diff --git a/rules/prefer-dom-node-text-content.js b/rules/prefer-dom-node-text-content.js
index e85ef81bad..f527e41211 100644
--- a/rules/prefer-dom-node-text-content.js
+++ b/rules/prefer-dom-node-text-content.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ const messages = {
 	[SUGGESTION]: 'Switch to `.textContent`.',
 };
 
-const memberExpressionPropertySelector = `${memberExpressionSelector('innerText')} > .property`;
+const memberExpressionPropertySelector = `${memberExpressionSelector({property: 'innerText', includeOptional: true})} > .property`;
 const destructuringSelector = [
 	'ObjectPattern',
 	' > ',
diff --git a/test/prefer-dom-node-text-content.mjs b/test/prefer-dom-node-text-content.mjs
index 88cc6c7131..393b192329 100644
--- a/test/prefer-dom-node-text-content.mjs
+++ b/test/prefer-dom-node-text-content.mjs
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ test.snapshot({
 	],
 	invalid: [
 		'node.innerText;',
+		'node?.innerText;',
 		'node.innerText = \'foo\';',
 		'innerText.innerText;',
 		'const {innerText} = node;',
diff --git a/test/snapshots/prefer-dom-node-text-content.mjs.md b/test/snapshots/prefer-dom-node-text-content.mjs.md
index 4d32684832..b38c3ea029 100644
--- a/test/snapshots/prefer-dom-node-text-content.mjs.md
+++ b/test/snapshots/prefer-dom-node-text-content.mjs.md
@@ -19,6 +19,20 @@ Generated by [AVA](https://avajs.dev).
     `
 
 ## Invalid #2
+      1 | node?.innerText;
+
+> Error 1/1
+
+    `␊
+    > 1 | node?.innerText;␊
+        |       ^^^^^^^^^ Prefer \`.textContent\` over \`.innerText\`.␊
+    ␊
+    --------------------------------------------------------------------------------␊
+    Suggestion 1/1: Switch to \`.textContent\`.␊
+      1 | node?.textContent;␊
+    `
+
+## Invalid #3
       1 | node.innerText = 'foo';
 
 > Error 1/1
@@ -32,7 +46,7 @@ Generated by [AVA](https://avajs.dev).
       1 | node.textContent = 'foo';␊
     `
 
-## Invalid #3
+## Invalid #4
       1 | innerText.innerText;
 
 > Error 1/1
@@ -46,7 +60,7 @@ Generated by [AVA](https://avajs.dev).
       1 | innerText.textContent;␊
     `
 
-## Invalid #4
+## Invalid #5
       1 | const {innerText} = node;
 
 > Error 1/1
@@ -60,7 +74,7 @@ Generated by [AVA](https://avajs.dev).
       1 | const {textContent: innerText} = node;␊
     `
 
-## Invalid #5
+## Invalid #6
       1 | const {innerText,} = node;
 
 > Error 1/1
@@ -74,7 +88,7 @@ Generated by [AVA](https://avajs.dev).
       1 | const {textContent: innerText,} = node;␊
     `
 
-## Invalid #6
+## Invalid #7
       1 | const {innerText: text} = node;
 
 > Error 1/1
@@ -88,7 +102,7 @@ Generated by [AVA](https://avajs.dev).
       1 | const {textContent: text} = node;␊
     `
 
-## Invalid #7
+## Invalid #8
       1 | const {innerText = "default text"} = node;
 
 > Error 1/1
@@ -102,7 +116,7 @@ Generated by [AVA](https://avajs.dev).
       1 | const {textContent: innerText = "default text"} = node;␊
     `
 
-## Invalid #8
+## Invalid #9
       1 | const {innerText: text = "default text"} = node;
 
 > Error 1/1
@@ -116,7 +130,7 @@ Generated by [AVA](https://avajs.dev).
       1 | const {textContent: text = "default text"} = node;␊
     `
 
-## Invalid #9
+## Invalid #10
       1 | ({innerText} = node);
 
 > Error 1/1
@@ -130,7 +144,7 @@ Generated by [AVA](https://avajs.dev).
       1 | ({textContent: innerText} = node);␊
     `
 
-## Invalid #10
+## Invalid #11
       1 | ({innerText: text} = node);
 
 > Error 1/1
@@ -144,7 +158,7 @@ Generated by [AVA](https://avajs.dev).
       1 | ({textContent: text} = node);␊
     `
 
-## Invalid #11
+## Invalid #12
       1 | ({innerText = "default text"} = node);
 
 > Error 1/1
@@ -158,7 +172,7 @@ Generated by [AVA](https://avajs.dev).
       1 | ({textContent: innerText = "default text"} = node);␊
     `
 
-## Invalid #12
+## Invalid #13
       1 | ({innerText: text = "default text"} = node);
 
 > Error 1/1
@@ -172,7 +186,7 @@ Generated by [AVA](https://avajs.dev).
       1 | ({textContent: text = "default text"} = node);␊
     `
 
-## Invalid #13
+## Invalid #14
       1 | function foo({innerText}) {return innerText}
 
 > Error 1/1
@@ -186,7 +200,7 @@ Generated by [AVA](https://avajs.dev).
       1 | function foo({textContent: innerText}) {return innerText}␊
     `
 
-## Invalid #14
+## Invalid #15
       1 | for (const [{innerText}] of elements);
 
 > Error 1/1
diff --git a/test/snapshots/prefer-dom-node-text-content.mjs.snap b/test/snapshots/prefer-dom-node-text-content.mjs.snap
index f67e310388..d2535a6b33 100644
Binary files a/test/snapshots/prefer-dom-node-text-content.mjs.snap and b/test/snapshots/prefer-dom-node-text-content.mjs.snap differ