diff --git a/poi-ooxml/src/test/java/org/apache/poi/xwpf/TestXWPFBugs.java b/poi-ooxml/src/test/java/org/apache/poi/xwpf/TestXWPFBugs.java
index f6339332e1..3ba2371d19 100644
--- a/poi-ooxml/src/test/java/org/apache/poi/xwpf/TestXWPFBugs.java
+++ b/poi-ooxml/src/test/java/org/apache/poi/xwpf/TestXWPFBugs.java
@@ -151,4 +151,11 @@ class TestXWPFBugs {
             zf.close();
         }
     }
+
+    @Test
+    void bug65649() throws IOException {
+        try (XWPFDocument document = new XWPFDocument(samples.openResourceAsStream("bug65649.docx"))) {
+            assertEquals(731, document.getParagraphs().size());
+        }
+    }
 }
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diff --git a/test-data/document/bug65649.docx b/test-data/document/bug65649.docx
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