diff --git a/src/fields/Matrix.php b/src/fields/Matrix.php
index 06eaf7dd..0e38fd7c 100644
--- a/src/fields/Matrix.php
+++ b/src/fields/Matrix.php
@@ -139,8 +139,9 @@ public function parseField(): mixed
         // sub-field data that could be arrays or single values. Let's build our Matrix-ready data
         foreach ($fieldData as $blockSubFieldHandle => $value) {
             $handles = explode('.', $blockSubFieldHandle);
-            $blockIndex = 'new' . ($handles[0] + 1);
             $blockHandle = $handles[1];
+            // Inclusion of block handle here prevents blocks of different types from being merged together
+            $blockIndex = 'new' . $blockHandle . ($handles[0] + 1);
             $subFieldHandle = $handles[2];
 
             $disabled = Hash::get($this->fieldInfo, 'blocks.' . $blockHandle . '.disabled', false);
@@ -155,7 +156,16 @@ public function parseField(): mixed
             // $order++;
         }
 
-        return Hash::expand($preppedData);
+        $expanded = Hash::expand($preppedData);
+
+        // Although it seems to work with block handles in keys, it's better to keep things clean
+        $index = 1;
+        $resultBlocks = [];
+        foreach ($expanded as $blockData) {
+            $resultBlocks['new' . $index++] = $blockData;
+        }
+
+        return $resultBlocks;
     }