diff --git a/myst_parser/mdit_to_docutils/base.py b/myst_parser/mdit_to_docutils/base.py
index 9613706e..2c30fe8e 100644
--- a/myst_parser/mdit_to_docutils/base.py
+++ b/myst_parser/mdit_to_docutils/base.py
@@ -1498,8 +1498,8 @@ def render_colon_fence(self, token: SyntaxTreeNode) -> None:
         if name:
             # note, as per djot, the name is added to the end of the classes
             container["classes"].append(name)
-        self.current_node.append(container)
-        self.nested_render_text(token.content, token_line(token, 0))
+        with self.current_node_context(container, append=True):
+            self.nested_render_text(token.content, token_line(token, 0))
 
     def render_dl(self, token: SyntaxTreeNode) -> None:
         """Render a definition list."""
diff --git a/tests/test_renderers/fixtures/containers.md b/tests/test_renderers/fixtures/containers.md
index a8bf0e36..2cff3070 100644
--- a/tests/test_renderers/fixtures/containers.md
+++ b/tests/test_renderers/fixtures/containers.md
@@ -38,10 +38,10 @@ This is **content**
 .
 <document source="<src>/index.md">
     <container is_div="True">
-    <paragraph>
-        This is
-        <strong>
-            content
+        <paragraph>
+            This is
+            <strong>
+                content
 .
 
 has name:
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ This is **content**
 .
 <document source="<src>/index.md">
     <container classes="name" is_div="True">
-    <paragraph>
-        This is
-        <strong>
-            content
+        <paragraph>
+            This is
+            <strong>
+                content
 .
diff --git a/tests/test_sphinx/test_sphinx_builds/test_extended_syntaxes.html b/tests/test_sphinx/test_sphinx_builds/test_extended_syntaxes.html
index 7ef7e37c..760f462a 100644
--- a/tests/test_sphinx/test_sphinx_builds/test_extended_syntaxes.html
+++ b/tests/test_sphinx/test_sphinx_builds/test_extended_syntaxes.html
@@ -132,10 +132,10 @@ <h1>
      </figcaption>
     </figure>
     <div class="other docutils">
+     <p>
+      Hallo *there*
+     </p>
     </div>
-    <p>
-     Hallo *there*
-    </p>
     <p>
      linkify URL:
      <a class="reference external" href="http://www.example.com">
diff --git a/tests/test_sphinx/test_sphinx_builds/test_extended_syntaxes.xml b/tests/test_sphinx/test_sphinx_builds/test_extended_syntaxes.xml
index 860ce8f0..e8f94330 100644
--- a/tests/test_sphinx/test_sphinx_builds/test_extended_syntaxes.xml
+++ b/tests/test_sphinx/test_sphinx_builds/test_extended_syntaxes.xml
@@ -70,8 +70,8 @@
             <caption>
                 This is a caption in **Markdown**
         <container classes="other" is_div="True">
-        <paragraph>
-            Hallo *there*
+            <paragraph>
+                Hallo *there*
         <paragraph>
             linkify URL: 
             <reference refuri="http://www.example.com">