diff --git a/.changeset/soft-dolls-care.md b/.changeset/soft-dolls-care.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1f26e652d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/soft-dolls-care.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@marko/runtime-tags": patch
+---
+
+Add missing PURE comment to dom runtime.
diff --git a/.sizes.json b/.sizes.json
index 774cb0c1bd..73580359ea 100644
--- a/.sizes.json
+++ b/.sizes.json
@@ -33,12 +33,12 @@
         "brotli": 100
       },
       "runtime": {
-        "min": 3168,
-        "brotli": 1438
+        "min": 3140,
+        "brotli": 1422
       },
       "total": {
-        "min": 3279,
-        "brotli": 1538
+        "min": 3251,
+        "brotli": 1522
       }
     },
     {
diff --git a/packages/runtime-tags/src/dom/parse-html.ts b/packages/runtime-tags/src/dom/parse-html.ts
index 272370fc1d..d7417437ae 100644
--- a/packages/runtime-tags/src/dom/parse-html.ts
+++ b/packages/runtime-tags/src/dom/parse-html.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-const fallback = document.createTextNode("");
+const fallback = /* @__PURE__ */ document.createTextNode("");
 const parser = /* @__PURE__ */ new Range();
 
 export function parseHTML(html: string) {