diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/components/modal/spreadsheet-editor.gjs b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/components/modal/spreadsheet-editor.gjs
index e746dac3dfc..086a1ea92ea 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/components/modal/spreadsheet-editor.gjs
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/components/modal/spreadsheet-editor.gjs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import DModalCancel from "discourse/components/d-modal-cancel";
 import TextField from "discourse/components/text-field";
 import { ajax } from "discourse/lib/ajax";
 import { popupAjaxError } from "discourse/lib/ajax-error";
+import KeyboardShortcuts from "discourse/lib/keyboard-shortcuts";
 import {
   arrayToTable,
   findTableRegex,
@@ -30,6 +31,12 @@ export default class SpreadsheetEditor extends Component {
   constructor() {
     super(...arguments);
     this.loadJspreadsheet();
+    KeyboardShortcuts.pause();
+  }
+
+  willDestroy() {
+    super.willDestroy(...arguments);
+    KeyboardShortcuts.unpause();
   }
 
   get modalAttributes() {
diff --git a/spec/system/table_builder_spec.rb b/spec/system/table_builder_spec.rb
index 43a68974ebb..8eb2f15133d 100644
--- a/spec/system/table_builder_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/system/table_builder_spec.rb
@@ -142,5 +142,17 @@ describe "Table Builder", type: :system do
         expect(page).to have_css(".dialog-container .dialog-content")
       end
     end
+
+    it "should not accept default Discourse keyboard shortcuts" do
+      # Some default keyboard shortcuts like Shift + S bring up a modal overriding
+      # the table builder modal and therefore should not be accepted
+
+      topic_page.visit_topic(topic)
+      topic_page.find(".btn-edit-table", visible: :all).click
+      insert_table_modal.find_cell(0, 0)
+      insert_table_modal.send_keys(:shift, "s")
+      expect(page).to have_css(".insert-table-modal")
+      expect(page).to have_no_css(".share-topic-modal")
+    end
   end
 end