diff --git a/.yarn/versions/d7f962a1.yml b/.yarn/versions/d7f962a1.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a599f5a4..3d903e4c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@nytimes/react-prosemirror",
-  "version": "2.0.0",
+  "version": "2.0.1",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "type": "module",
   "main": "dist/cjs/index.js",
diff --git a/src/nodeViews/__tests__/createReactNodeViewConstructor.test.ts b/src/nodeViews/__tests__/createReactNodeViewConstructor.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8490eec8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/nodeViews/__tests__/createReactNodeViewConstructor.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+import { Schema } from "prosemirror-model";
+import { EditorState } from "prosemirror-state";
+import type { EditorView } from "prosemirror-view";
+
+import { ROOT_NODE_KEY, react } from "../../plugins/react.js";
+import { findNodeKeyUp } from "../createReactNodeViewConstructor.js";
+
+const schema = new Schema({
+  nodes: {
+    doc: { content: "block+" },
+    paragraph: { group: "block", content: "inline*" },
+    text: { group: "inline" },
+  },
+});
+
+function createState(): EditorState {
+  return EditorState.create({
+    doc: schema.nodes.doc.create(null, [schema.nodes.paragraph.create()]),
+    plugins: [react()],
+  });
+}
+
+/**
+ * findNodeKeyUp only reads editorView.state and editorView.props.nodeViews,
+ * so a minimal stub suffices and avoids needing toDOM specs for the schema.
+ */
+function stubView(state: EditorState): EditorView {
+  return { state, props: { nodeViews: {} } } as unknown as EditorView;
+}
+
+describe("findNodeKeyUp", () => {
+  it("should return ROOT_NODE_KEY for a negative position", () => {
+    const view = stubView(createState());
+
+    expect(findNodeKeyUp(view, -1)).toBe(ROOT_NODE_KEY);
+  });
+
+  it("should return ROOT_NODE_KEY for a valid position with no ancestor node views", () => {
+    const view = stubView(createState());
+
+    expect(findNodeKeyUp(view, 0)).toBe(ROOT_NODE_KEY);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/nodeViews/createReactNodeViewConstructor.tsx b/src/nodeViews/createReactNodeViewConstructor.tsx
index b9300e7f..f3127f8a 100644
--- a/src/nodeViews/createReactNodeViewConstructor.tsx
+++ b/src/nodeViews/createReactNodeViewConstructor.tsx
@@ -94,6 +94,10 @@ export function findNodeKeyUp(editorView: EditorView, pos: number): NodeKey {
   const pluginState = reactPluginKey.getState(editorView.state);
   if (!pluginState) return ROOT_NODE_KEY;
 
+  // -1 is the standard sentinel for nodes that are no longer part of the document
+  // since the node has no valid position, there are no ancestors to find
+  if (pos === -1) return ROOT_NODE_KEY;
+
   const $pos = editorView.state.doc.resolve(pos);
 
   for (let d = $pos.depth; d > 0; d--) {