diff --git a/packages/block-editor/src/components/block-pattern-setup/index.js b/packages/block-editor/src/components/block-pattern-setup/index.js
index ea20723dea3b0c..88b346f5134d3b 100644
--- a/packages/block-editor/src/components/block-pattern-setup/index.js
+++ b/packages/block-editor/src/components/block-pattern-setup/index.js
@@ -153,10 +153,7 @@ const BlockPatternSetup = ( {
 	const [ showBlank, setShowBlank ] = useState( false );
 	const { replaceBlock } = useDispatch( blockEditorStore );
 	const patterns = usePatternsSetup( clientId, blockName, filterPatternsFn );
-	const [
-		contentResizeListener,
-		{ height: contentHeight },
-	] = useResizeObserver();
+	const { height: contentHeight, ref } = useResizeObserver( {} );
 
 	if ( ! patterns?.length || showBlank ) {
 		return startBlankComponent;
@@ -174,38 +171,34 @@ const BlockPatternSetup = ( {
 		  }
 		: undefined;
 	return (
-		<>
-			{ contentResizeListener }
-			<div
-				className={ `block-editor-block-pattern-setup view-mode-${ viewMode }` }
-			>
-				<SetupContent
-					viewMode={ viewMode }
-					activeSlide={ activeSlide }
-					patterns={ patterns }
-					onBlockPatternSelect={ onPatternSelectCallback }
-					height={ contentHeight - 2 * 60 }
-				/>
-				<SetupToolbar
-					viewMode={ viewMode }
-					setViewMode={ setViewMode }
-					activeSlide={ activeSlide }
-					totalSlides={ patterns.length }
-					handleNext={ () => {
-						setActiveSlide( ( active ) => active + 1 );
-					} }
-					handlePrevious={ () => {
-						setActiveSlide( ( active ) => active - 1 );
-					} }
-					onBlockPatternSelect={ () => {
-						onPatternSelectCallback(
-							patterns[ activeSlide ].blocks
-						);
-					} }
-					onStartBlank={ onStartBlank }
-				/>
-			</div>
-		</>
+		<div
+			ref={ ref }
+			className={ `block-editor-block-pattern-setup view-mode-${ viewMode }` }
+		>
+			<SetupContent
+				viewMode={ viewMode }
+				activeSlide={ activeSlide }
+				patterns={ patterns }
+				onBlockPatternSelect={ onPatternSelectCallback }
+				height={ contentHeight - 2 * 60 }
+			/>
+			<SetupToolbar
+				viewMode={ viewMode }
+				setViewMode={ setViewMode }
+				activeSlide={ activeSlide }
+				totalSlides={ patterns.length }
+				handleNext={ () => {
+					setActiveSlide( ( active ) => active + 1 );
+				} }
+				handlePrevious={ () => {
+					setActiveSlide( ( active ) => active - 1 );
+				} }
+				onBlockPatternSelect={ () => {
+					onPatternSelectCallback( patterns[ activeSlide ].blocks );
+				} }
+				onStartBlank={ onStartBlank }
+			/>
+		</div>
 	);
 };
 
diff --git a/packages/block-editor/src/components/block-preview/auto.js b/packages/block-editor/src/components/block-preview/auto.js
index d2eca43010a7c0..f359d430e2e9d5 100644
--- a/packages/block-editor/src/components/block-preview/auto.js
+++ b/packages/block-editor/src/components/block-preview/auto.js
@@ -24,10 +24,9 @@ function AutoBlockPreview( {
 	__experimentalPadding,
 	__experimentalMinHeight,
 } ) {
-	const [
-		containerResizeListener,
-		{ width: containerWidth },
-	] = useResizeObserver();
+	const { width: containerWidth, ref: containerRef } = useResizeObserver(
+		{}
+	);
 	const [
 		contentResizeListener,
 		{ height: contentHeight },
@@ -61,8 +60,10 @@ function AutoBlockPreview( {
 	const scale = containerWidth / viewportWidth;
 
 	return (
-		<div className="block-editor-block-preview__container">
-			{ containerResizeListener }
+		<div
+			className="block-editor-block-preview__container"
+			ref={ containerRef }
+		>
 			<Disabled
 				className="block-editor-block-preview__content"
 				style={ {
diff --git a/packages/components/src/placeholder/index.js b/packages/components/src/placeholder/index.js
index a5a88757249ab4..ab9a2d83540fe6 100644
--- a/packages/components/src/placeholder/index.js
+++ b/packages/components/src/placeholder/index.js
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ function Placeholder( {
 	isColumnLayout,
 	...additionalProps
 } ) {
-	const [ resizeListener, { width } ] = useResizeObserver();
+	const { width, ref } = useResizeObserver( {} );
 
