diff --git a/cjs/interface/element.js b/cjs/interface/element.js
index 34cb95ba..5d513d6a 100644
--- a/cjs/interface/element.js
+++ b/cjs/interface/element.js
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ const {
 } = require('../shared/symbols.js');
 
 const {
+  htmlToFragment,
   ignoreCase,
   knownAdjacent,
   localCase,
@@ -382,9 +383,7 @@ class Element extends ParentNode {
   }
 
   insertAdjacentHTML(position, html) {
-    const template = this.ownerDocument.createElement('template');
-    template.innerHTML = html;
-    this.insertAdjacentElement(position, template.content);
+    this.insertAdjacentElement(position, htmlToFragment(this.ownerDocument, html));
   }
 
   insertAdjacentText(position, text) {
diff --git a/cjs/interface/range.js b/cjs/interface/range.js
index 3c3e3895..7f185120 100644
--- a/cjs/interface/range.js
+++ b/cjs/interface/range.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ const {END, NEXT, PREV, START} = require('../shared/symbols.js');
 
 const {SVGElement} = require('../svg/element.js');
 
-const {getEnd, setAdjacent} = require('../shared/utils.js');
+const {getEnd, htmlToFragment, setAdjacent} = require('../shared/utils.js');
 
 const deleteContents = ({[START]: start, [END]: end}, fragment = null) => {
   setAdjacent(start[PREV], end[NEXT]);
@@ -102,9 +102,7 @@ class Range {
     const { commonAncestorContainer: doc } = this;
     const isSVG = 'ownerSVGElement' in doc;
     const document = isSVG ? doc.ownerDocument : doc;
-    const template = document.createElement('template');
-    template.innerHTML = html;
-    let {content} = template;
+    let content = htmlToFragment(document, html);
     if (isSVG) {
       const childNodes = [...content.childNodes];
       content = document.createDocumentFragment();
diff --git a/cjs/shared/utils.js b/cjs/shared/utils.js
index 339b3b9a..1dfb969e 100644
--- a/cjs/shared/utils.js
+++ b/cjs/shared/utils.js
@@ -47,3 +47,28 @@ const setAdjacent = (prev, next) => {
     next[PREV] = prev;
 };
 exports.setAdjacent = setAdjacent;
+
+/**
+ * @param {import("../interface/document.js").Document} ownerDocument
+ * @param {string} html
+ * @return {import("../interface/document-fragment.js").DocumentFragment}
+ */
+const htmlToFragment = (ownerDocument, html) => {
+  const fragment = ownerDocument.createDocumentFragment();
+
+  const elem = ownerDocument.createElement('');
+  elem.innerHTML = html;
+  const { firstChild, lastChild } = elem;
+
+  if (firstChild) {
+    knownSegment(fragment, firstChild, lastChild, fragment[END]);
+
+    let child = firstChild;
+    do {
+      child.parentNode = fragment;
+    } while (child !== lastChild && (child = getEnd(child)[NEXT]));
+  }
+
+  return fragment;
+};
+exports.htmlToFragment = htmlToFragment;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/esm/interface/element.js b/esm/interface/element.js
index e7f927e1..c98f5f7d 100644
--- a/esm/interface/element.js
+++ b/esm/interface/element.js
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import {
 } from '../shared/symbols.js';
 
 import {
+  htmlToFragment,
   ignoreCase,
   knownAdjacent,
   localCase,
@@ -384,9 +385,7 @@ export class Element extends ParentNode {
   }
 
   insertAdjacentHTML(position, html) {
-    const template = this.ownerDocument.createElement('template');
-    template.innerHTML = html;
-    this.insertAdjacentElement(position, template.content);
+    this.insertAdjacentElement(position, htmlToFragment(this.ownerDocument, html));
   }
 
   insertAdjacentText(position, text) {
diff --git a/esm/interface/range.js b/esm/interface/range.js
index 45defd5e..1967ef4e 100644
--- a/esm/interface/range.js
+++ b/esm/interface/range.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import {END, NEXT, PREV, START} from '../shared/symbols.js';
 
 import {SVGElement} from '../svg/element.js';
 
