diff --git a/modules/json_form_widget/src/ValueHandler.php b/modules/json_form_widget/src/ValueHandler.php
index 419f8b3525..0d5aa2d65e 100644
--- a/modules/json_form_widget/src/ValueHandler.php
+++ b/modules/json_form_widget/src/ValueHandler.php
@@ -51,6 +51,10 @@ public function handleStringValues($formValues, $property) {
     if (isset($formValues[$property]['select'])) {
       return $formValues[$property][0] ?? NULL;
     }
+    // Handle text_format
+    if (isset($formValues[$property]['value'])) {
+      return $formValues[$property]['value'];
+    }
     return !empty($formValues[$property]) && is_string($formValues[$property]) ? $this->cleanSelectId($formValues[$property]) : FALSE;
   }
 
diff --git a/modules/json_form_widget/src/WidgetRouter.php b/modules/json_form_widget/src/WidgetRouter.php
index 0193018400..ac8391d7e7 100644
--- a/modules/json_form_widget/src/WidgetRouter.php
+++ b/modules/json_form_widget/src/WidgetRouter.php
@@ -307,6 +307,13 @@ public function handleUploadOrLinkElement($spec, array $element) {
    */
   public function handleTextareaElement($spec, array $element) {
     $element['#type'] = 'textarea';
+    if ($spec->text_format) {
+      $element['#type'] = 'text_format';
+      $element['#format'] = $spec->text_format;
+      $element['#allowed_formats'] = [
+        $spec->text_format
+      ];
+    }
     if (isset($spec->rows)) {
       $element['#rows'] = $spec->rows;
     }