diff --git a/packages/payload/src/fields/hooks/afterChange/promise.ts b/packages/payload/src/fields/hooks/afterChange/promise.ts
index dd67284b87a..e38d17dc57e 100644
--- a/packages/payload/src/fields/hooks/afterChange/promise.ts
+++ b/packages/payload/src/fields/hooks/afterChange/promise.ts
@@ -72,6 +72,10 @@ export const promise = async ({
   const indexPathSegments = indexPath ? indexPath.split('-').filter(Boolean)?.map(Number) : []
   const getNestedValue = (data: JsonObject, path: string[]) =>
     path.reduce((acc, key) => (acc && acc[key] !== undefined ? acc[key] : undefined), data)
+  const previousValData =
+    previousSiblingDoc && Object.keys(previousSiblingDoc).length > 0
+      ? previousSiblingDoc
+      : previousDoc
 
   if (fieldAffectsData(field)) {
     // Execute hooks
@@ -90,7 +94,8 @@ export const promise = async ({
           path: pathSegments,
           previousDoc,
           previousSiblingDoc,
-          previousValue: getNestedValue(previousDoc, pathSegments) ?? previousDoc?.[field.name],
+          previousValue:
+            getNestedValue(previousValData, pathSegments) ?? previousValData?.[field.name],
           req,
           schemaPath: schemaPathSegments,
           siblingData,
@@ -172,7 +177,7 @@ export const promise = async ({
                 parentPath: path + '.' + rowIndex,
                 parentSchemaPath: schemaPath + '.' + block.slug,
                 previousDoc,
-                previousSiblingDoc: previousDoc?.[field.name]?.[rowIndex] || ({} as JsonObject),
+                previousSiblingDoc: previousValData?.[field.name]?.[rowIndex] || ({} as JsonObject),
                 req,
                 siblingData: siblingData?.[field.name]?.[rowIndex] || {},
                 siblingDoc: row ? { ...row } : {},
diff --git a/test/hooks/collections/NestedAfterChangeHook/index.ts b/test/hooks/collections/NestedAfterChangeHook/index.ts
index b61e8f7b11b..b06d27e9867 100644
--- a/test/hooks/collections/NestedAfterChangeHook/index.ts
+++ b/test/hooks/collections/NestedAfterChangeHook/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 import type { CollectionConfig } from 'payload'
+
+import { BlocksFeature, lexicalEditor, LinkFeature } from '@payloadcms/richtext-lexical'
 export const nestedAfterChangeHooksSlug = 'nested-after-change-hooks'
 
 const NestedAfterChangeHooks: CollectionConfig = {
@@ -22,7 +24,6 @@ const NestedAfterChangeHooks: CollectionConfig = {
               hooks: {
                 afterChange: [
                   ({ previousValue, operation }) => {
-                    console.log(previousValue)
                     if (operation === 'update' && typeof previousValue === 'undefined') {
                       throw new Error('previousValue is missing in nested beforeChange hook')
                     }
@@ -34,6 +35,68 @@ const NestedAfterChangeHooks: CollectionConfig = {
         },
       ],
     },
+    {
+      name: 'lexical',
+      type: 'richText',
+      editor: lexicalEditor({
+        features: ({ defaultFeatures }) => [
+          ...defaultFeatures,
+          BlocksFeature({
+            blocks: [
+              {
+                slug: 'nestedBlock',
+                fields: [
+                  {
+                    type: 'text',
+                    name: 'nestedAfterChange',
+                    hooks: {
+                      afterChange: [
+                        ({ previousValue, operation }) => {
+                          if (operation === 'update' && typeof previousValue === 'undefined') {
+                            throw new Error('previousValue is missing in nested beforeChange hook')
+                          }
+                        },
+                      ],
+                    },
+                  },
+                ],
+              },
+            ],
+          }),
+          LinkFeature({
+            fields: [
+              {
+                type: 'blocks',
+                name: 'linkBlocks',
+                blocks: [
+                  {
+                    slug: 'nestedLinkBlock',
+                    fields: [
+                      {
+                        name: 'nestedRelationship',
+                        type: 'relationship',
+                        relationTo: 'relations',
+                        hooks: {
+                          afterChange: [
+                            ({ previousValue, operation }) => {
+                              if (operation === 'update' && typeof previousValue === 'undefined') {
+                                throw new Error(
+                                  'previousValue is missing in nested beforeChange hook',
+                                )
+                              }
+                            },
+                          ],
+                        },
+                      },
+                    ],
+                  },
+                ],
+              },
+            ],
+          }),
+        ],
+      }),
+    },
   ],
 }
 