-import {getEnd, setAdjacent} from '../shared/utils.js';
+import {getEnd, htmlToFragment, setAdjacent} from '../shared/utils.js';
 
 const deleteContents = ({[START]: start, [END]: end}, fragment = null) => {
   setAdjacent(start[PREV], end[NEXT]);
@@ -101,9 +101,7 @@ export class Range {
     const { commonAncestorContainer: doc } = this;
     const isSVG = 'ownerSVGElement' in doc;
     const document = isSVG ? doc.ownerDocument : doc;
-    const template = document.createElement('template');
-    template.innerHTML = html;
-    let {content} = template;
+    let content = htmlToFragment(document, html);
     if (isSVG) {
       const childNodes = [...content.childNodes];
       content = document.createDocumentFragment();
diff --git a/esm/shared/utils.js b/esm/shared/utils.js
index 9074afca..50946b2e 100644
--- a/esm/shared/utils.js
+++ b/esm/shared/utils.js
@@ -38,3 +38,27 @@ export const setAdjacent = (prev, next) => {
   if (next)
     next[PREV] = prev;
 };
+
+/**
+ * @param {import("../interface/document.js").Document} ownerDocument
+ * @param {string} html
+ * @return {import("../interface/document-fragment.js").DocumentFragment}
+ */
+export const htmlToFragment = (ownerDocument, html) => {
+  const fragment = ownerDocument.createDocumentFragment();
+
+  const elem = ownerDocument.createElement('');
+  elem.innerHTML = html;
+  const { firstChild, lastChild } = elem;
+
+  if (firstChild) {
+    knownSegment(fragment, firstChild, lastChild, fragment[END]);
+
+    let child = firstChild;
+    do {
+      child.parentNode = fragment;
+    } while (child !== lastChild && (child = getEnd(child)[NEXT]));
+  }
+
+  return fragment;
+};
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/html/element.js b/test/html/element.js
index 84198acb..3c3fedd8 100644
--- a/test/html/element.js
+++ b/test/html/element.js
@@ -113,22 +113,6 @@ node.nonce = 'abc';
 assert(node.nonce, 'abc', 'yes nonce');
 
 node = document.createElement('div');
-node.innerHTML = '<p>!</p>';
-assert(node.innerHTML, '<p>!</p>', 'innerHTML');
-node.insertAdjacentHTML('beforebegin', 'beforebegin');
-node.insertAdjacentHTML('afterend', 'afterend');
-assert(node.toString(), '<div><p>!</p></div>', 'no element, no before/after');
-node.firstElementChild.insertAdjacentHTML('beforebegin', 'beforebegin');
-assert(node.toString(), '<div>beforebegin<p>!</p></div>', 'beforebegin works');
-node.firstElementChild.insertAdjacentHTML('afterbegin', 'afterbegin');
-assert(node.toString(), '<div>beforebegin<p>afterbegin!</p></div>', 'afterbegin works');
-node.firstElementChild.insertAdjacentHTML('beforeend', 'beforeend');
-assert(node.toString(), '<div>beforebegin<p>afterbegin!beforeend</p></div>', 'beforeend works');
-node.firstElementChild.insertAdjacentHTML('afterend', 'afterend');
-assert(node.toString(), '<div>beforebegin<p>afterbegin!beforeend</p>afterend</div>', 'afterend works');
-
-node.firstElementChild.insertAdjacentText('afterend', '<OK>');
-assert(node.toString(), '<div>beforebegin<p>afterbegin!beforeend</p>&lt;OK&gt;afterend</div>', 'insertAdjacentText works');
 
 node.setAttribute('a', '1');
 assert(node.attributes[0].name, 'a')
diff --git a/test/interface/element.js b/test/interface/element.js
index 7844f9b7..bff3f829 100644
--- a/test/interface/element.js
+++ b/test/interface/element.js
@@ -31,6 +31,27 @@ assert(htmlDoc.firstChild.getAttribute('content-desc'), '');
 assert(htmlDoc.firstChild.outerHTML, '<span content-desc=""></span>');
 assert(htmlDoc.innerHTML, '<span content-desc=""></span>');
 
