diff --git a/packages/editor/src/markdown/markdown-kit.test.ts b/packages/editor/src/markdown/markdown-kit.test.ts
index 83f48824..7ea7d394 100644
--- a/packages/editor/src/markdown/markdown-kit.test.ts
+++ b/packages/editor/src/markdown/markdown-kit.test.ts
@@ -481,6 +481,28 @@ describe("markdown-kit deserialization", () => {
 		expect(imageNode?.height).toBeUndefined()
 	})
 
+	it("deserializes uppercase image embeds into image nodes", async () => {
+		const editor = createMarkdownEditor()
+		const value = deserializeMd(editor, "![[assets/PIC.PNG]]")
+		const imageNode = findNodeByType(value as any[], KEYS.img)
+
+		expect(imageNode).toMatchObject({
+			url: "assets/PIC.PNG",
+			embedTarget: "assets/PIC.PNG",
+		})
+	})
+
+	it("deserializes heic image embeds into image nodes", async () => {
+		const editor = createMarkdownEditor()
+		const value = deserializeMd(editor, "![[assets/photo.heic]]")
+		const imageNode = findNodeByType(value as any[], KEYS.img)
+
+		expect(imageNode).toMatchObject({
+			url: "assets/photo.heic",
+			embedTarget: "assets/photo.heic",
+		})
+	})
+
 	it("round-trips width-only image embeds", async () => {
 		const editor = createMarkdownEditor()
 		const initialValue = [
diff --git a/packages/editor/src/markdown/markdown-kit.ts b/packages/editor/src/markdown/markdown-kit.ts
index dd9a40a0..ea335648 100644
--- a/packages/editor/src/markdown/markdown-kit.ts
+++ b/packages/editor/src/markdown/markdown-kit.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import {
 } from "@platejs/markdown"
 import remarkCallout from "@r4ai/remark-callout"
 import { phrasing } from "mdast-util-phrasing"
+import { extname } from "pathe"
 import {
 	type Descendant,
 	getPluginType,
@@ -41,6 +42,22 @@ import {
 
 const EQUATION_ENVIRONMENT_REGEX =
 	/^\\begin\{([^}]+)\}[\r\n]+([\s\S]*?)[\r\n]+\\end\{\1\}\s*$/
+const IMAGE_EMBED_EXTENSIONS = new Set([
+	".apng",
+	".avif",
+	".bmp",
+	".gif",
+	".heic",
+	".heif",
+	".ico",
+	".jpeg",
+	".jpg",
+	".png",
+	".svg",
+	".tif",
+	".tiff",
+	".webp",
+])
 
 type MdastRoot = {
 	type: "root"
@@ -120,6 +137,24 @@ function safelyDecodeUri(url: string): string {
 	}
 }
 
+function isImageEmbedSource(value: unknown): boolean {
+	if (typeof value !== "string") {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	const decoded = safelyDecodeUri(value.trim())
+	if (!decoded) {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	const pathPart = decoded.split("#", 1)[0]?.split("?", 1)[0] ?? ""
+	if (!pathPart) {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	return IMAGE_EMBED_EXTENSIONS.has(extname(pathPart).toLowerCase())
+}
+
 function normalizeWikiTarget(url: string): string {
 	let value = safelyDecodeUri(url.trim())
 
@@ -426,8 +461,12 @@ export const createMarkdownKit = ({
 							const hProperties = mdastNode.data?.hProperties ?? {}
 							const url = hProperties.src || mdastNode.data?.path || target
 							const { width, height } = getEmbedDimensions(mdastNode)
+							const shouldDeserializeAsImage =
+								hName === "img" ||
+								isImageEmbedSource(target) ||
+								isImageEmbedSource(url)
 
-							if (hName === "img") {
+							if (shouldDeserializeAsImage) {
 								const altText =
 									typeof hProperties.alt === "string" ? hProperties.alt : ""