diff --git a/docs/changes/1.x/1.4.0.md b/docs/changes/1.x/1.4.0.md
index ebd3ad4029..13d9bc0937 100644
--- a/docs/changes/1.x/1.4.0.md
+++ b/docs/changes/1.x/1.4.0.md
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 ### Bug fixes
 
 - Writer ODText: Support for images inside a textRun by [@Progi1984](https://github.com/Progi1984) fixing [#2240](https://github.com/PHPOffice/PHPWord/issues/2240) in [#2668](https://github.com/PHPOffice/PHPWord/pull/2668)
+- Allow vAlign and vMerge on Style\Cell to be set to null by [@SpraxDev](https://github.com/SpraxDev) fixing [#2673](https://github.com/PHPOffice/PHPWord/issues/2673) in [#2676](https://github.com/PHPOffice/PHPWord/pull/2676)
 
 ### Miscellaneous
 
diff --git a/src/PhpWord/Style/Cell.php b/src/PhpWord/Style/Cell.php
index 3246471fd5..0888d52083 100644
--- a/src/PhpWord/Style/Cell.php
+++ b/src/PhpWord/Style/Cell.php
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ class Cell extends Border
     /**
      * Vertical align (top, center, both, bottom).
      *
-     * @var string
+     * @var null|string
      */
     private $vAlign;
 
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ class Cell extends Border
      * - restart: Start/restart merged region
      * - continue: Continue merged region
      *
-     * @var string
+     * @var null|string
      */
     private $vMerge;
 
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ class Cell extends Border
     /**
      * Get vertical align.
      *
-     * @return string
+     * @return null|string
      */
     public function getVAlign()
     {
@@ -138,12 +138,18 @@ public function getVAlign()
     /**
      * Set vertical align.
      *
-     * @param string $value
+     * @param null|string $value
      *
      * @return self
      */
     public function setVAlign($value = null)
     {
+        if ($value === null) {
+            $this->vAlign = null;
+
+            return $this;
+        }
+
         VerticalJc::validate($value);
         $this->vAlign = $this->setEnumVal($value, VerticalJc::values(), $this->vAlign);
 
@@ -235,7 +241,7 @@ public function setGridSpan($value = null)
     /**
      * Get vertical merge (rowspan).
      *
-     * @return string
+     * @return null|string
      */
     public function getVMerge()
     {
@@ -245,12 +251,18 @@ public function getVMerge()
     /**
      * Set vertical merge (rowspan).
      *
-     * @param string $value
+     * @param null|string $value
      *
      * @return self
      */
     public function setVMerge($value = null)
     {
+        if ($value === null) {
+            $this->vMerge = null;
+
+            return $this;
+        }
+
         $enum = [self::VMERGE_RESTART, self::VMERGE_CONTINUE];
         $this->vMerge = $this->setEnumVal($value, $enum, $this->vMerge);
 
diff --git a/tests/PhpWordTests/Writer/HTML/Element/TableTest.php b/tests/PhpWordTests/Writer/HTML/Element/TableTest.php
index 88b12e7204..8dec922108 100644
--- a/tests/PhpWordTests/Writer/HTML/Element/TableTest.php
+++ b/tests/PhpWordTests/Writer/HTML/Element/TableTest.php
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 use DOMXPath;
 use PhpOffice\PhpWord\PhpWord;
 use PhpOffice\PhpWord\SimpleType\VerticalJc;
+use PhpOffice\PhpWord\Style;
 use PhpOffice\PhpWordTests\Writer\HTML\Helper;
 use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
 
@@ -179,6 +180,11 @@ public function testWriteTableCellVAlign(): void
         $cell->addText('bottom text');
         $cell->getStyle()->setVAlign(VerticalJc::BOTTOM);
 
+        $cell = $row->addCell();
+        $cell->addText('no vAlign');
+        $cell->getStyle()->setVAlign(VerticalJc::BOTTOM);
+        $cell->getStyle()->setVAlign();
+
         $dom = Helper::getAsHTML($phpWord);
         $xpath = new DOMXPath($dom);
 
@@ -186,5 +192,43 @@ public function testWriteTableCellVAlign(): void
         $cell2Style = Helper::getTextContent($xpath, '//table/tr/td[2]', 'style');
         self::assertSame('vertical-align: top;', $cell1Style);
         self::assertSame('vertical-align: bottom;', $cell2Style);
+
+        $cell3Query = $xpath->query('//table/tr/td[3]');
+        self::assertNotFalse($cell3Query);
+        self::assertCount(1, $cell3Query);
+
+        $cell3Style = $cell3Query->item(0)->attributes->getNamedItem('style');
+        self::assertNull($cell3Style);
+    }
+
+    public function testWriteTableCellVMerge(): void
+    {
+        $phpWord = new PhpWord();
+        $section = $phpWord->addSection();
+
+        $table = $section->addTable();
+
+        $cell = $table->addRow()->addCell();
+        $cell->addText('text');
+        $cell->getStyle()->setVMerge(Style\Cell::VMERGE_RESTART);
+
+        $cell = $table->addRow()->addCell();
+        $cell->getStyle()->setVMerge(Style\Cell::VMERGE_CONTINUE);
+
+        $cell = $table->addRow()->addCell();
+        $cell->addText('no vMerge');
+        $cell->getStyle()->setVMerge(Style\Cell::VMERGE_CONTINUE);
+        $cell->getStyle()->setVMerge();
+
+        $dom = Helper::getAsHTML($phpWord);
+        $xpath = new DOMXPath($dom);
+
+        $cell1Style = Helper::getTextContent($xpath, '//table/tr[1]/td[1]', 'rowspan');
+        self::assertSame('2', $cell1Style);
+
+        $cell3Query = $xpath->query('//table/tr[3]/td[1]');
+        self::assertNotFalse($cell3Query);
+        self::assertCount(1, $cell3Query);
+        self::assertNull($cell3Query->item(0)->attributes->getNamedItem('rowspan'));
     }
 }