diff --git a/doc/releases/changelog-dev.md b/doc/releases/changelog-dev.md
index 6b386172d53..a3842494416 100644
--- a/doc/releases/changelog-dev.md
+++ b/doc/releases/changelog-dev.md
@@ -286,6 +286,9 @@
 
 <h3>Bug fixes 🐛</h3>
 
+* `default.tensor` can now handle mid circuit measurements via the deferred measurement principle.
+  [(#6408)](https://github.com/PennyLaneAI/pennylane/pull/6408)
+
 * The `validate_device_wires` transform now raises an error if abstract wires are provided.
   [(#6405)](https://github.com/PennyLaneAI/pennylane/pull/6405)
 
diff --git a/pennylane/devices/default_tensor.py b/pennylane/devices/default_tensor.py
index e80001e76f5..e93a2110028 100644
--- a/pennylane/devices/default_tensor.py
+++ b/pennylane/devices/default_tensor.py
@@ -414,6 +414,12 @@ def __init__(
         # that access it as soon as the device is created before running a circuit.
         self._quimb_circuit = self._initial_quimb_circuit(self.wires)
 
+        shots = kwargs.pop("shots", None)
+        if shots is not None:
+            raise qml.DeviceError(
+                "default.tensor only supports analytic simulations with shots=None."
+            )
+
         for arg in kwargs:
             if arg not in self._device_options:
                 raise TypeError(
@@ -571,7 +577,6 @@ def _setup_execution_config(
         Update the execution config with choices for how the device should be used and the device options.
         """
         # TODO: add options for gradients next quarter
-
         updated_values = {}
 
         new_device_options = dict(config.device_options)
@@ -579,6 +584,11 @@ def _setup_execution_config(
             if option not in new_device_options:
                 new_device_options[option] = getattr(self, f"_{option}", None)
 
+        if config.mcm_config.mcm_method not in {None, "deferred"}:
+            raise qml.DeviceError(
+                f"{self.name} only supports the deferred measurement principle, not {config.mcm_config.mcm_method}"
+            )
+
         return replace(config, **updated_values, device_options=new_device_options)
 
     def preprocess(
@@ -610,6 +620,7 @@ def preprocess(
         program.add_transform(validate_measurements, name=self.name)
         program.add_transform(validate_observables, accepted_observables, name=self.name)
         program.add_transform(validate_device_wires, self._wires, name=self.name)
+        program.add_transform(qml.defer_measurements, device=self)
         program.add_transform(
             decompose,
             stopping_condition=stopping_condition,
diff --git a/tests/devices/default_tensor/test_default_tensor.py b/tests/devices/default_tensor/test_default_tensor.py
index 203680053d4..0da129bd60a 100644
--- a/tests/devices/default_tensor/test_default_tensor.py
+++ b/tests/devices/default_tensor/test_default_tensor.py
@@ -270,6 +270,19 @@ def test_kahypar_warning_not_raised(recwarn):
         assert len(recwarn) == 0
 
 
+def test_passing_shots_None():
+    """Test that passing shots=None on initialization works without error."""
+    dev = qml.device("default.tensor", shots=None)
+    assert dev.shots == qml.measurements.Shots(None)
+
+
+def test_passing_finite_shots_error():
+    """Test that an error is raised if finite shots are passed on initialization."""
+
+    with pytest.raises(qml.DeviceError, match=r"only supports analytic simulations"):
+        qml.device("default.tensor", shots=10)
+
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("method", ["mps", "tn"])
 class TestSupportedGatesAndObservables:
     """Test that the DefaultTensor device supports all gates and observables that it claims to support."""
@@ -509,3 +522,45 @@ def circuit():
     state = circuit()
     assert isinstance(state, TensorLike)
     assert len(state) == 2 ** (2 * num_orbitals + 1)
+
+
+class TestMCMs:
+    """Test that default.tensor can handle mid circuit measurements."""
+
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("mcm_method", ("one-shot", "tree-traversal"))
+    def test_error_on_unsupported_mcm_method(self, mcm_method):
+        """Test that an error is raised on unsupported mcm methods."""
+
+        mcm_config = qml.devices.MCMConfig(mcm_method=mcm_method)
+        config = qml.devices.ExecutionConfig(mcm_config=mcm_config)
+        with pytest.raises(
+            qml.DeviceError, match=r"only supports the deferred measurement principle."
+        ):
+            qml.device("default.tensor").preprocess(config)
+
+    def test_simple_mcm_present(self):
+        """Test that the device can execute a circuit with a mid circuit measurement."""
+
+        dev = qml.device("default.tensor")
+
+        @qml.qnode(dev)
+        def circuit():
+            qml.measure(0)
+            return qml.expval(qml.Z(0))
+
+        res = circuit()
+        assert qml.math.allclose(res, 1)
+
+    def test_mcm_conditional(self):
+        """Test that the device execute a circuit with an MCM and a conditional."""
+
+        dev = qml.device("default.tensor")
+
+        @qml.qnode(dev)
+        def circuit(x):
+            m0 = qml.measure(0)
+            qml.cond(~m0, qml.RX)(x, 0)
+            return qml.expval(qml.Z(0))
+
+        res = circuit(0.5)
+        assert qml.math.allclose(res, np.cos(0.5))