diff --git a/packages/element/src/index.js b/packages/element/src/index.js
index de3c66eff86cd..8228f7b2ecd8b 100644
--- a/packages/element/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/element/src/index.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 export { default as createInterpolateElement } from './create-interpolate-element';
 export * from './react';
 export * from './react-platform';
+export * from './react-root';
 export * from './utils';
 export { default as Platform } from './platform';
 export { default as renderToString } from './serialize';
diff --git a/packages/element/src/react-platform.js b/packages/element/src/react-platform.js
index 7b35ea8d2a2d5..8b7374c4b8901 100644
--- a/packages/element/src/react-platform.js
+++ b/packages/element/src/react-platform.js
@@ -1,13 +1,7 @@
 /**
  * External dependencies
  */
-import {
-	createPortal,
-	findDOMNode,
-	render,
-	hydrate,
-	unmountComponentAtNode,
-} from 'react-dom';
+import { createPortal, findDOMNode } from 'react-dom';
 
 /**
  * Creates a portal into which a component can be rendered.
@@ -26,26 +20,3 @@ export { createPortal };
  * @param {import('./react').WPComponent} component Component's instance.
  */
 export { findDOMNode };
-
-/**
- * Renders a given element into the target DOM node.
- *
- * @param {import('./react').WPElement} element Element to render.
- * @param {HTMLElement}                 target  DOM node into which element should be rendered.
- */
-export { render };
-
-/**
- * Hydrates a given element into the target DOM node.
- *
- * @param {import('./react').WPElement} element Element to hydrate.
- * @param {HTMLElement}                 target  DOM node into which element should be hydrated.
- */
-export { hydrate };
-
-/**
- * Removes any mounted element from the target DOM node.
- *
- * @param {Element} target DOM node in which element is to be removed
- */
-export { unmountComponentAtNode };
diff --git a/packages/element/src/react-root.js b/packages/element/src/react-root.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..8ca5398616137
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/element/src/react-root.js
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+/**
+ * External dependencies
+ */
+import { createRoot, hydrateRoot } from 'react-dom/client';
+
+const mountedRoots = new WeakMap();
+
+/**
+ * Renders a given element into the target DOM node.
+ *
+ * @param {import('./react').WPElement} element Element to render.
+ * @param {HTMLElement}                 target  DOM node into which element should be rendered.
+ */
+export function render( element, target ) {
+	let root = mountedRoots.get( target );
+	if ( ! root ) {
+		root = createRoot( target );
+		mountedRoots.set( target, root );
+	}
+	root.render( element );
+}
+
+/**
+ * Hydrates a given element into the target DOM node.
+ *
+ * @param {import('./react').WPElement} element Element to hydrate.
+ * @param {HTMLElement}                 target  DOM node into which element should be hydrated.
+ */
+export function hydrate( element, target ) {
+	let root = mountedRoots.get( target );
+	if ( ! root ) {
+		root = hydrateRoot( target, element );
+		mountedRoots.set( target, root );
+	} else {
+		root.render( element );
+	}
+}
+/**
+ * Removes any mounted element from the target DOM node.
+ *
+ * @param {Element} target DOM node in which element is to be removed
+ */
+export function unmountComponentAtNode( target ) {
+	const root = mountedRoots.get( target );
+	if ( root ) {
+		root.unmount();
+		mountedRoots.delete( target );
+	}
+}