diff --git a/questionpy_sdk/webserver/question_ui/__init__.py b/questionpy_sdk/webserver/question_ui/__init__.py
index b311f3ba..2c5505a0 100644
--- a/questionpy_sdk/webserver/question_ui/__init__.py
+++ b/questionpy_sdk/webserver/question_ui/__init__.py
@@ -76,10 +76,25 @@ def _set_element_value(element: etree._Element, value: str, name: str, xpath: et
         element.set("value", value)
 
 
+def _check_shuffled_index_is_in_nested_shuffle_contents(index_element: etree._Element) -> bool:
+    ancestor = index_element.getparent()
+    while ancestor is not None and ancestor != index_element:
+        if f"{{{_QPY_NAMESPACE}}}shuffle-contents" in ancestor.attrib:
+            # The index element is in a nested shuffle-contents.
+            # We want it to be replaced with the index of the inner shuffle, so we ignore it for now.
+            return True
+
+        ancestor = ancestor.getparent()
+    return False
+
+
 def _replace_shuffled_indices(element: etree._Element, index: int) -> None:
     for index_element in _assert_element_list(
         element.xpath(".//qpy:shuffled-index", namespaces={"qpy": _QPY_NAMESPACE})
     ):
+        if _check_shuffled_index_is_in_nested_shuffle_contents(index_element):
+            continue
+
         format_style = index_element.get("format", "123")
 
         if format_style == "123":
diff --git a/tests/questionpy_sdk/webserver/test_question_ui.py b/tests/questionpy_sdk/webserver/test_question_ui.py
index cea57767..d613b0fe 100644
--- a/tests/questionpy_sdk/webserver/test_question_ui.py
+++ b/tests/questionpy_sdk/webserver/test_question_ui.py
@@ -319,6 +319,24 @@ def test_should_replace_shuffled_index(renderer: QuestionUIRenderer) -> None:
     assert_html_is_equal(html, expected)
 
 
+@pytest.mark.ui_file("shuffled-index-nested")
+@pytest.mark.render_params(seed=42)
+def test_should_replace_shuffled_index_in_nested(renderer: QuestionUIRenderer) -> None:
+    expected = """
+        <div>
+            <p><span>i</span>. B</p>
+            <p><span>ii</span>. A</p>
+            <div>
+                <p><span>i</span>. D</p>
+                <p><span>ii</span>. C</p>
+            </div>
+        </div>
+        """
+    html, errors = renderer.render()
+    assert len(errors) == 0
+    assert_html_is_equal(html, expected)
+
+
 @pytest.mark.render_params(
     xml="""
         <div xmlns:qpy="http://questionpy.org/ns/question">