diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index b99728aaf6..89bb26c1ba 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -49791,7 +49791,8 @@
       },
       "devDependencies": {
         "@instructure/ui-babel-preset": "8.46.1",
-        "@instructure/ui-test-utils": "8.46.1"
+        "@instructure/ui-test-utils": "8.46.1",
+        "react-dom": "^18.2.0"
       },
       "peerDependencies": {
         "react": ">=16.8 <=18"
@@ -51011,7 +51012,8 @@
       "devDependencies": {
         "@instructure/ui-babel-preset": "8.46.1",
         "@instructure/ui-test-utils": "8.46.1",
-        "@types/hoist-non-react-statics": "^3.3.3"
+        "@types/hoist-non-react-statics": "^3.3.3",
+        "react-dom": "^18.2.0"
       },
       "peerDependencies": {
         "react": ">=16.8 <=18"
diff --git a/packages/emotion/package.json b/packages/emotion/package.json
index 75e1eaad01..2b70e5a2bf 100644
--- a/packages/emotion/package.json
+++ b/packages/emotion/package.json
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@instructure/ui-babel-preset": "8.46.1",
-    "@instructure/ui-test-utils": "8.46.1"
+    "@instructure/ui-test-utils": "8.46.1",
+    "react-dom": "^18.2.0"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
     "react": ">=16.8 <=18"
diff --git a/packages/emotion/src/__tests__/withStyle.test.tsx b/packages/emotion/src/__tests__/withStyle.test.tsx
index f687bd2699..8c601bed99 100644
--- a/packages/emotion/src/__tests__/withStyle.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/emotion/src/__tests__/withStyle.test.tsx
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
 
 /** @jsx jsx */
 import React from 'react'
+import ReactDOM from 'react-dom'
+import ReactTestUtils from 'react-dom/test-utils'
 import PropTypes from 'prop-types'
 
 import { expect, match, mount, stub, within } from '@instructure/ui-test-utils'
@@ -136,6 +138,28 @@ describe('@withStyle', async () => {
     }
   }
 
+  class WrapperComponent extends React.Component {
+    render() {
+      return (
+        <div>
+          <ThemeableComponent />
+        </div>
+      )
+    }
+  }
+
+  it('can be found and tested with ReactTestUtils', async () => {
+    const rootNode = document.createElement('div')
+    document.body.appendChild(rootNode)
+
+    // eslint-disable-next-line react/no-render-return-value
+    const rendered = ReactDOM.render(<WrapperComponent />, rootNode)
+    ReactTestUtils.findRenderedComponentWithType(
+      rendered as any,
+      (ThemeableComponent as any).originalType
+    )
+  })
+
   describe('with theme provided by InstUISettingsProvider', async () => {
     it('should add css class suffixed with label', async () => {
       const subject = await mount(
diff --git a/packages/emotion/src/withStyle.tsx b/packages/emotion/src/withStyle.tsx
index 71d626781a..4636dea963 100644
--- a/packages/emotion/src/withStyle.tsx
+++ b/packages/emotion/src/withStyle.tsx
@@ -173,6 +173,7 @@ const withStyle = decorator(
     > & {
       generateComponentTheme?: GenerateComponentTheme
       allowedProps?: string[]
+      originalType?: WithStyleComponent
     } = forwardRef((props, ref) => {
       const theme = useTheme()
 
@@ -243,6 +244,10 @@ const withStyle = decorator(
 
     hoistNonReactStatics(WithStyle, ComposedComponent)
 