+const htmlNode = htmlDoc.ownerDocument.createElement('div');
+htmlNode.innerHTML = '<p>!</p>';
+assert(htmlNode.innerHTML, '<p>!</p>', 'innerHTML');
+htmlNode.insertAdjacentHTML('beforebegin', 'beforebegin');
+htmlNode.insertAdjacentHTML('afterend', 'afterend');
+assert(htmlNode.toString(), '<div><p>!</p></div>', 'no element, no before/after');
+htmlNode.firstElementChild.insertAdjacentHTML('beforebegin', 'beforebegin');
+assert(htmlNode.toString(), '<div>beforebegin<p>!</p></div>', 'beforebegin works');
+htmlNode.firstElementChild.insertAdjacentHTML('afterbegin', 'afterbegin');
+assert(htmlNode.toString(), '<div>beforebegin<p>afterbegin!</p></div>', 'afterbegin works');
+htmlNode.firstElementChild.insertAdjacentHTML('beforeend', 'beforeend');
+assert(htmlNode.toString(), '<div>beforebegin<p>afterbegin!beforeend</p></div>', 'beforeend works');
+htmlNode.firstElementChild.insertAdjacentHTML('afterend', 'afterend');
+assert(htmlNode.toString(), '<div>beforebegin<p>afterbegin!beforeend</p>afterend</div>', 'afterend works');
+
+htmlNode.firstElementChild.insertAdjacentHTML('beforeend', '<i>1</i><i>2</i>');
+assert(htmlNode.toString(), '<div>beforebegin<p>afterbegin!beforeend<i>1</i><i>2</i></p>afterend</div>', 'multiple html works');
+
+htmlNode.firstElementChild.insertAdjacentText('afterend', '<OK>');
+assert(htmlNode.toString(), '<div>beforebegin<p>afterbegin!beforeend<i>1</i><i>2</i></p>&lt;OK&gt;afterend</div>', 'insertAdjacentText works');
+
 const htmlDocWithEmptyAttrFromSet = parser.parseFromString(`<div><span style=""/></div>`, 'text/html').documentElement; // attribute is in emptyAttributes set is empty
 
 assert(htmlDocWithEmptyAttrFromSet.firstChild.getAttribute('style'), '');
@@ -48,6 +69,27 @@ assert(xmlDoc.firstChild.getAttribute('content-desc'), '');
 assert(xmlDoc.firstChild.outerHTML, '<android.view.View content-desc="" />');
 assert(xmlDoc.innerHTML, '<android.view.View content-desc="" />');
 
+const xmlNode = xmlDoc.ownerDocument.createElement('div');
+xmlNode.innerHTML = '<p>!</p>';
+assert(xmlNode.innerHTML, '<p>!</p>', 'innerHTML');
+xmlNode.insertAdjacentHTML('beforebegin', 'beforebegin');
+xmlNode.insertAdjacentHTML('afterend', 'afterend');
+assert(xmlNode.toString(), '<div><p>!</p></div>', 'no element, no before/after');
+xmlNode.firstElementChild.insertAdjacentHTML('beforebegin', 'beforebegin');
+assert(xmlNode.toString(), '<div>beforebegin<p>!</p></div>', 'beforebegin works');
+xmlNode.firstElementChild.insertAdjacentHTML('afterbegin', 'afterbegin');
+assert(xmlNode.toString(), '<div>beforebegin<p>afterbegin!</p></div>', 'afterbegin works');
+xmlNode.firstElementChild.insertAdjacentHTML('beforeend', 'beforeend');
+assert(xmlNode.toString(), '<div>beforebegin<p>afterbegin!beforeend</p></div>', 'beforeend works');
+xmlNode.firstElementChild.insertAdjacentHTML('afterend', 'afterend');
+assert(xmlNode.toString(), '<div>beforebegin<p>afterbegin!beforeend</p>afterend</div>', 'afterend works');
+
+xmlNode.firstElementChild.insertAdjacentHTML('beforeend', '<i>1</i><i>2</i>');
+assert(xmlNode.toString(), '<div>beforebegin<p>afterbegin!beforeend<i>1</i><i>2</i></p>afterend</div>', 'multiple html works');
+
+xmlNode.firstElementChild.insertAdjacentText('afterend', '<OK>');
+assert(xmlNode.toString(), '<div>beforebegin<p>afterbegin!beforeend<i>1</i><i>2</i></p>&lt;OK&gt;afterend</div>', 'insertAdjacentText works');
+
 const xmlDocWithEmptyAttrFromSet = parser.parseFromString(`<hierarchy><android.view.View style=""/></hierarchy>`, 'text/xml').documentElement;// attribute is in emptyAttributes set is empty (even for XML)
 assert(xmlDocWithEmptyAttrFromSet.firstChild.getAttribute('style'), '');
 assert(xmlDocWithEmptyAttrFromSet.firstChild.outerHTML, '<android.view.View style="" />');
diff --git a/test/interface/range.js b/test/interface/range.js
index dd1634ea..cb894cd3 100644
--- a/test/interface/range.js
+++ b/test/interface/range.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 const assert = require('../assert.js').for('Range');
 
