diff --git a/lib/features/label-editing/LabelEditingProvider.js b/lib/features/label-editing/LabelEditingProvider.js
index 35263c62..a1dbfbb7 100644
--- a/lib/features/label-editing/LabelEditingProvider.js
+++ b/lib/features/label-editing/LabelEditingProvider.js
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ export default function LabelEditingProvider(
 
   function activateDirectEdit(element, force) {
     if (force ||
-        isAny(element, [ 'bpmn:Task', 'bpmn:TextAnnotation' ]) ||
+        isAny(element, [ 'bpmn:Task', 'bpmn:TextAnnotation', 'bpmn:Group' ]) ||
         isCollapsedSubProcess(element)) {
 
       directEditing.activate(element);