diff --git a/src/experiments/content-resizing/components/ContentResizingToolbar.tsx b/src/experiments/content-resizing/components/ContentResizingToolbar.tsx
index c75929292..bd86cd0e6 100644
--- a/src/experiments/content-resizing/components/ContentResizingToolbar.tsx
+++ b/src/experiments/content-resizing/components/ContentResizingToolbar.tsx
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ import { store as editorStore } from '@wordpress/editor';
  * Internal dependencies
  */
 import { runAbility } from '../../../utils/run-ability';
-import { getBlockText } from '../../../utils/blocks';
+import { getBlockHTML } from '../../../utils/blocks';
 import type { ContentResizingAction, ContentResizingData } from '../types';
 import { ICON_SHORTEN, ICON_EXPAND, ICON_REPHRASE } from '../icons';
 import { ensureProvider } from '../../../utils/provider-status';
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ export default function ContentResizingToolbar( {
 			/* eslint-disable dot-notation */
 			const block = select( blockEditorStore )[ 'getBlock' ]( clientId );
 			return {
-				blockContent: block ? getBlockText( block ) : '',
+				blockContent: block ? getBlockHTML( block ) : '',
 				isResized:
 					( block?.attributes[ 'aiResized' ] as boolean ) ?? false,
 				postId: select( editorStore )[ 'getCurrentPostId' ]() as number,