diff --git a/src/browser/tests/element/inner.html b/src/browser/tests/element/inner.html
index 2c93a717..ada3f7c1 100644
--- a/src/browser/tests/element/inner.html
+++ b/src/browser/tests/element/inner.html
@@ -172,5 +172,5 @@
 
   // TODO innerText is not rendered correctly for now.
   //testing.expectEqual("This is a\ntext", d2.innerText);
-  testing.expectEqual("  This is a \n  text", d2.innerText);
+  testing.expectEqual(" This is a \n text ", d2.innerText);
 </script>
diff --git a/src/browser/webapi/CData.zig b/src/browser/webapi/CData.zig
index 507031af..b1c78b03 100644
--- a/src/browser/webapi/CData.zig
+++ b/src/browser/webapi/CData.zig
@@ -102,7 +102,8 @@ pub fn render(self: *const CData, writer: *std.io.Writer, opts: RenderOpts) !voi
     // Write the reminder chunk.
     if (is_w) {
         // Last chunk is whitespaces.
-        if (opts.trim_right == false) {
+        // If the string contains only whitespaces, don't write it.
+        if (start > 0 and opts.trim_right == false) {
             try writer.writeByte(' ');
         }
     } else {
@@ -285,6 +286,8 @@ test "WebApi: CData.render" {
     };
 
     const test_cases = [_]TestCase{
+        .{ .value = "   ", .expected = "" },
+        .{ .value = "   ", .expected = "", .opts = .{ .trim_left = false, .trim_right = false } },
         .{ .value = "foo bar", .expected = "foo bar" },
         .{ .value = "foo  bar", .expected = "foo bar" },
         .{ .value = "  foo bar", .expected = "foo bar" },
diff --git a/src/browser/webapi/Element.zig b/src/browser/webapi/Element.zig
index b40791b5..4d50051d 100644
--- a/src/browser/webapi/Element.zig
+++ b/src/browser/webapi/Element.zig
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ pub fn getInnerText(self: *Element, writer: *std.Io.Writer) !void {
             },
             .cdata => |c| switch (c._type) {
                 .comment => continue,
-                .text => try c.render(writer, .{}),
+                .text => try c.render(writer, .{ .trim_right = false, .trim_left = false }),
             },
             .document => {},
             .document_type => {},