diff --git a/.changeset/clamp-selection-on-text-shrink.md b/.changeset/clamp-selection-on-text-shrink.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0d724f495ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/clamp-selection-on-text-shrink.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+'lexical': patch
+---
+
+[fix] Clamp committed selection points when a text node is shrunk
+
+Verify: after `spliceText`/`setTextContent` shortens a selected text node, the committed selection sits at the node's new end and a following `splitText` no longer throws in dev.
diff --git a/packages/lexical/src/LexicalUpdates.ts b/packages/lexical/src/LexicalUpdates.ts
index 053a62a9300..adaab2bc6e0 100644
--- a/packages/lexical/src/LexicalUpdates.ts
+++ b/packages/lexical/src/LexicalUpdates.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 import type {
   LexicalNode,
+  NodeKey,
   ParsableSerializedNode,
   SerializedLexicalNode,
   SerializedPartialNode,
@@ -59,6 +60,7 @@ import {
   $updateDOMSelection,
   applySelectionTransforms,
   type BaseSelection,
+  type RangeSelection,
 } from './LexicalSelection';
 import {$isSlotHost, $setSlot} from './LexicalSlot';
 import {
@@ -1303,6 +1305,28 @@ function $discardPendingUpdate(
   updates.length = kept;
 }
 
+function $clampTextPoints(
+  pendingSelection: RangeSelection,
+  pendingNodeMap: Map<NodeKey, LexicalNode>,
+): void {
+  const anchorNode = pendingNodeMap.get(pendingSelection.anchor.key);
+  const focusNode = pendingNodeMap.get(pendingSelection.focus.key);
+
+  for (const [point, node] of [
+    [pendingSelection.anchor, anchorNode],
+    [pendingSelection.focus, focusNode],
+  ] as const) {
+    if (node !== undefined && point.type === 'text' && $isTextNode(node)) {
+      const size = node.getTextContentSize();
+      if (point.offset > size) {
+        point.set(point.key, size, 'text');
+      } else if (point.offset < 0) {
+        point.set(point.key, 0, 'text');
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+
 function $beginUpdate(
   editor: LexicalEditor,
   updateFn: () => void,
@@ -1370,6 +1394,12 @@ function $beginUpdate(
     const startingCompositionKey = editor._compositionKey;
     updateFn();
     skipTransforms = $processNestedUpdates(editor, skipTransforms);
+    if ($isRangeSelection(pendingEditorState._selection)) {
+      $clampTextPoints(
+        pendingEditorState._selection,
+        pendingEditorState._nodeMap,
+      );
+    }
     applySelectionTransforms(pendingEditorState, editor);
 
     if (editor._dirtyType !== NO_DIRTY_NODES) {
@@ -1407,17 +1437,18 @@ function $beginUpdate(
       const pendingNodeMap = pendingEditorState._nodeMap;
       const anchorKey = pendingSelection.anchor.key;
       const focusKey = pendingSelection.focus.key;
+      const anchorNode = pendingNodeMap.get(anchorKey);
+      const focusNode = pendingNodeMap.get(focusKey);
 
