diff --git a/src/transform/plugins/table/index.ts b/src/transform/plugins/table/index.ts
index 85f53b9c..361f8401 100644
--- a/src/transform/plugins/table/index.ts
+++ b/src/transform/plugins/table/index.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import StateBlock from 'markdown-it/lib/rules_block/state_block';
 import {MarkdownItPluginCb} from '../typings';
 import Token from 'markdown-it/lib/token';
+import {parseAttrsClass} from './utils';
 
 const pluginName = 'yfm_table';
 const pipeChar = 0x7c; // |
@@ -216,28 +217,6 @@ function getTableRowPositions(
     return {rows, endOfTable};
 }
 
-/**
- * Removes the specified attribute from attributes in the content of a token.
- *
- * @param {Token} contentToken - The target token.
- * @param {string} attr - The attribute to be removed from the token content.
- *
- * @return {void}
- */
-function removeAttrFromTokenContent(contentToken: Token, attr: string): void {
-    // Replace the attribute in the token content with an empty string.
-    const blockRegex = /\s*\{[^}]*}/;
-    const allAttrs = contentToken.content.match(blockRegex);
-    if (!allAttrs) {
-        return;
-    }
-    let replacedContent = allAttrs[0].replace(`.${attr}`, '');
-    if (replacedContent.trim() === '{}') {
-        replacedContent = '';
-    }
-    contentToken.content = contentToken.content.replace(allAttrs[0], replacedContent);
-}
-
 /**
  * Extracts the class attribute from the given content token and applies it to the tdOpenToken.
  * Preserves other attributes.
@@ -248,12 +227,20 @@ function removeAttrFromTokenContent(contentToken: Token, attr: string): void {
  */
 function extractAndApplyClassFromToken(contentToken: Token, tdOpenToken: Token): void {
     // Regex to find class attribute in any position within brackets
-    const classAttrRegex = /(?<=\{[^}]*)\.([-_a-zA-Z0-9]+)/g;
-    const classAttrMatch = classAttrRegex.exec(contentToken.content);
-    if (classAttrMatch) {
-        const classAttr = classAttrMatch[1];
-        tdOpenToken.attrSet('class', classAttr);
-        removeAttrFromTokenContent(contentToken, classAttr);
+    const blockRegex = /\s*\{[^}]*}$/;
+    const allAttrs = contentToken.content.match(blockRegex);
+    if (!allAttrs) {
+        return;
+    }
+    const attrsClass = parseAttrsClass(allAttrs[0].trim());
+    if (attrsClass) {
+        tdOpenToken.attrSet('class', attrsClass);
+        // remove the class from the token so that it's not propagated to tr or table level
+        let replacedContent = allAttrs[0].replace(`.${attrsClass}`, '');
+        if (replacedContent.trim() === '{}') {
+            replacedContent = '';
+        }
+        contentToken.content = contentToken.content.replace(allAttrs[0], replacedContent);
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/transform/plugins/table/utils.ts b/src/transform/plugins/table/utils.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..595cd2ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/transform/plugins/table/utils.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+/**
+ * Parse the markdown-attrs format to retrieve a class name
+ * Putting all the requirements in regex was more complicated than parsing a string char by char.
+ *
+ * @param {string} inputString - The string to parse.
+ * @returns {string|null} - The extracted class or null if there is none
+ */
+
+export function parseAttrsClass(inputString: string): string | null {
+    const validChars = 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ .=-_';
+
+    if (!inputString.startsWith('{')) {
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    for (let i = 1; i < inputString.length; i++) {
+        const char = inputString[i];
+
+        if (char === '}') {
+            const contentInside = inputString.slice(1, i).trim(); // content excluding { and }
+
+            if (!contentInside) {
+                return null;
+            }
+
+            const parts = contentInside.split('.');
+            if (parts.length !== 2 || !parts[1]) {
+                return null;
+            }
+            //There should be a preceding whitespace
+            if (!parts[0].endsWith(' ') && parts[0] !== '') {
+                return null;
+            }
+
+            return parts[1];
+        }
+
+        if (!validChars.includes(char)) {
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return null;
+}
diff --git a/test/__snapshots__/table.test.ts.snap b/test/table/__snapshots__/table.test.ts.snap
similarity index 100%
rename from test/__snapshots__/table.test.ts.snap
rename to test/table/__snapshots__/table.test.ts.snap
diff --git a/test/table.test.ts b/test/table/table.test.ts
similarity index 95%
rename from test/table.test.ts
rename to test/table/table.test.ts
index f53bbee7..98fad3e4 100644
--- a/test/table.test.ts
+++ b/test/table/table.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-import transform from '../src/transform';
-import table from '../src/transform/plugins/table';
+import transform from '../../src/transform';
+import table from '../../src/transform/plugins/table';
+import includes from '../../src/transform/plugins/includes';
 
