diff --git a/packages/flame/lib/src/components/text_box_component.dart b/packages/flame/lib/src/components/text_box_component.dart
index 83cf80b9fe..643e712164 100644
--- a/packages/flame/lib/src/components/text_box_component.dart
+++ b/packages/flame/lib/src/components/text_box_component.dart
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ class TextBoxComponent<T extends TextRenderer> extends TextComponent {
             (boxHeight - nLines * _lineHeight) * align.y +
             i * _lineHeight,
       );
-      textElement.render(canvas, position, anchor: anchor);
+      textElement.render(canvas, position);
 
       charCount += lines[i].length;
     }
diff --git a/packages/flame/test/components/text_box_component_test.dart b/packages/flame/test/components/text_box_component_test.dart
index a3ebeb1760..ce5b98d662 100644
--- a/packages/flame/test/components/text_box_component_test.dart
+++ b/packages/flame/test/components/text_box_component_test.dart
@@ -163,9 +163,10 @@ void main() {
           _FramedTextBox(
             text: 'That shows thee a weak slave; for the weakest goes to the '
                 'wall.',
-            position: Vector2(410, 320),
+            position: Vector2(410, 320) + Vector2(380, 270),
             size: Vector2(380, 270),
             align: Anchor.centerRight,
+            anchor: Anchor.bottomRight,
           ),
         ]);
       },
@@ -194,6 +195,7 @@ class _FramedTextBox extends TextBoxComponent {
     super.align,
     super.position,
     super.size,
+    super.anchor,
   }) : super(
           textRenderer: DebugTextRenderer(fontSize: 22),
         );