diff --git a/packages/core/src/extensions/TableHandles/TableHandles.ts b/packages/core/src/extensions/TableHandles/TableHandles.ts
index 7f3cf774b5..d957056f4e 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/extensions/TableHandles/TableHandles.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/extensions/TableHandles/TableHandles.ts
@@ -466,6 +466,8 @@ export class TableHandlesView implements PluginView {
     event.preventDefault();
 
     const { draggingState, colIndex, rowIndex } = this.state;
+    // Clear so a re-dispatched drop short-circuits above (issue #2691).
+    this.state.draggingState = undefined;
 
     const columnWidths = this.state.block.content.columnWidths;
 
diff --git a/tests/src/end-to-end/tables/tables.test.ts b/tests/src/end-to-end/tables/tables.test.ts
index 2abfc08c30..caed60b14a 100644
--- a/tests/src/end-to-end/tables/tables.test.ts
+++ b/tests/src/end-to-end/tables/tables.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
+import { expect } from "@playwright/test";
 import { test } from "../../setup/setupScript.js";
-import { BASE_URL } from "../../utils/const.js";
+import { BASE_URL, TABLE_SELECTOR } from "../../utils/const.js";
 import { compareDocToSnapshot, focusOnEditor } from "../../utils/editor.js";
 import { executeSlashCommand } from "../../utils/slashmenu.js";
 
@@ -67,4 +68,120 @@ test.describe("Check Table interactions", () => {
 
     await compareDocToSnapshot(page, "shiftEnterNewLineInCell.json");
   });
+  // Regression test for https://github.com/TypeCellOS/BlockNote/issues/2691.
+  // Drops the dragged row to the LEFT of `.bn-block-group` (where the side
+  // menu sits). SideMenuView re-dispatches drops outside `.bn-block-group`
+  // (within 250px) as synthetic events; without the guard in
+  // TableHandles.dropHandler, the synthetic drop AND the original drop both
+  // run the row-move logic, dragging an adjacent row along with the target.
+  test("Row drag should move only the dragged row", async ({
+    page,
+    browserName,
+  }) => {
+    test.skip(
+      browserName === "firefox",
+      "Playwright doesn't correctly simulate drag events in Firefox.",
+    );
+
+    await focusOnEditor(page);
+    await executeSlashCommand(page, "table");
+
+    // Replace the default table with a deterministic 5-row × 1-col table.
+    await page.evaluate(() => {
+      const cellAttrs = {
+        textColor: "default",
+        backgroundColor: "default",
+        textAlignment: "left",
+        colspan: 1,
+        rowspan: 1,
+        colwidth: null,
+      };
+      const rows = ["R1", "R2", "R3", "R4", "R5"].map((label) => ({
+        type: "tableRow",
+        content: [
+          {
+            type: "tableCell",
+            attrs: cellAttrs,
+            content: [
+              {
+                type: "tableParagraph",
+                content: [{ type: "text", text: label }],
+              },
+            ],
+          },
+        ],
+      }));
+      (
+        window as unknown as {
+          ProseMirror: {
+            commands: { setContent: (doc: unknown) => void };
+          };
+        }
+      ).ProseMirror.commands.setContent({
+        type: "doc",
+        content: [
+          {
+            type: "blockGroup",
+            content: [
+              {
+                type: "blockContainer",
+                attrs: { id: "0" },
+                content: [
+                  {
+                    type: "table",
+                    attrs: { textColor: "default" },
+                    content: rows,
+                  },
+                ],
+              },
+            ],
+          },
+        ],
+      });
+    });
+    await page.waitForFunction(
+      () => document.querySelectorAll(".bn-editor tbody tr").length === 5,
+    );
+
+    // Hover R2's first cell so its row drag handle becomes visible. The
+    // row handle has no rotate transform (the column handle does).
+    const rows = page.locator(`${TABLE_SELECTOR} tbody tr`);
+    await rows.nth(1).locator("td").first().hover();
+    const handle = page
+      .locator(".bn-table-handle")
+      .filter({ hasNot: page.locator(`[style*="rotate"]`) })
+      .first();
+    await handle.waitFor({ state: "visible" });
+    const handleBox = (await handle.boundingBox())!;
+
+    // Drop into the side-menu area: LEFT of `.bn-block-group`, vertically
+    // aligned with the last row. This is outside the block-group rect but
+    // well within the 250px range that triggers SideMenuView's synthetic
+    // drop re-dispatch — the same condition that surfaces the bug for
+    // real users dragging onto the side gutter.
+    const blockGroup = (await page
+      .locator(".bn-block-group")
+      .first()
+      .boundingBox())!;
+    const lastRowBox = (await rows.nth(4).locator("td").first().boundingBox())!;
+    const dropX = blockGroup.x - 50;
+    const dropY = lastRowBox.y + lastRowBox.height / 2;
+
+    await page.mouse.move(
+      handleBox.x + handleBox.width / 2,
+      handleBox.y + handleBox.height / 2,
+      { steps: 5 },
+    );
+    await page.mouse.down();
+    await page.mouse.move(dropX, dropY, { steps: 10 });
+    await page.mouse.up();
+
+    const order = (
+      await page
+        .locator(`${TABLE_SELECTOR} tbody tr td:first-child`)
+        .allInnerTexts()
+    ).map((t) => t.trim());
+    // Expected: only R2 moved. Buggy (#2691): R3 follows along.
+    expect(order).toEqual(["R1", "R3", "R4", "R5", "R2"]);
+  });
 });