodesToInsert.map((node) =>
     nodeToBlock(node, pmSchema),
   ) as Block<BSchema, I, S>[];
 
-  return { insertedBlocks, removedBlocks };
+  return { insertedBlocks, removedBlocks, affectedColumnLists };
 }
diff --git a/packages/xl-multi-column/src/test/commands/__snapshots__/moveBlocks.test.ts.snap b/packages/xl-multi-column/src/test/commands/__snapshots__/moveBlocks.test.ts.snap
index 4d6a2cf1f7..6eaa4edfd0 100644
--- a/packages/xl-multi-column/src/test/commands/__snapshots__/moveBlocks.test.ts.snap
+++ b/packages/xl-multi-column/src/test/commands/__snapshots__/moveBlocks.test.ts.snap
@@ -1,5 +1,183 @@
 // Vitest Snapshot v1, https://vitest.dev/guide/snapshot.html
 
+exports[`Move past empty sibling within a column > Move down below empty sibling 1`] = `
+[
+  {
+    "children": [
+      {
+        "children": [
+          {
+            "children": [],
+            "content": [
+              {
+                "styles": {},
+                "text": "Text 0",
+                "type": "text",
+              },
+            ],
+            "id": "text-0",
+            "props": {
+              "backgroundColor": "default",
+              "textAlignment": "left",
+              "textColor": "default",
+            },
+            "type": "paragraph",
+          },
+          {
+            "children": [],
+            "content": [],
+            "id": "empty-0",
+            "props": {
+              "backgroundColor": "default",
+              "textAlignment": "left",
+              "textColor": "default",
+            },
+            "type": "paragraph",
+          },
+        ],
+        "content": undefined,
+        "id": "column-empty-0",
+        "props": {
+          "width": 1,
+        },
+        "type": "column",
+      },
+      {
+        "children": [
+          {
+            "children": [],
+            "content": [],
+            "id": "empty-1",
+            "props": {
+              "backgroundColor": "default",
+              "textAlignment": "left",
+              "textColor": "default",
+            },
+            "type": "paragraph",
+          },
+          {
+            "children": [],
+            "content": [
+              {
+                "styles": {},
+                "text": "Text 1",
+                "type": "text",
+              },
+            ],
+            "id": "text-1",
+            "props": {
+              "backgroundColor": "default",
+              "textAlignment": "left",
+              "textColor": "default",
+            },
+            "type": "paragraph",
+          },
+        ],
+        "content": undefined,
+        "id": "column-empty-1",
+        "props": {
+          "width": 1,
+        },
+        "type": "column",
+      },
+    ],
+    "content": undefined,
+    "id": "column-list-empty",
+    "props": {},
+    "type": "columnList",
+  },
+]
+`;
+
+exports[`Move past empty sibling within a column > Move up above empty sibling 1`] = `
+[
+  {
+    "children": [
+      {
+        "children": [
+          {
+            "children": [],
+            "content": [
+              {
+                "styles": {},
+                "text": "Text 0",
+                "type": "text",
+              },
+            ],
+            "id": "text-0",
+            "props": {
+              "backgroundColor": "default",
+              "textAlignment": "left",
+              "textColor": "default",
+            },
+            "type": "paragraph",
+          },
+          {
+            "children": [],
+            "content": [],
+            "id": "empty-0",
+            "props": {
+              "backgroundColor": "default",
+              "textAlignment": "left",
+              "textColor": "default",
+            },
+            "type": "paragraph",
+          },
+        ],
+        "content": undefined,
+        "id": "column-empty-0",
+        "props": {
+          "width": 1,
+        },
+        "type": "column",
+      },
+      {
+        "children": [
+          {
+            "children": [],
+            "content": [],
+            "id": "empty-1",
+            "props": {
+              "backgroundColor": "default",
+              "textAlignment": "left",
+              "textColor": "default",
+            },
+            "type": "paragraph",
+          },
+          {
+            "children": [],
+            "content": [
+              {
+                "styles": {},
+                "text": "Text 1",
+                "type": "text",
+              },
+            ],
+            "id": "text-1",
+            "props": {
+              "backgroundColor": "default",
+              "textAlignment": "left",
+              "textColor": "default",
+            },
+            "type": "paragraph",
+          },
+        ],
+        "content": undefined,
+        "id": "column-empty-1",
+        "props": {
+          "width": 1,
+        },
+        "type": "column",
+      },
+    ],
+    "content": undefined,
+    "id": "column-list-empty",
+    "props": {},
+    "type": "columnList",
+  },
+]
+`;
+
 exports[`Test moveBlocksDown > Move into column list 1`] = `
 [
   {
diff --git a/packages/xl-multi-column/src/test/commands/moveBlocks.test.ts b/packages/xl-multi-column/src/test/commands/moveBlocks.test.ts
index 156895be44..6970c6c036 100644
--- a/packages/xl-multi-column/src/test/commands/moveBlocks.test.ts
+++ b/packages/xl-multi-column/src/test/commands/moveBlocks.test.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { describe, expect, it } from "vite-plus/test";
+import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it } from "vite-plus/test";
 
 import { setupTestEnv } from "../setupTestEnv.js";
 
@@ -151,3 +151,48 @@ describe("Test moveBlocksDown", () => {
     expect(getEditor().document).toMatchSnapshot();
   });
 });
+
+describe("Move past empty sibling within a column", () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    getEditor().replaceBlocks(getEditor().document, [
+      {
+        id: "column-list-empty",
+        type: "columnList",
+        children: [
+          {
+            id: "column-empty-0",
+            type: "column",
+            children: [
+              { id: "empty-0", type: "paragraph" },
+              { id: "text-0", type: "paragraph", content: "Text 0" },
+            ],
+          },
+          {
+            id: "column-empty-1",
+            type: "column",
+            children: [
+              { id: "empty-1", type: "paragraph" },
+              { id: "text-1", type: "paragraph", content: "Text 1" },
+            ],
+          },
+        ],
+      },
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  it("Move up above empty sibling", () => {
+    getEditor().setTextCursorPosition("text-0");
+
+    expect(() => getEditor().moveBlocksUp()).not.toThrow();
+
+    expect(getEditor().document).toMatchSnapshot();
+  });
+
+  it("Move down below empty sibling", () => {
+    getEditor().setTextCursorPosition("empty-0");
+
+    expect(() => getEditor().moveBlocksDown()).not.toThrow();
+
+    expect(getEditor().document).toMatchSnapshot();
+  });
+});