diff --git a/test/hooks/int.spec.ts b/test/hooks/int.spec.ts
index 43743465d90..122bfc8bbc9 100644
--- a/test/hooks/int.spec.ts
+++ b/test/hooks/int.spec.ts
@@ -368,6 +368,111 @@ describe('Hooks', () => {
 
       expect(updatedDoc).toBeDefined()
     })
+
+    it('should populate previousValue in Lexical nested afterChange hooks', async () => {
+      const relationID = await payload.create({
+        collection: 'relations',
+        data: {
+          title: 'Relation for nested afterChange',
+        },
+      })
+
+      // this collection will throw an error if previousValue is not defined in nested afterChange hook
+      const nestedAfterChangeDoc = await payload.create({
+        collection: nestedAfterChangeHooksSlug,
+        data: {
+          text: 'initial',
+          group: {
+            array: [
+              {
+                nestedAfterChange: 'initial',
+              },
+            ],
+          },
+          lexical: {
+            root: {
+              children: [
+                {
+                  children: [
+                    {
+                      children: [
+                        {
+                          detail: 0,
+                          format: 0,
+                          mode: 'normal',
+                          style: '',
+                          text: 'link',
+                          type: 'text',
+                          version: 1,
+                        },
+                      ],
+                      direction: null,
+                      format: '',
+                      indent: 0,
+                      type: 'link',
+                      version: 3,
+                      fields: {
+                        linkBlocks: [
+                          {
+                            id: '693ade72068ea07ba13edcab',
+                            blockType: 'nestedLinkBlock',
+                            nestedRelationship: relationID.id,
+                          },
+                        ],
+                      },
+                      id: '693ade70068ea07ba13edca9',
+                    },
+                  ],
+                  direction: null,
+                  format: '',
+                  indent: 0,
+                  type: 'paragraph',
+                  version: 1,
+                  textFormat: 0,
+                  textStyle: '',
+                },
+                {
+                  type: 'block',
+                  version: 2,
+                  format: '',
+                  fields: {
+                    id: '693adf3c068ea07ba13edcae',
+                    blockName: '',
+                    nestedAfterChange: 'test',
+                    blockType: 'nestedBlock',
+                  },
+                },
+                {
+                  children: [],
+                  direction: null,
+                  format: '',
+                  indent: 0,
+                  type: 'paragraph',
+                  version: 1,
+                  textFormat: 0,
+                  textStyle: '',
+                },
+              ],
+              direction: null,
+              format: '',
+              indent: 0,
+              type: 'root',
+              version: 1,
+            },
+          },
+        },
+      })
+
+      await expect(
+        payload.update({
+          collection: 'nested-after-change-hooks',
+          id: nestedAfterChangeDoc.id,
+          data: {
+            text: 'updated',
+          },
+        }),
+      ).resolves.not.toThrow()
+    })
   })
 
   describe('auth collection hooks', () => {
diff --git a/test/hooks/payload-types.ts b/test/hooks/payload-types.ts
index ffe8b949d14..92f2eb15d7d 100644
--- a/test/hooks/payload-types.ts
+++ b/test/hooks/payload-types.ts
@@ -288,6 +288,21 @@ export interface NestedAfterChangeHook {
         }[]
       | null;
   };
+  lexical?: {
+    root: {
+      type: string;
+      children: {
+        type: any;
+        version: number;
+        [k: string]: unknown;
+      }[];
+      direction: ('ltr' | 'rtl') | null;
+      format: 'left' | 'start' | 'center' | 'right' | 'end' | 'justify' | '';
+      indent: number;
+      version: number;
+    };
+    [k: string]: unknown;
+  } | null;
   updatedAt: string;
   createdAt: string;
 }
@@ -943,6 +958,7 @@ export interface NestedAfterChangeHooksSelect<T extends boolean = true> {
               id?: T;
             };
       };
+  lexical?: T;
   updatedAt?: T;
   createdAt?: T;
 }