diff --git a/apps/server/src/ee b/apps/server/src/ee
index 05529bcf9..c7b77ffb9 160000
--- a/apps/server/src/ee
+++ b/apps/server/src/ee
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 05529bcf97919d84f17442a9faf1a93904a5a85a
+Subproject commit c7b77ffb9ed6a7bf462a4683de4f84355122e00b
diff --git a/packages/editor-ext/src/lib/prosemirror-docx/schema.ts b/packages/editor-ext/src/lib/prosemirror-docx/schema.ts
index 0f7550d32..df89cf1d7 100644
--- a/packages/editor-ext/src/lib/prosemirror-docx/schema.ts
+++ b/packages/editor-ext/src/lib/prosemirror-docx/schema.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { HeadingLevel, ShadingType } from 'docx';
+import { FootnoteReferenceRun, HeadingLevel, Paragraph, ShadingType } from 'docx';
 import { Node } from 'prosemirror-model';
 import {
   DocxSerializerAsync,
@@ -169,15 +169,26 @@ export const defaultAsyncNodes: NodeSerializerAsync = {
     state.closeBlock(node, { pageBreakBefore: true });
   },
   footnoteReference(state, node) {
-    state.addRunOptions({ superScript: true });
-    state.text(`[${node.attrs?.referenceNumber ?? ''}]`);
+    const number =
+      Number(node.attrs?.referenceNumber) || state.$footnoteCounter + 1;
+    state.$footnoteCounter = Math.max(state.$footnoteCounter, number);
+    // seed an empty body so the reference stays valid even if the trailing
+    // footnotes list is missing; the footnotes node overwrites it with content
+    if (!state.footnotes[number]) {
+      state.footnotes[number] = { children: [new Paragraph('')] };
+    }
+    state.current.push(new FootnoteReferenceRun(number));
   },
   async footnotes(state, node) {
-    await state.renderList(node, 'numbered');
-  },
-  async footnote(state, node) {
-    await state.renderListItem(node);
+    for (let i = 0; i < node.childCount; i += 1) {
+      const item = node.child(i);
+      const number =
+        Number(String(item.attrs?.id ?? '').replace('fn:', '')) || i + 1;
+      await state.footnoteDefinition(item, number);
+    }
   },
+  // items are consumed by the footnotes handler above
+  footnote() {},
   // No usable static export representation: skip without failing.
   subpages() {},
   transclusionReference() {},
diff --git a/packages/editor-ext/src/lib/prosemirror-docx/serializer.ts b/packages/editor-ext/src/lib/prosemirror-docx/serializer.ts
index fa62a8cf6..b349ece3e 100644
--- a/packages/editor-ext/src/lib/prosemirror-docx/serializer.ts
+++ b/packages/editor-ext/src/lib/prosemirror-docx/serializer.ts
@@ -824,6 +824,29 @@ export class DocxSerializerStateAsync {
     this.current.push(new FootnoteReferenceRun(this.$footnoteCounter));
   }
 
+  // Fills the footnote body for an already-referenced footnote number from a
+  // node holding block content (Docmost keeps footnote text in a trailing
+  // list, separate from the inline reference).
+  async footnoteDefinition(node: Node, number: number) {
+    const { current, children, nextRunOpts, nextParentParagraphOpts } = this;
+    this.current = [];
+    this.children = [];
+    delete this.nextRunOpts;
+    delete this.nextParentParagraphOpts;
+
+    await this.renderContent(node);
+    this.footnotes[number] = {
+      children: this.children.filter(
+        (child): child is Paragraph => child instanceof Paragraph,
+      ),
+    };
+
+    this.current = current;
+    this.children = children;
+    this.nextRunOpts = nextRunOpts;
+    this.nextParentParagraphOpts = nextParentParagraphOpts;
+  }
+
   closeBlock(node: Node, props?: IParagraphOptions) {
     const paragraph = new Paragraph({
       children: this.current,