diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/packages/tiptap/extensions/core/word-count.tiptap-api.ts b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/packages/tiptap/extensions/core/word-count.tiptap-api.ts
index 6ff0bbcde8..1a2bb5cce5 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/packages/tiptap/extensions/core/word-count.tiptap-api.ts
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/packages/tiptap/extensions/core/word-count.tiptap-api.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { css } from '@umbraco-cms/backoffice/external/lit';
 import { CharacterCount } from '@umbraco-cms/backoffice/external/tiptap';
 
 export default class UmbTiptapWordCountExtensionApi extends UmbTiptapExtensionApiBase {
-	getTiptapExtensions = () => [CharacterCount];
+	getTiptapExtensions = () => [CharacterCount.configure()];
 
 	override getStyles = () => css``;
 }