diff --git a/packages/components/src/tabs/test/index.tsx b/packages/components/src/tabs/test/index.tsx
index a511dd904f2e2..ca1dbfee1eeef 100644
--- a/packages/components/src/tabs/test/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/components/src/tabs/test/index.tsx
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
  */
 import { screen, waitFor } from '@testing-library/react';
 import { press, click, sleep } from '@ariakit/test';
-import { render } from '@ariakit/test/react';
 
 /**
  * WordPress dependencies
@@ -15,6 +14,7 @@ import { useEffect, useState } from '@wordpress/element';
  */
 import Tabs from '..';
 import type { TabsProps } from '../types';
+import { render } from '../../utils/tmp-ariakit-test-render-replacement';
 
 type Tab = {
 	tabId: string;
diff --git a/packages/components/src/utils/tmp-ariakit-test-render-replacement.ts b/packages/components/src/utils/tmp-ariakit-test-render-replacement.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..7be6929f90ee3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/components/src/utils/tmp-ariakit-test-render-replacement.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,158 @@
+/**
+ * External dependencies
+ */
+// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-restricted-imports
+import { createElement, StrictMode, type ReactNode } from 'react';
+// eslint-disable-next-line import/no-extraneous-dependencies
+import * as ReactTestingLibrary from '@testing-library/react';
+
+// eslint-disable-next-line import/no-extraneous-dependencies
+import { isFocusable } from '@ariakit/core/utils/focus';
+// eslint-disable-next-line import/no-extraneous-dependencies
+import { noop } from '@ariakit/core/utils/misc';
+
+export type DirtiableElement = Element & { dirty?: boolean };
+
+export type TextField = HTMLInputElement | HTMLTextAreaElement;
+
+export const isBrowser =
+	typeof navigator !== 'undefined' &&
+	// eslint-disable-next-line ssr-friendly/no-dom-globals-in-module-scope
+	! navigator.userAgent.includes( 'jsdom' ) &&
+	typeof window !== 'undefined' &&
+	// eslint-disable-next-line ssr-friendly/no-dom-globals-in-module-scope
+	! ( 'happyDOM' in window );
+
+export async function flushMicrotasks() {
+	await Promise.resolve();
+	await Promise.resolve();
+	await Promise.resolve();
+}
+
+export function nextFrame() {
+	return new Promise( requestAnimationFrame );
+}
+
+export function setActEnvironment( value: boolean ) {
+	const scope = globalThis as { IS_REACT_ACT_ENVIRONMENT?: boolean };
+	const previousValue = scope.IS_REACT_ACT_ENVIRONMENT;
+	scope.IS_REACT_ACT_ENVIRONMENT = value;
+	const restoreActEnvironment = () => {
+		scope.IS_REACT_ACT_ENVIRONMENT = previousValue;
+	};
+	return restoreActEnvironment;
+}
+
+export function applyBrowserPolyfills() {
+	if ( isBrowser ) {
+		return noop;
+	}
+
+	const originalFocus = HTMLElement.prototype.focus;
+
+	HTMLElement.prototype.focus = function focus( options ) {
+		if ( ! isFocusable( this ) ) {
+			return;
+		}
+		return originalFocus.call( this, options );
+	};
+
+	const originalGetClientRects = Element.prototype.getClientRects;
+
+	// @ts-expect-error
+	Element.prototype.getClientRects = function getClientRects() {
+		const isHidden = ( element: Element ) => {
+			if ( ! element.isConnected ) {
+				return true;
+			}
+			if ( element.parentElement && isHidden( element.parentElement ) ) {
+				return true;
+			}
+			if ( ! ( element instanceof HTMLElement ) ) {
+				return false;
+			}
+			if ( element.hidden ) {
+				return true;
+			}
+			const style = getComputedStyle( element );
+			return style.display === 'none' || style.visibility === 'hidden';
+		};
+		if ( isHidden( this ) ) {
+			return [];
+		}
+		return [ { width: 1, height: 1 } ];
+	};
+
+	if ( ! Element.prototype.scrollIntoView ) {
+		Element.prototype.scrollIntoView = noop;
+	}
+
+	if ( ! Element.prototype.hasPointerCapture ) {
+		Element.prototype.hasPointerCapture = noop;
+	}
+
+	if ( ! Element.prototype.setPointerCapture ) {
+		Element.prototype.setPointerCapture = noop;
+	}
+
+	if ( ! Element.prototype.releasePointerCapture ) {
+		Element.prototype.releasePointerCapture = noop;
+	}
+
+	if ( typeof window.ClipboardEvent === 'undefined' ) {
+		// @ts-expect-error
+		window.ClipboardEvent = class ClipboardEvent extends Event {};
+	}
+
+	if ( typeof window.PointerEvent === 'undefined' ) {
+		// @ts-expect-error
+		window.PointerEvent = class PointerEvent extends MouseEvent {};
+	}
+
+	return () => {
+		HTMLElement.prototype.focus = originalFocus;
+		Element.prototype.getClientRects = originalGetClientRects;
+	};
+}
+
+export async function wrapAsync< T >( fn: () => Promise< T > ) {
+	// eslint-disable-next-line @wordpress/no-unused-vars-before-return
+	const restoreActEnvironment = setActEnvironment( false );
+	// eslint-disable-next-line @wordpress/no-unused-vars-before-return
+	const removeBrowserPolyfills = applyBrowserPolyfills();
+	try {
+		return await fn();
+	} finally {
+		restoreActEnvironment();
+		removeBrowserPolyfills();
+	}
+}
+
+export interface RenderOptions
+	extends Omit< ReactTestingLibrary.RenderOptions, 'queries' > {
+	strictMode?: boolean;
+}
+
+export async function render( ui: ReactNode, options?: RenderOptions ) {
+	const wrapper = ( props: { children: ReactNode } ) => {
+		const Wrapper = options?.wrapper;
+		const element = Wrapper
+			? createElement( Wrapper, props )
+			: props.children;
+		if ( ! options?.strictMode ) {
+			return element;
+		}
+		return createElement( StrictMode, undefined, element );
+	};
+
+	return wrapAsync( async () => {
+		const { unmount } = ReactTestingLibrary.render( ui, {
+			...options,
+			wrapper,
+		} );
+		await flushMicrotasks();
+		await nextFrame();
+		await flushMicrotasks();
+		return unmount;
+	} );
+}