-const {parseHTML} = global[Symbol.for('linkedom')];
+const {parseHTML, DOMParser} = global[Symbol.for('linkedom')];
 
 const {document} = parseHTML('<html><div class="test">abc</div></html>');
 
@@ -70,3 +70,11 @@ const svg = document.createElementNS('http://www.w3.org/2000/svg', 'svg');
 range.selectNodeContents(svg);
 const rect = range.createContextualFragment('<rect />').childNodes[0];
 assert('ownerSVGElement' in rect, true, 'createContextualFragment(SVG)');
+
+{
+  const svgDocument = (new DOMParser).parseFromString('<!doctype svg><svg></svg>', 'image/svg+xml');
+  
+  let range = svgDocument.createRange();
+  let contextual = range.createContextualFragment('<div>hi</div>');
+  assert(contextual.toString(), '<#document-fragment><div>hi</div></#document-fragment>', 'createContextualFragment');
+}
diff --git a/types/esm/interface/range.d.ts b/types/esm/interface/range.d.ts
index fd97cb3f..ca51a006 100644
--- a/types/esm/interface/range.d.ts
+++ b/types/esm/interface/range.d.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ export class Range implements globalThis.Range {
     cloneContents(): any;
     deleteContents(): void;
     extractContents(): any;
-    createContextualFragment(html: any): any;
+    createContextualFragment(html: any): import("./document-fragment.js").DocumentFragment;
     cloneRange(): Range;
     [START]: any;
     [END]: any;
diff --git a/types/esm/shared/utils.d.ts b/types/esm/shared/utils.d.ts
index 46afbdbb..827f1de8 100644
--- a/types/esm/shared/utils.d.ts
+++ b/types/esm/shared/utils.d.ts
@@ -12,4 +12,5 @@ export function localCase({ localName, ownerDocument }: {
     ownerDocument: any;
 }): any;
 export function setAdjacent(prev: any, next: any): void;
+export function htmlToFragment(ownerDocument: import("../interface/document.js").Document, html: string): import("../interface/document-fragment.js").DocumentFragment;
 declare const $String: StringConstructor;
diff --git a/worker.js b/worker.js
index 858ae068..d7720bdd 100644
--- a/worker.js
+++ b/worker.js
@@ -3893,6 +3893,30 @@ const setAdjacent = (prev, next) => {
     next[PREV] = prev;
 };
 
+/**
+ * @param {import("../interface/document.js").Document} ownerDocument
+ * @param {string} html
+ * @return {import("../interface/document-fragment.js").DocumentFragment}
+ */
+const htmlToFragment = (ownerDocument, html) => {
+  const fragment = ownerDocument.createDocumentFragment();
+
+  const elem = ownerDocument.createElement('');
+  elem.innerHTML = html;
+  const { firstChild, lastChild } = elem;
+
+  if (firstChild) {
+    knownSegment(fragment, firstChild, lastChild, fragment[END]);
+
+    let child = firstChild;
+    do {
+      child.parentNode = fragment;
+    } while (child !== lastChild && (child = getEnd(child)[NEXT]));
+  }
+
+  return fragment;
+};
+
 const shadowRoots = new WeakMap;
 
 let reactive = false;
@@ -7969,9 +7993,7 @@ let Element$1 = class Element extends ParentNode {
   }
 
   insertAdjacentHTML(position, html) {
-    const template = this.ownerDocument.createElement('template');
-    template.innerHTML = html;
-    this.insertAdjacentElement(position, template.content);
+    this.insertAdjacentElement(position, htmlToFragment(this.ownerDocument, html));
   }
 
   insertAdjacentText(position, text) {
@@ -12147,9 +12169,7 @@ class Range {
     const { commonAncestorContainer: doc } = this;
     const isSVG = 'ownerSVGElement' in doc;
     const document = isSVG ? doc.ownerDocument : doc;
-    const template = document.createElement('template');
-    template.innerHTML = html;
-    let {content} = template;
+    let content = htmlToFragment(document, html);
     if (isSVG) {
       const childNodes = [...content.childNodes];
       content = document.createDocumentFragment();