diff --git a/packages/next/src/pages/List/Default/Cell/fields/Richtext/index.tsx b/packages/next/src/pages/List/Default/Cell/fields/Richtext/index.tsx
deleted file mode 100644
index e3951d9cf..000000000
--- a/packages/next/src/pages/List/Default/Cell/fields/Richtext/index.tsx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-'use client'
-import type { CellComponentProps, RichTextAdapter, RichTextField } from 'payload/types'
-
-import React, { useMemo } from 'react'
-
-export const RichTextCell: React.FC<CellComponentProps<RichTextField>> = (props) => {
-  // eslint-disable-next-line react/destructuring-assignment
-  const editor: RichTextAdapter = props.cellData.editor
-
-  const isLazy = 'LazyCellComponent' in editor
-
-  const ImportedCellComponent: React.FC<any> = useMemo(() => {
-    return isLazy
-      ? React.lazy(() => {
-          return editor.LazyCellComponent().then((resolvedComponent) => ({
-            default: resolvedComponent,
-          }))
-        })
-      : null
-  }, [editor, isLazy])
-
-  if (isLazy) {
-    return (
-      ImportedCellComponent && (
-        <React.Suspense>
-          <ImportedCellComponent {...props} />
-        </React.Suspense>
-      )
-    )
-  }
-
-  return <editor.CellComponent {...props} />
-}
diff --git a/packages/next/src/pages/List/Default/Cell/fields/index.tsx b/packages/next/src/pages/List/Default/Cell/fields/index.tsx
index 508bbd408..9144fc4b0 100644
--- a/packages/next/src/pages/List/Default/Cell/fields/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/next/src/pages/List/Default/Cell/fields/index.tsx
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import { DateCell } from './Date'
 import { FileCell } from './File'
 import { JSONCell } from './JSON'
 import { RelationshipCell } from './Relationship'
-import { RichTextCell } from './Richtext'
 import { SelectCell } from './Select'
 import { TextareaCell } from './Textarea'
 
@@ -20,7 +19,6 @@ export default {
   json: JSONCell,
   radio: SelectCell,
   relationship: RelationshipCell,
-  richText: RichTextCell,
   select: SelectCell,
   textarea: TextareaCell,
   upload: RelationshipCell,
diff --git a/packages/next/src/pages/List/Default/Cell/index.tsx b/packages/next/src/pages/List/Default/Cell/index.tsx
index 21842be6a..89522fbb5 100644
--- a/packages/next/src/pages/List/Default/Cell/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/next/src/pages/List/Default/Cell/index.tsx
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import { CodeCell } from './fields/Code'
 export const DefaultCell: React.FC<CellProps> = (props) => {
   const {
     name,
+    CellComponentOverride,
     className: classNameFromProps,
     fieldType,
     isFieldAffectingData,
@@ -76,7 +77,8 @@ export const DefaultCell: React.FC<CellProps> = (props) => {
     )
   }
 
-  let CellComponent: React.FC<CellComponentProps> = cellData && cellComponents[fieldType]
+  let CellComponent: React.FC<CellComponentProps> =
+    cellData && (CellComponentOverride ? CellComponentOverride : cellComponents[fieldType])
 
   if (!CellComponent) {
     if (customCellContext.uploadConfig && isFieldAffectingData && name === 'filename') {
diff --git a/packages/payload/src/admin/elements/Cell.ts b/packages/payload/src/admin/elements/Cell.ts
index 4dd670769..9b95478b0 100644
--- a/packages/payload/src/admin/elements/Cell.ts
+++ b/packages/payload/src/admin/elements/Cell.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,13 @@ import type {
 } from '../../fields/config/types'
 
 export type CellProps = {
+  /**
+   * A custom component to override the default cell component. If this is not set, the React component will be
+   * taken from cellComponents based on the field type.
+   *
+   * This is used to provide the RichText cell component for the RichText field.
+   */
+  CellComponentOverride?: React.ComponentType<CellComponentProps>
   blocks?: {
     labels: BlockField['labels']
     slug: string
diff --git a/packages/richtext-slate/src/cell/index.tsx b/packages/richtext-slate/src/cell/index.tsx
index 256ae7b9a..6398deeb3 100644
--- a/packages/richtext-slate/src/cell/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/richtext-slate/src/cell/index.tsx
@@ -1,14 +1,10 @@
 'use client'
-import type { CellComponentProps, RichTextField } from 'payload/types'
+import type { CellComponentProps } from 'payload/types'
 
 import React from 'react'
 
