diff --git a/src/pure.ts b/src/pure.ts
index 9b2c0fca4..5ec488adc 100644
--- a/src/pure.ts
+++ b/src/pure.ts
@@ -18,3 +18,5 @@ export {renderHookToSnapshotStream} from './renderHookToSnapshotStream.js'
 export type {SnapshotStream} from './renderHookToSnapshotStream.js'
 
 export type {Assertable} from './assertable.js'
+
+export {renderWithoutAct} from './renderStream/renderWithoutAct.js'
diff --git a/src/renderStream/createRenderStream.tsx b/src/renderStream/createRenderStream.tsx
index 2c87ffe46..2e87a5c74 100644
--- a/src/renderStream/createRenderStream.tsx
+++ b/src/renderStream/createRenderStream.tsx
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 import * as React from 'rehackt'
 
-import {render as baseRender, RenderOptions} from '@testing-library/react'
+import {RenderOptions} from '@testing-library/react'
 import {Assertable, markAssertable} from '../assertable.js'
 import {RenderInstance, type Render, type BaseRender} from './Render.js'
 import {type RenderStreamContextValue} from './context.js'
 import {RenderStreamContextProvider} from './context.js'
 import {disableActWarnings} from './disableActWarnings.js'
 import {syncQueries, type Queries, type SyncQueries} from './syncQueries.js'
+import {renderWithoutAct} from './renderWithoutAct.js'
 
 export type ValidSnapshot =
   // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-invalid-void-type
@@ -81,7 +82,7 @@ export interface RenderStreamWithRenderFn<
   Snapshot extends ValidSnapshot,
   Q extends Queries = SyncQueries,
 > extends RenderStream<Snapshot, Q> {
-  render: typeof baseRender
+  render: typeof renderWithoutAct
 }
 
 export type RenderStreamOptions<
@@ -251,7 +252,7 @@ export function createRenderStream<
     ui: React.ReactNode,
     options?: RenderOptions<any, any, any>,
   ) => {
-    return baseRender(ui, {
+    return renderWithoutAct(ui, {
       ...options,
       wrapper: props => {
         const ParentWrapper = options?.wrapper ?? React.Fragment
@@ -262,7 +263,7 @@ export function createRenderStream<
         )
       },
     })
-  }) as typeof baseRender
+  }) as typeof renderWithoutAct
 