-      if (
-        pendingNodeMap.get(anchorKey) === undefined ||
-        pendingNodeMap.get(focusKey) === undefined
-      ) {
+      if (anchorNode === undefined || focusNode === undefined) {
         invariant(
           false,
           'updateEditor: selection has been lost because the previously selected nodes have been removed and ' +
             "selection wasn't moved to another node. Ensure selection changes after removing/replacing a selected node.",
         );
       }
+
+      $clampTextPoints(pendingSelection, pendingNodeMap);
     } else if ($isNodeSelection(pendingSelection)) {
       // TODO: we should also validate node selection?
       if (pendingSelection._nodes.size === 0) {
diff --git a/packages/lexical/src/__tests__/unit/Issue9767Repro.test.ts b/packages/lexical/src/__tests__/unit/Issue9767Repro.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3122ed1adb2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/lexical/src/__tests__/unit/Issue9767Repro.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,144 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ *
+ */
+
+// @vitest-environment node
+import {buildEditorFromExtensions, defineExtension} from '@lexical/extension';
+import {RichTextExtension} from '@lexical/rich-text';
+import {
+  $createParagraphNode,
+  $createTextNode,
+  $getRoot,
+  $getSelection,
+  $isRangeSelection,
+  $isTextNode,
+  type LexicalEditor,
+  type TextNode,
+} from 'lexical';
+import {describe, expect, test} from 'vitest';
+
+// A programmatic shrink of a text node (spliceText without
+// moveSelection, setTextContent) leaves a RangeSelection point past the end
+// of the node; the update commits it, and a later splitText on that node
+// throws (dev) from $getTextNodeOffset.
+
+const ext = defineExtension({
+  dependencies: [RichTextExtension],
+  name: '[selection-past-end]',
+});
+
+function setup(): LexicalEditor {
+  const editor = buildEditorFromExtensions(ext);
+  editor.update(
+    () => {
+      const a = $createTextNode('ab').toggleFormat('bold');
+      const t = $createTextNode('cde');
+      $getRoot().clear().append($createParagraphNode().append(a, t));
+      const s = t.select(3, 3);
+      s.anchor.set(a.getKey(), 1, 'text');
+    },
+    {discrete: true},
+  );
+  return editor;
+}
+
+const $first = (): TextNode => {
+  const t = $getRoot().getFirstDescendant();
+  if (!$isTextNode(t)) {
+    throw new Error('no text');
+  }
+  return t;
+};
+
+const $text = (): TextNode => {
+  const t = $getRoot().getLastDescendant();
+  if (!$isTextNode(t)) {
+    throw new Error('no text');
+  }
+  return t;
+};
+
+const shrink = {
+  setTextContent: () => $text().setTextContent('a'),
+  spliceText: () => $text().spliceText(1, 2, ''),
+  'spliceText, moveSelection (control)': () =>
+    $text().spliceText(1, 2, '', true),
+} as const;
+
+describe.each(Object.entries(shrink))('%s', (name, $shrink) => {
+  test('the committed selection stays inside the node', () => {
+    const editor = setup();
+    editor.update($shrink, {discrete: true});
+    const out = editor.getEditorState().read(() => {
+      const s = $getSelection();
+      const a = $first();
+      const t = $text();
+      return s && $isRangeSelection(s)
+        ? {
+            anchorKey: s.anchor.key,
+            anchorOffset: s.anchor.offset,
+            firstKey: a.getKey(),
+            focusKey: s.focus.key,
+            focusOffset: s.focus.offset,
+            size: t.getTextContentSize(),
+            textKey: t.getKey(),
+          }
+        : null;
+    });
+    expect(out).not.toBeNull();
+    if (name.includes('moveSelection')) {
+      expect(out!.anchorKey).toBe(out!.textKey);
+    } else {
+      expect(out!.anchorKey).toBe(out!.firstKey);
+    }
+    expect(out!.anchorOffset).toBe(1);
+    expect(out!.focusKey).toBe(out!.textKey);
+    expect(out!.focusOffset).toBe(out!.size);
+  });
+
+  test('a later splitText on the node does not throw', () => {
+    const editor = setup();
+    editor.update($shrink, {discrete: true});
+    let error: unknown = null;
+    editor.update(
+      () => {
+        try {
+          $first().splitText(1);
+        } catch (e) {
+          error = e;
+        }
+      },
+      {discrete: true},
+    );
+    expect(String(error)).toBe('null');
+    void name;
+  });
+});
+
+test('control: an in-bounds selection and the same splitText', () => {
+  const editor = setup();
+  editor.update(
+    () => {
+      const s = $text().select(1, 1);
+      s.anchor.set($first().getKey(), 1, 'text');
+    },
+    {discrete: true},
+  );
+  editor.update(() => $text().spliceText(1, 2, ''), {discrete: true});
+  let error: unknown = null;
+  editor.update(
+    () => {
+      try {
+        $first().splitText(1);
+      } catch (e) {
+        error = e;
+      }
+    },
+    {discrete: true},
+  );
+  expect(String(error)).toBe('null');
+});