 	// Since `useResizeObserver` will report a width of `null` until after the
 	// first render, avoid applying any modifier classes until width is known.
@@ -61,8 +61,7 @@ function Placeholder( {
 		'is-column-layout': isColumnLayout,
 	} );
 	return (
-		<div { ...additionalProps } className={ classes }>
-			{ resizeListener }
+		<div ref={ ref } { ...additionalProps } className={ classes }>
 			{ notices }
 			{ preview && (
 				<div className="components-placeholder__preview">
diff --git a/packages/components/src/resizable-box/resize-tooltip/index.tsx b/packages/components/src/resizable-box/resize-tooltip/index.tsx
index 38c4206c20e628..e06e382d5dc7da 100644
--- a/packages/components/src/resizable-box/resize-tooltip/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/components/src/resizable-box/resize-tooltip/index.tsx
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import type { Ref, ForwardedRef } from 'react';
  * WordPress dependencies
  */
 import { forwardRef } from '@wordpress/element';
+import { useMergeRefs } from '@wordpress/compose';
 
 /**
  * Internal dependencies
@@ -45,21 +46,26 @@ function ResizeTooltip(
 	}: ResizeTooltipProps,
 	ref: ForwardedRef< HTMLDivElement >
 ): JSX.Element | null {
-	const { label, resizeListener } = useResizeLabel( {
+	const { label, resizableRef } = useResizeLabel( {
 		axis,
 		fadeTimeout,
 		onResize,
 		showPx,
 		position,
 	} );
+	const mergedRef = useMergeRefs( [ ref, resizableRef ] );
 
 	if ( ! isVisible ) return null;
 
 	const classes = classnames( 'components-resize-tooltip', className );
 
 	return (
-		<Root aria-hidden="true" className={ classes } ref={ ref } { ...props }>
-			{ resizeListener }
+		<Root
+			aria-hidden="true"
+			className={ classes }
+			ref={ mergedRef }
+			{ ...props }
+		>
 			<Label
 				aria-hidden={ props[ 'aria-hidden' ] }
 				label={ label }
diff --git a/packages/components/src/resizable-box/resize-tooltip/utils.ts b/packages/components/src/resizable-box/resize-tooltip/utils.ts
index 2e75f1e831e13d..f936b065b203a8 100644
--- a/packages/components/src/resizable-box/resize-tooltip/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/components/src/resizable-box/resize-tooltip/utils.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
  * External dependencies
  */
 import { noop } from 'lodash';
+import type { RefCallback } from 'react';
 
 /**
  * WordPress dependencies
@@ -23,8 +24,8 @@ export type Position = typeof POSITIONS[ keyof typeof POSITIONS ];
 interface UseResizeLabelProps {
 	/** The label value. */
 	label?: string;
-	/** Element to be rendered for resize listening events. */
-	resizeListener: JSX.Element;
+	/** Element ref to listen to resize listening events. */
+	resizableRef: RefCallback< HTMLDivElement >;
 }
 
 interface UseResizeLabelArgs {
@@ -59,7 +60,7 @@ export function useResizeLabel( {
 	 * The width/height values derive from this special useResizeObserver hook.
 	 * This custom hook uses the ResizeObserver API to listen for resize events.
 	 */
-	const [ resizeListener, sizes ] = useResizeObserver();
+	const { width, height, ref: resizableRef } = useResizeObserver( {} );
 
 	/*
 	 * Indicates if the x/y axis is preferred.
@@ -79,7 +80,6 @@ export function useResizeLabel( {
 	 * Cached dimension values to check for width/height updates from the
 	 * sizes property from useResizeAware()
 	 */
-	const { width, height } = sizes;
 	const heightRef = useRef( height );
 	const widthRef = useRef( width );
 
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ export function useResizeLabel( {
 
