diff --git a/packages/nodes-base/nodes/LinkedIn/LinkedIn.node.test.ts b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/LinkedIn/LinkedIn.node.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..69ae94baa62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/LinkedIn/LinkedIn.node.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+import type { IExecuteFunctions, INode } from 'n8n-workflow';
+import type { MockProxy } from 'vitest-mock-extended';
+import { mock } from 'vitest-mock-extended';
+
+import * as GenericFunctions from './GenericFunctions';
+import { LinkedIn } from './LinkedIn.node';
+
+vi.mock('./GenericFunctions');
+
+describe('LinkedIn node', () => {
+	const node = mock<INode>({
+		id: 'linked-in-node',
+		name: 'LinkedIn',
+		type: 'n8n-nodes-base.linkedIn',
+		typeVersion: 1,
+	});
+	const linkedInApiRequest = vi.mocked(GenericFunctions.linkedInApiRequest);
+	let executeFunctions: MockProxy<IExecuteFunctions>;
+
+	beforeEach(() => {
+		vi.clearAllMocks();
+		executeFunctions = mock<IExecuteFunctions>({
+			helpers: {
+				constructExecutionMetaData: vi.fn(() => []),
+				returnJsonArray: vi.fn(() => []),
+			},
+		});
+		executeFunctions.getInputData.mockReturnValue([{ json: {} }]);
+		executeFunctions.getNode.mockReturnValue(node);
+		executeFunctions.getNodeParameter.calledWith('resource', 0).mockReturnValue('post');
+		executeFunctions.getNodeParameter.calledWith('operation', 0).mockReturnValue('create');
+		executeFunctions.getNodeParameter.calledWith('shareMediaCategory', 0).mockReturnValue('NONE');
+		executeFunctions.getNodeParameter.calledWith('postAs', 0).mockReturnValue('person');
+		executeFunctions.getNodeParameter.calledWith('additionalFields', 0).mockReturnValue({});
+		executeFunctions.getNodeParameter.calledWith('person', 0).mockReturnValue('person-id');
+		executeFunctions.continueOnFail.mockReturnValue(false);
+		linkedInApiRequest.mockResolvedValue({ urn: 'post-id' });
+	});
+
+	it('escapes special characters in post text', async () => {
+		executeFunctions.getNodeParameter.calledWith('text', 0).mockReturnValue('Hello @world');
+
+		await new LinkedIn().execute.call(executeFunctions);
+
+		expect(linkedInApiRequest).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+			'POST',
+			'/posts',
+			expect.objectContaining({ commentary: 'Hello \\@world' }),
+		);
+	});
+
+	it('rejects undefined post text before making an API request', async () => {
+		executeFunctions.getNodeParameter.calledWith('text', 0).mockReturnValue(undefined);
+
+		await expect(new LinkedIn().execute.call(executeFunctions)).rejects.toThrow(
+			'Parameter "text" is not string',
+		);
+		expect(linkedInApiRequest).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+	});
+
+	it('rejects empty post text before making an API request', async () => {
+		executeFunctions.getNodeParameter.calledWith('text', 0).mockReturnValue('');
+
+		await expect(new LinkedIn().execute.call(executeFunctions)).rejects.toThrow(
+			'The Text field is empty. Enter text to publish the post.',
+		);
+		expect(linkedInApiRequest).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+	});
+});
diff --git a/packages/nodes-base/nodes/LinkedIn/LinkedIn.node.ts b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/LinkedIn/LinkedIn.node.ts
index ad6ebe3f211..eb830581599 100644
--- a/packages/nodes-base/nodes/LinkedIn/LinkedIn.node.ts
+++ b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/LinkedIn/LinkedIn.node.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import type {
 	INodeType,
 	INodeTypeDescription,
 } from 'n8n-workflow';
-import { NodeConnectionTypes } from 'n8n-workflow';
+import { assertParamIsString, NodeConnectionTypes, NodeOperationError } from 'n8n-workflow';
 
 import { linkedInApiRequest } from './GenericFunctions';
 import { postFields, postOperations } from './PostDescription';
@@ -133,7 +133,15 @@ export class LinkedIn implements INodeType {
 			try {
 				if (resource === 'post') {
 					if (operation === 'create') {
-						let text = this.getNodeParameter('text', i) as string;
+						let text = this.getNodeParameter('text', i);
+						assertParamIsString('text', text, this.getNode());
+						if (text.trim() === '') {
+							throw new NodeOperationError(
+								this.getNode(),
+								'The Text field is empty. Enter text to publish the post.',
+								{ itemIndex: i, level: 'info' },
+							);
+						}
 						const shareMediaCategory = this.getNodeParameter('shareMediaCategory', i) as string;
 						const postAs = this.getNodeParameter('postAs', i) as string;
 						const additionalFields = this.getNodeParameter('additionalFields', i);