-import type { AdapterArguments } from '../types'
-
-const RichTextCell: React.FC<
-  CellComponentProps<RichTextField<any[], AdapterArguments, AdapterArguments>, any>
-> = ({ data }) => {
-  const flattenedText = data?.map((i) => i?.children?.map((c) => c.text)).join(' ')
+const RichTextCell: React.FC<CellComponentProps<any[]>> = ({ cellData }) => {
+  const flattenedText = cellData?.map((i) => i?.children?.map((c) => c.text)).join(' ')
 
   // Limiting the number of characters shown is done in a CSS rule
   return <span>{flattenedText}</span>
diff --git a/packages/richtext-slate/src/index.tsx b/packages/richtext-slate/src/index.tsx
index 083d6e282..f6a7a74c2 100644
--- a/packages/richtext-slate/src/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/richtext-slate/src/index.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import type { RichTextAdapter } from 'payload/types'
 
-import { withMergedProps } from '@payloadcms/ui/utilities'
 import { withNullableJSONSchemaType } from 'payload/utilities'
 
 import type { AdapterArguments } from './types'
@@ -14,22 +13,16 @@ import { getGenerateSchemaMap } from './generateSchemaMap'
 
 export function slateEditor(args: AdapterArguments): RichTextAdapter<any[], AdapterArguments, any> {
   return {
-    CellComponent: withMergedProps({
-      Component: RichTextCell,
-      toMergeIntoProps: args,
-    }),
-    FieldComponent: withMergedProps({
-      Component: RichTextField,
-      toMergeIntoProps: args,
-    }),
+    CellComponent: RichTextCell,
+    FieldComponent: RichTextField,
     generateComponentMap: getGenerateComponentMap(args),
     generateSchemaMap: getGenerateSchemaMap(args),
     outputSchema: ({ isRequired }) => {
       return {
+        type: withNullableJSONSchemaType('array', isRequired),
         items: {
           type: 'object',
         },
-        type: withNullableJSONSchemaType('array', isRequired),
       }
     },
     populationPromise({
diff --git a/packages/ui/src/utilities/buildComponentMap/mapFields.tsx b/packages/ui/src/utilities/buildComponentMap/mapFields.tsx
index 308d31556..f2225a319 100644
--- a/packages/ui/src/utilities/buildComponentMap/mapFields.tsx
+++ b/packages/ui/src/utilities/buildComponentMap/mapFields.tsx
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ export const mapFields = (args: {
         const labelProps: LabelProps = {
           htmlFor: 'TODO',
           // TODO: fix types
-          // @ts-ignore-next-line
+          // @ts-expect-error-next-line
           label: 'label' in field ? field.label : null,
           required: 'required' in field ? field.required : undefined,
         }
@@ -153,10 +153,10 @@ export const mapFields = (args: {
             })
 
             const reducedBlock: ReducedBlock = {
+              slug: block.slug,
               imageAltText: block.imageAltText,
               imageURL: block.imageURL,
               labels: block.labels,
-              slug: block.slug,
               subfields: blockFieldMap,
             }
 
@@ -245,8 +245,8 @@ export const mapFields = (args: {
           blocks:
             'blocks' in field &&
             field.blocks.map((b) => ({
-              labels: b.labels,
               slug: b.slug,
+              labels: b.labels,
             })),
           dateDisplayFormat: 'date' in field.admin ? field.admin.date.displayFormat : undefined,
           fieldType: field.type,
@@ -259,13 +259,18 @@ export const mapFields = (args: {
           options: 'options' in field ? field.options : undefined,
         }
 
+        /**
+         * Handle RichText Field Components, Cell Components, and component maps
+         */
         if (field.type === 'richText' && 'editor' in field) {
-          let RichTextComponent
+          let RichTextFieldComponent
+          let RichTextCellComponent
 
-          const isLazy = 'LazyFieldComponent' in field.editor
+          const isLazyField = 'LazyFieldComponent' in field.editor
+          const isLazyCell = 'LazyCellComponent' in field.editor
 
