diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/lib/__tests__/editor/sqlCompletionInsertion.spec.ts b/apps/desktop/src/lib/__tests__/editor/sqlCompletionInsertion.spec.ts
index 0ff0a751a8..36f30f02e8 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/lib/__tests__/editor/sqlCompletionInsertion.spec.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/lib/__tests__/editor/sqlCompletionInsertion.spec.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,13 @@ describe("SQL completion insertion", () => {
     expect(appendSqlCompletionSpace("orders", { enabled: true, itemType: "table", nextCharacter: "," })).toBe("orders");
   });
 
+  it("keeps the space when a statement terminator follows the cursor", () => {
+    // Completing `BETWEEN` before an existing `;` must not glue the two together,
+    // otherwise the user cannot keep typing the operand without fixing the text.
+    expect(appendSqlCompletionSpace("BETWEEN", { enabled: true, itemType: "keyword", nextCharacter: ";" })).toBe("BETWEEN ");
+    expect(appendSqlCompletionSpace("SALARY", { enabled: true, itemType: "column", nextCharacter: ";" })).toBe("SALARY ");
+  });
+
   it("honors the setting and leaves snippet-like completions unchanged", () => {
     expect(appendSqlCompletionSpace("SELECT", { enabled: false, itemType: "keyword" })).toBe("SELECT");
     expect(appendSqlCompletionSpace("CASE ${value}", { enabled: true, itemType: "snippet" })).toBe("CASE ${value}");
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/lib/editor/sqlCompletionInsertion.ts b/apps/desktop/src/lib/editor/sqlCompletionInsertion.ts
index a5bd2d0114..79acd48d9c 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/lib/editor/sqlCompletionInsertion.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/lib/editor/sqlCompletionInsertion.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 export type SqlCompletionItemType = "keyword" | "table" | "column" | "snippet" | "function" | "schema" | "variable" | "property" | "text";
 
-const COMPLETION_SPACE_BLOCKING_CHARACTERS = new Set([",", ";", ":", ")", "]", "}", "'", '"']);
+// `;` is deliberately absent: a statement terminator is never glued to the token
+// in front of it, and accepting `BETWEEN` before an existing `;` used to insert
+// `BETWEEN;`, leaving the user no way to keep typing the operand.
+const COMPLETION_SPACE_BLOCKING_CHARACTERS = new Set([",", ":", ")", "]", "}", "'", '"']);
 
 export function appendSqlCompletionSpace(insertText: string, options: { enabled: boolean; itemType: SqlCompletionItemType; nextCharacter?: string }): string {
   if (!options.enabled || options.itemType === "property" || options.itemType === "text" || options.itemType === "schema" || options.itemType === "variable" || options.itemType === "snippet" || options.itemType === "function") return insertText;
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