 const transformYfm = (text: string) => {
     const {
@@ -1259,3 +1260,58 @@ describe('Table plugin', () => {
         });
     });
 });
+
+const mocksPath = require.resolve('../utils.ts');
+
+const transformWithIncludes = (text: string) => {
+    const {
+        result: {html},
+    } = transform(text, {
+        plugins: [table, includes],
+        path: mocksPath,
+    });
+    return html;
+};
+
+describe('table with includes', () => {
+    it('should preserve include paths', () => {
+        expect(
+            transformWithIncludes(
+                '#|\n' +
+                    '|| **Table people** | **Table social_card** ||\n' +
+                    '||\n' +
+                    '\n' +
+                    '\n' +
+                    '{% include [create-folder](./mocks/include.md) %}\n' +
+                    '\n' +
+                    '|\n' +
+                    '\n' +
+                    '{% include [create-folder](./mocks/include.md) %}\n' +
+                    '\n' +
+                    '||\n' +
+                    '|#',
+            ),
+        ).toEqual(
+            '<table>\n' +
+                '<tbody>\n' +
+                '<tr>\n' +
+                '<td>\n' +
+                '<p><strong>Table people</strong></p>\n' +
+                '</td>\n' +
+                '<td>\n' +
+                '<p><strong>Table social_card</strong></p>\n' +
+                '</td>\n' +
+                '</tr>\n' +
+                '<tr>\n' +
+                '<td>\n' +
+                '<p>{% include <a href="./mocks/include.md">create-folder</a> %}</p>\n' +
+                '</td>\n' +
+                '<td>\n' +
+                '<p>{% include <a href="./mocks/include.md">create-folder</a> %}</p>\n' +
+                '</td>\n' +
+                '</tr>\n' +
+                '</tbody>\n' +
+                '</table>\n',
+        );
+    });
+});
diff --git a/test/table/utils.test.ts b/test/table/utils.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8e046ba1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/table/utils.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+import {parseAttrsClass} from '../../src/transform/plugins/table/utils';
+
+describe('parseAttrsClass', () => {
+    it('should correctly parse a class in markdown attrs format', () => {
+        expect(parseAttrsClass('{property=value .class}')).toEqual('class');
+    });
+
+    it('should correctly parse a class when its the only property', () => {
+        expect(parseAttrsClass('{.class}')).toEqual('class');
+    });
+
+    it('should require a whitespace if there are other properties', () => {
+        expect(parseAttrsClass('{property=value.class}')).toEqual(null);
+    });
+
+    it('should bail if there are unexpected symbols', () => {
+        expect(parseAttrsClass('{property="value" .class}')).toEqual(null);
+    });
+
+    it('should allow a dash in the class name', () => {
+        expect(parseAttrsClass('{.cell-align-center}')).toEqual('cell-align-center');
+    });
+
+    it('should not touch includes', () => {
+        expect(
+            parseAttrsClass('{% include <a href="./mocks/include.md">create-folder</a> %}'),
+        ).toEqual(null);
+    });
+});