-          if (isLazy) {
-            RichTextComponent = React.lazy(() => {
+          if (isLazyField) {
+            RichTextFieldComponent = React.lazy(() => {
               return 'LazyFieldComponent' in field.editor
                 ? field.editor.LazyFieldComponent().then((resolvedComponent) => ({
                     default: resolvedComponent,
@@ -273,22 +278,39 @@ export const mapFields = (args: {
                 : null
             })
           } else if ('FieldComponent' in field.editor) {
-            RichTextComponent = field.editor.FieldComponent
+            RichTextFieldComponent = field.editor.FieldComponent
+          }
+
+          if (isLazyCell) {
+            RichTextCellComponent = React.lazy(() => {
+              return 'LazyCellComponent' in field.editor
+                ? field.editor.LazyCellComponent().then((resolvedComponent) => ({
+                    default: resolvedComponent,
+                  }))
+                : null
+            })
+          } else if ('CellComponent' in field.editor) {
+            RichTextCellComponent = field.editor.CellComponent
           }
 
           if (typeof field.editor.generateComponentMap === 'function') {
             const result = field.editor.generateComponentMap({ config, schemaPath: path })
-            // @ts-ignore-next-line // TODO: the `richTextComponentMap` is not found on the union type
+            // @ts-expect-error-next-line // TODO: the `richTextComponentMap` is not found on the union type
             fieldComponentProps.richTextComponentMap = result
           }
 
-          if (RichTextComponent) {
-            Field = <RichTextComponent {...fieldComponentProps} />
+          if (RichTextFieldComponent) {
+            Field = <RichTextFieldComponent {...fieldComponentProps} />
+          }
+
+          if (RichTextCellComponent) {
+            cellComponentProps.CellComponentOverride = RichTextCellComponent
           }
         }
 
         const reducedField: MappedField = {
           name: 'name' in field ? field.name : '',
+          type: field.type,
           Cell: (
             <RenderCustomComponent
               CustomComponent={field.admin?.components?.Cell}
@@ -326,7 +348,6 @@ export const mapFields = (args: {
           readOnly,
           subfields: nestedFieldMap,
           tabs,
-          type: field.type,
         }
 
         if (FieldComponent) {
@@ -344,6 +365,7 @@ export const mapFields = (args: {
   if (!hasID) {
     result.push({
       name: 'id',
+      type: 'text',
       Cell: typeof DefaultCell === 'function' ? <DefaultCell name="id" /> : null,
       Field: <HiddenInput name="id" />,
       Heading: <SortColumn label="ID" name="id" />,
@@ -355,7 +377,6 @@ export const mapFields = (args: {
       readOnly: false,
       subfields: [],
       tabs: [],
-      type: 'text',
     })
   }
 
diff --git a/test/fields/lexical.int.spec.ts b/test/fields/lexical.int.spec.ts
index a9a854cc7..fee8b071b 100644
--- a/test/fields/lexical.int.spec.ts
+++ b/test/fields/lexical.int.spec.ts
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ describe('Lexical', () => {
     })
   })
   describe('converters and migrations', () => {
-    it('hTMLConverter: should output correct HTML for top-level lexical field', async () => {
+    it('htmlConverter: should output correct HTML for top-level lexical field', async () => {
       const lexicalDoc: LexicalMigrateField = (
         await payload.find({
           collection: lexicalMigrateFieldsSlug,
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ describe('Lexical', () => {
       const htmlField: string = lexicalDoc?.lexicalSimple_html
       expect(htmlField).toStrictEqual('<p>simple</p>')
     })
-    it('hTMLConverter: should output correct HTML for lexical field nested in group', async () => {
+    it('htmlConverter: should output correct HTML for lexical field nested in group', async () => {
       const lexicalDoc: LexicalMigrateField = (
         await payload.find({
           collection: lexicalMigrateFieldsSlug,
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ describe('Lexical', () => {
       const htmlField: string = lexicalDoc?.groupWithLexicalField?.lexicalInGroupField_html
       expect(htmlField).toStrictEqual('<p>group</p>')
     })
-    it('hTMLConverter: should output correct HTML for lexical field nested in array', async () => {
+    it('htmlConverter: should output correct HTML for lexical field nested in array', async () => {
       const lexicalDoc: LexicalMigrateField = (
         await payload.find({
           collection: lexicalMigrateFieldsSlug,