diff --git a/gui/rpk-gui/src/lib/crud/components/widgets/richtext/index.tsx b/gui/rpk-gui/src/lib/crud/components/widgets/richtext/index.tsx
index 7aecd93..3b74c8a 100644
--- a/gui/rpk-gui/src/lib/crud/components/widgets/richtext/index.tsx
+++ b/gui/rpk-gui/src/lib/crud/components/widgets/richtext/index.tsx
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ const StyledLabelledOutlined = styled(LabelledOutlined)(({ theme }) => [{
 const RichtextWidget = <T = any, S extends CrudTextRJSFSchema = CrudTextRJSFSchema, F extends FormContextType = any>(
   props: WidgetProps<T, S, F>
 ) => {
-  const { schema, value, onChange, label, id } = props;
+  const { schema, value, onChange, label, id, readonly } = props;
   const isMultiline = schema.props.multiline === true;
 
   let editorOptions: UseEditorOptions;
@@ -92,14 +92,15 @@ const RichtextWidget = <T = any, S extends CrudTextRJSFSchema = CrudTextRJSFSche
         <TextContainer>
           <RichTextEditorProvider editor={editor}>
             <TableBubbleMenu />
-            <RichTextField
-              controls={
-                <MenuControlsContainer>
-                  {isMultiline ? multilineButtons : singlelineButtons}
-                </MenuControlsContainer>
-              }
-              variant="standard"
-            />
+            {!readonly && <RichTextField
+                controls={
+                  <MenuControlsContainer>
+                    {isMultiline ? multilineButtons : singlelineButtons}
+                  </MenuControlsContainer>
+                }
+                variant="standard"
+              />}
+            {readonly && <RichTextField variant="standard" disabled={true}/>}
           </RichTextEditorProvider>
         </TextContainer>
         <RightContainer>&nbsp;</RightContainer>