diff --git a/demos/src/Experiments/OnUpdateRerender/React/index.html b/demos/src/Experiments/OnUpdateRerender/React/index.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e69de29bb2d
diff --git a/demos/src/Experiments/OnUpdateRerender/React/index.jsx b/demos/src/Experiments/OnUpdateRerender/React/index.jsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..183fa8b3d3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/demos/src/Experiments/OnUpdateRerender/React/index.jsx
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+import './styles.scss'
+
+import Document from '@tiptap/extension-document'
+import Paragraph from '@tiptap/extension-paragraph'
+import Text from '@tiptap/extension-text'
+import { EditorContent, useEditor } from '@tiptap/react'
+import React from 'react'
+
+const TiptapComponent = ({
+  onUpdate,
+}) => {
+  const editor = useEditor({
+    extensions: [
+      Document,
+      Paragraph,
+      Text,
+    ],
+    content: `
+      <p>
+        This is a radically reduced version of tiptap. It has support for a document, with paragraphs and text. That’s it. It’s probably too much for real minimalists though.
+      </p>
+      <p>
+        The paragraph extension is not really required, but you need at least one node. Sure, that node can be something different.
+      </p>
+    `,
+    onUpdate,
+  })
+
+  return (
+    <EditorContent editor={editor} />
+  )
+}
+
+export default () => {
+  const [index, setIndex] = React.useState(0)
+
+  const handleUpdate = ({ editor: currentEditor }) => {
+    console.log(index, 'onUpdate', currentEditor.getHTML())
+  }
+
+  return (
+    <div>
+      <button onClick={() => setIndex(index + 1)}>INC</button> = {index}
+      <TiptapComponent onUpdate={handleUpdate} />
+    </div>
+  )
+}
diff --git a/demos/src/Experiments/OnUpdateRerender/React/styles.scss b/demos/src/Experiments/OnUpdateRerender/React/styles.scss
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..46b51a4e147
--- /dev/null
+++ b/demos/src/Experiments/OnUpdateRerender/React/styles.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+/* Basic editor styles */
+.ProseMirror {
+  > * + * {
+    margin-top: 0.75em;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/demos/src/Experiments/OnUpdateRerender/Vue/TiptapComponent.vue b/demos/src/Experiments/OnUpdateRerender/Vue/TiptapComponent.vue
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..05396d377a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/demos/src/Experiments/OnUpdateRerender/Vue/TiptapComponent.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+<template>
+  <div v-if="editor">
+    <editor-content :editor="editor" />
+  </div>
+</template>
+
+<script>
+import StarterKit from '@tiptap/starter-kit'
+import { Editor, EditorContent } from '@tiptap/vue-2'
+
+export default {
+  components: {
+    EditorContent,
+  },
+
+  data() {
+    return {
+      editor: null,
+    }
+  },
+
+  props: {
+    count: {
+      type: Number,
+      required: true,
+    },
+  },
+
+  mounted() {
+    this.editor = new Editor({
+      extensions: [
+        StarterKit,
+      ],
+      content: `
+        <p>
+          This is a radically reduced version of tiptap. It has support for a document, with paragraphs and text. That’s it. It’s probably too much for real minimalists though.
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          The paragraph extension is not really required, but you need at least one node. Sure, that node can be something different.
+        </p>
+      `,
+      onUpdate: ({ editor: currentEditor }) => {
+        console.log(this.count, 'onUpdate', currentEditor.getHTML())
+      },
+    })
+  },
+
+  unmounted() {
+    this.editor.destroy()
+  },
+}
+</script>
diff --git a/demos/src/Experiments/OnUpdateRerender/Vue/index.html b/demos/src/Experiments/OnUpdateRerender/Vue/index.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e69de29bb2d
diff --git a/demos/src/Experiments/OnUpdateRerender/Vue/index.vue b/demos/src/Experiments/OnUpdateRerender/Vue/index.vue
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..60da36bbfed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/demos/src/Experiments/OnUpdateRerender/Vue/index.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<template>
+  <div><button @click="countUp">INC</button> = {{ count }}</div>
+  <TiptapComponent :count="count" />
+</template>
+
+<script>
+import TiptapComponent from './TiptapComponent.vue'
+
+export default {
+  components: {
+    TiptapComponent,
+  },
+
+  data() {
+    return {
+      count: 0,
+    }
+  },
+
+  methods: {
+    countUp() {
+      this.count += 1
+    },
+  },
+}
+
+</script>
diff --git a/packages/react/src/useEditor.ts b/packages/react/src/useEditor.ts
index b6a090b6e0e..7734ab8d01b 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/useEditor.ts
+++ b/packages/react/src/useEditor.ts
@@ -11,8 +11,68 @@ function useForceUpdate() {
 
 export const useEditor = (options: Partial<EditorOptions> = {}, deps: DependencyList = []) => {
   const [editor, setEditor] = useState<Editor | null>(null)
+
   const forceUpdate = useForceUpdate()
 
+  const {
+    onBeforeCreate,
+    onBlur,
+    onCreate,
+    onDestroy,
+    onFocus,
+    onSelectionUpdate,
+    onTransaction,
+    onUpdate,
+  } = options
+
+  // This effect will handle updating the editor instance
+  // when the event handlers change.
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!editor) {
+      return
+    }
+
+    if (onBeforeCreate) {
+      editor.off('beforeCreate')
+      editor.on('beforeCreate', onBeforeCreate)
+    }
+
+    if (onBlur) {
+      editor.off('blur')
+      editor.on('blur', onBlur)
+    }
+
+    if (onCreate) {
+      editor.off('create')
+      editor.on('create', onCreate)
+    }
+
+    if (onDestroy) {
+      editor.off('destroy')
+      editor.on('destroy', onDestroy)
+    }
+
+    if (onFocus) {
+      editor.off('focus')
+      editor.on('focus', onFocus)
+    }
+
+    if (onSelectionUpdate) {
+      editor.off('selectionUpdate')
+      editor.on('selectionUpdate', onSelectionUpdate)
+    }
+
+    if (onTransaction) {
+      editor.off('transaction')
+      editor.on('transaction', onTransaction)
+    }
+
+    if (onUpdate) {
+      editor.off('update')
+      editor.on('update', onUpdate)
+    }
+  }, [onBeforeCreate, onBlur, onCreate, onDestroy, onFocus, onSelectionUpdate, onTransaction, onUpdate])
+
   useEffect(() => {
     let isMounted = true