diff --git a/src/Ramstack.Parsing/Parser.Return.cs b/src/Ramstack.Parsing/Parser.Return.cs
index 8aaf35f..0543930 100644
--- a/src/Ramstack.Parsing/Parser.Return.cs
+++ b/src/Ramstack.Parsing/Parser.Return.cs
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ private sealed class ReturnParser<T>(T returnValue) : Parser<T>
         /// <inheritdoc />
         public override bool TryParse(ref ParseContext context, [NotNullWhen(true)] out T? value)
         {
+            context.Advance(0);
+
             value = returnValue!;
             return true;
         }
diff --git a/tests/Ramstack.Parsing.Tests/ParsersTests.Return.cs b/tests/Ramstack.Parsing.Tests/ParsersTests.Return.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f587c5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Ramstack.Parsing.Tests/ParsersTests.Return.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+using static Ramstack.Parsing.Parser;
+
+namespace Ramstack.Parsing;
+
+partial class ParsersTests
+{
+    [Test]
+    public void Return_MatchedSegment_IsEmpty()
+    {
+        Assert.That(Return(42).Map(m => (m.Index, m.Length)).Parse("").Value, Is.EqualTo((0, 0)));
+        Assert.That(Return(42).Map(m => m.ToString()).Parse("").Value, Is.Empty);
+        Assert.That(Return(42).Text().Parse("abc").Value, Is.Empty);
+    }
+
+    [Test]
+    public void Return_AfterMatch_DoesNotReuseStaleMatchedSegment()
+    {
+        var text = L("abc").Then(Return(42).Text());
+        Assert.That(text.Parse("abc").Value, Is.Empty);
+
+        var segment = L("abc").Then(Return(42).Map(m => (m.Index, m.Length)));
+        Assert.That(segment.Parse("abc").Value, Is.EqualTo((3, 0)));
+    }
+}