 	return {
 		label,
-		resizeListener,
+		resizableRef,
 	};
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/components/src/responsive-wrapper/index.js b/packages/components/src/responsive-wrapper/index.js
index ba919f5f7db112..be3d92d87a9713 100644
--- a/packages/components/src/responsive-wrapper/index.js
+++ b/packages/components/src/responsive-wrapper/index.js
@@ -15,10 +15,7 @@ function ResponsiveWrapper( {
 	children,
 	isInline = false,
 } ) {
-	const [
-		containerResizeListener,
-		{ width: containerWidth },
-	] = useResizeObserver();
+	const { ref, width: containerWidth } = useResizeObserver( {} );
 	if ( Children.count( children ) !== 1 ) {
 		return null;
 	}
@@ -30,8 +27,7 @@ function ResponsiveWrapper( {
 	};
 	const TagName = isInline ? 'span' : 'div';
 	return (
-		<TagName className="components-responsive-wrapper">
-			{ containerResizeListener }
+		<TagName ref={ ref } className="components-responsive-wrapper">
 			<TagName style={ imageStyle } />
 			{ cloneElement( children, {
 				className: classnames(
diff --git a/packages/components/src/toggle-group-control/toggle-group-control/component.tsx b/packages/components/src/toggle-group-control/toggle-group-control/component.tsx
index a7727ccaf06670..fb0e67f3b77ec0 100644
--- a/packages/components/src/toggle-group-control/toggle-group-control/component.tsx
+++ b/packages/components/src/toggle-group-control/toggle-group-control/component.tsx
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ function ToggleGroupControl(
 	} = useContextSystem( props, 'ToggleGroupControl' );
 	const cx = useCx();
 	const containerRef = useRef();
-	const [ resizeListener, sizes ] = useResizeObserver();
+	const { width, ref: resizeRef } = useResizeObserver( {} );
 	const baseId = useInstanceId(
 		ToggleGroupControl,
 		'toggle-group-control'
@@ -108,13 +108,16 @@ function ToggleGroupControl(
 					as={ View }
 					className={ classes }
 					{ ...otherProps }
-					ref={ useMergeRefs( [ containerRef, forwardedRef ] ) }
+					ref={ useMergeRefs( [
+						containerRef,
+						forwardedRef,
+						resizeRef,
+					] ) }
 				>
-					{ resizeListener }
 					<ToggleGroupControlBackdrop
 						{ ...radio }
 						containerRef={ containerRef }
-						containerWidth={ sizes.width }
+						containerWidth={ width }
 						isAdaptiveWidth={ isAdaptiveWidth }
 					/>
 					{ children }
diff --git a/packages/compose/README.md b/packages/compose/README.md
index bd123baf2d31aa..629152d5be35cc 100644
--- a/packages/compose/README.md
+++ b/packages/compose/README.md
@@ -453,17 +453,16 @@ _Usage_
 
 ```js
 const App = () => {
-	const [ resizeListener, sizes ] = useResizeObserver();
+	const { width, height, ref } = useResizeObserver( {} );
 
-	return (
-		<div>
-			{ resizeListener }
-			Your content here
-		</div>
-	);
+	return <div ref={ ref }>Your content here</div>;
 };
 ```
 
+_Parameters_
+
+-   _opts_ `Object`: - Options for the hook.
+
 ### useThrottle
 
 Throttles a function with Lodash's `throttle`. A new throttled function will
diff --git a/packages/compose/src/hooks/use-resize-observer/index.tsx b/packages/compose/src/hooks/use-resize-observer/index.tsx
index 2e4b60e63a36b5..00b4939fbbc81f 100644
--- a/packages/compose/src/hooks/use-resize-observer/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/compose/src/hooks/use-resize-observer/index.tsx
@@ -17,6 +17,12 @@ import type { WPElement } from '@wordpress/element';
 
 type SubscriberCleanup = () => void;
 type SubscriberResponse = SubscriberCleanup | void;
+type UseResizeObserverConfig< T > = {
+	ref?: RefObject< T > | T | null | undefined;
+	onResize?: ResizeHandler;
+	box?: ResizeObserverBoxOptions;
+	round?: RoundingFunction;
+};
 
 // This of course could've been more streamlined with internal state instead of
 // refs, but then host hooks / components could not opt out of renders.
@@ -169,12 +175,7 @@ const extractSize = (
 type RoundingFunction = ( n: number ) => number;
 
 function useResizeObserver< T extends HTMLElement >(
-	opts: {
-		ref?: RefObject< T > | T | null | undefined;
-		onResize?: ResizeHandler;
-		box?: ResizeObserverBoxOptions;
-		round?: RoundingFunction;
-	} = {}
+	opts: UseResizeObserverConfig< T > = {}
 ): HookResponse< T > {
 	// Saving the callback as a ref. With this, I don't need to put onResize in the
 	// effect dep array, and just passing in an anonymous function without memoising
@@ -322,25 +323,33 @@ function useResizeObserver< T extends HTMLElement >(
  *
  * ```js
  * const App = () => {
- * 	const [ resizeListener, sizes ] = useResizeObserver();
+ * 	const { width, height, ref } = useResizeObserver( {} );
  *
  * 	return (
- * 		<div>
- * 			{ resizeListener }
+ * 		<div ref={ ref }>
  * 			Your content here
  * 		</div>
  * 	);
  * };
  * ```
+ *
+ * @param {Object} opts - Options for the hook.
  */
-export default function useResizeAware(): [
-	WPElement,
-	{ width: number | null; height: number | null }
-] {
-	const { ref, width, height } = useResizeObserver();
+export default function useResizeAware< T extends HTMLDivElement >(
+	opts?: UseResizeObserverConfig< T >
+):
+	| [ WPElement, { width: number | null; height: number | null } ]
+	| HookResponse< T > {
+	const ret = useResizeObserver( opts );
+	const { ref, width, height } = ret;
 	const sizes = useMemo( () => {
 		return { width: width ?? null, height: height ?? null };
 	}, [ width, height ] );
+
+	if ( opts ) {
+		return ret;
+	}
+
 	const resizeListener = (
 		<div
 			style={ {