   Object.assign<typeof stream, typeof stream>(stream, {
     replaceSnapshot,
diff --git a/src/renderStream/renderWithoutAct.tsx b/src/renderStream/renderWithoutAct.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..715bb99f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/renderStream/renderWithoutAct.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,152 @@
+import * as ReactDOMClient from 'react-dom/client'
+import {
+  getQueriesForElement,
+  prettyDOM,
+  Queries,
+  type RenderOptions,
+  type RenderResult,
+} from '@testing-library/react'
+import React from 'react'
+import {SyncQueries} from './syncQueries.js'
+
+// Ideally we'd just use a WeakMap where containers are keys and roots are values.
+// We use two variables so that we can bail out in constant time when we render with a new container (most common use case)
+
+const mountedContainers: Set<import('react-dom').Container> = new Set()
+const mountedRootEntries: Array<{
+  container: import('react-dom').Container
+  root: ReturnType<typeof createConcurrentRoot>
+}> = []
+
+function renderRoot(
+  ui: React.ReactNode,
+  {
+    baseElement,
+    container,
+    queries,
+    wrapper: WrapperComponent,
+    root,
+  }: Pick<RenderOptions<Queries>, 'queries' | 'wrapper'> & {
+    baseElement: ReactDOMClient.Container
+    container: ReactDOMClient.Container
+    root: ReturnType<typeof createConcurrentRoot>
+  },
+): RenderResult<Queries, any, any> {
+  root.render(
+    WrapperComponent ? React.createElement(WrapperComponent, null, ui) : ui,
+  )
+
+  return {
+    container,
+    baseElement,
+    debug: (el = baseElement, maxLength, options) =>
+      Array.isArray(el)
+        ? // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
+          el.forEach(e =>
+            console.log(prettyDOM(e as Element, maxLength, options)),
+          )
+        : // eslint-disable-next-line no-console,
+          console.log(prettyDOM(el as Element, maxLength, options)),
+    unmount: () => {
+      root.unmount()
+    },
+    rerender: rerenderUi => {
+      renderRoot(rerenderUi, {
+        container,
+        baseElement,
+        root,
+        wrapper: WrapperComponent,
+      })
+      // Intentionally do not return anything to avoid unnecessarily complicating the API.
+      // folks can use all the same utilities we return in the first place that are bound to the container
+    },
+    asFragment: () => {
+      /* istanbul ignore else (old jsdom limitation) */
+      if (typeof document.createRange === 'function') {
+        return document
+          .createRange()
+          .createContextualFragment((container as HTMLElement).innerHTML)
+      } else {
+        const template = document.createElement('template')
+        template.innerHTML = (container as HTMLElement).innerHTML
+        return template.content
+      }
+    },
+    ...getQueriesForElement<Queries>(baseElement as HTMLElement, queries),
+  } as RenderResult<Queries, any, any> // TODO clean up more
+}
+
+export function renderWithoutAct<
+  Q extends Queries = SyncQueries,
+  Container extends ReactDOMClient.Container = HTMLElement,
+  BaseElement extends ReactDOMClient.Container = Container,
+>(
+  ui: React.ReactNode,
+  options: //Omit<
+  RenderOptions<Q, Container, BaseElement>,
+  //'hydrate' | 'legacyRoot'  >,
+): RenderResult<Q, Container, BaseElement>
+export function renderWithoutAct(
+  ui: React.ReactNode,
+  options?:
+    | Omit<RenderOptions, 'hydrate' | 'legacyRoot' | 'queries'>
+    | undefined,
+): RenderResult<Queries, ReactDOMClient.Container, ReactDOMClient.Container>
+
+export function renderWithoutAct(
+  ui: React.ReactNode,
+  {
+    container,
+    baseElement = container,
+    queries,
+    wrapper,
+  }: Omit<
+    RenderOptions<Queries, ReactDOMClient.Container, ReactDOMClient.Container>,
+    'hydrate' | 'legacyRoot'
+  > = {},
+): RenderResult<any, ReactDOMClient.Container, ReactDOMClient.Container> {
+  if (!baseElement) {
+    // default to document.body instead of documentElement to avoid output of potentially-large
+    // head elements (such as JSS style blocks) in debug output
+    baseElement = document.body
+  }
+  if (!container) {
+    container = baseElement.appendChild(document.createElement('div'))
+  }
+
+  let root: ReturnType<typeof createConcurrentRoot>
+  // eslint-disable-next-line no-negated-condition -- we want to map the evolution of this over time. The root is created first. Only later is it re-used so we don't want to read the case that happens later first.
+  if (!mountedContainers.has(container)) {
+    root = createConcurrentRoot(container)
+
+    mountedRootEntries.push({container, root})
+    // we'll add it to the mounted containers regardless of whether it's actually
+    // added to document.body so the cleanup method works regardless of whether
+    // they're passing us a custom container or not.
+    mountedContainers.add(container)
+  } else {
+    mountedRootEntries.forEach(rootEntry => {
+      // Else is unreachable since `mountedContainers` has the `container`.
+      // Only reachable if one would accidentally add the container to `mountedContainers` but not the root to `mountedRootEntries`
+      /* istanbul ignore else */
+      if (rootEntry.container === container) {
+        root = rootEntry.root
+      }
+    })
+  }
+
+  return renderRoot(ui, {baseElement, container, queries, wrapper, root: root!})
+}
+
+function createConcurrentRoot(container: ReactDOMClient.Container) {
+  const root = ReactDOMClient.createRoot(container)
+
+  return {
+    render(element: React.ReactNode) {
+      root.render(element)
+    },
+    unmount() {
+      root.unmount()
+    },
+  }
+}