+    // added so it can be tested with ReactTestUtils
+    // more info: https://github.com/facebook/react/issues/13455
+    WithStyle.originalType = ComposedComponent
+
     // we have to pass these on, because sometimes users
     // access propTypes of the component in other components
     // eslint-disable-next-line react/forbid-foreign-prop-types
diff --git a/packages/ui-i18n/package.json b/packages/ui-i18n/package.json
index 4132778aa4..9d09dd16a0 100644
--- a/packages/ui-i18n/package.json
+++ b/packages/ui-i18n/package.json
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@
   "devDependencies": {
     "@instructure/ui-babel-preset": "8.46.1",
     "@instructure/ui-test-utils": "8.46.1",
-    "@types/hoist-non-react-statics": "^3.3.3"
+    "@types/hoist-non-react-statics": "^3.3.3",
+    "react-dom": "^18.2.0"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@babel/runtime": "^7.23.2",
diff --git a/packages/ui-i18n/src/__tests__/bidirectional.test.tsx b/packages/ui-i18n/src/__tests__/bidirectional.test.tsx
index 0c98e77e04..46a10c8bd7 100644
--- a/packages/ui-i18n/src/__tests__/bidirectional.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/ui-i18n/src/__tests__/bidirectional.test.tsx
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
  */
 
 import React from 'react'
+import ReactDOM from 'react-dom'
+import ReactTestUtils from 'react-dom/test-utils'
 import { expect, mount } from '@instructure/ui-test-utils'
 
 import { bidirectional, BidirectionalProps } from '../bidirectional'
@@ -39,12 +41,34 @@ class BidirectionalComponent extends React.Component<BidirectionalProps> {
   }
 }
 
+class WrapperComponent extends React.Component {
+  render() {
+    return (
+      <div>
+        <BidirectionalComponent />
+      </div>
+    )
+  }
+}
+
 describe('@bidirectional', async () => {
   it('should take on the direction of the document by default', async () => {
     const subject = await mount(<BidirectionalComponent />)
     expect(subject.getDOMNode().getAttribute('data-dir')).to.equal('ltr')
   })
 
+  it('can be found and tested with ReactTestUtils', async () => {
+    const rootNode = document.createElement('div')
+    document.body.appendChild(rootNode)
+
+    // eslint-disable-next-line react/no-render-return-value
+    const rendered = ReactDOM.render(<WrapperComponent />, rootNode)
+    ReactTestUtils.findRenderedComponentWithType(
+      rendered as any,
+      (BidirectionalComponent as any).originalType
+    )
+  })
+
   it('should set the text direction via props', async () => {
     const subject = await mount(<BidirectionalComponent dir="rtl" />)
     expect(subject.getDOMNode().getAttribute('data-dir')).to.equal('rtl')
diff --git a/packages/ui-i18n/src/bidirectional.tsx b/packages/ui-i18n/src/bidirectional.tsx
index dabb55a30f..8a80766474 100644
--- a/packages/ui-i18n/src/bidirectional.tsx
+++ b/packages/ui-i18n/src/bidirectional.tsx
@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@
  * SOFTWARE.
  */
 import React, { ForwardedRef, forwardRef, PropsWithChildren } from 'react'
+import type {
+  ForwardRefExoticComponent,
+  PropsWithoutRef,
+  RefAttributes
+} from 'react'
 import { decorator } from '@instructure/ui-decorator'
 import { DIRECTION, TextDirectionContext } from './TextDirectionContext'
 import hoistNonReactStatics from 'hoist-non-react-statics'
@@ -101,9 +106,13 @@ const bidirectional: BidirectionalType = decorator((ComposedComponent) => {
     }
   }
 
-  const BidirectionalForwardingRef = forwardRef<any, BidirectionalProps>(
-    (props, ref) => <BidirectionalComponent {...props} forwardedRef={ref} />
-  )
+  const BidirectionalForwardingRef: ForwardRefExoticComponent<
+    PropsWithoutRef<Record<string, unknown>> & RefAttributes<any>
+  > & {
+    originalType?: React.ComponentClass
+  } = forwardRef<any, BidirectionalProps>((props, ref) => (
+    <BidirectionalComponent {...props} forwardedRef={ref} />
+  ))
   if (process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'production') {
     const displayName = ComposedComponent.displayName || ComposedComponent.name
     BidirectionalForwardingRef.displayName = `BidirectionalForwardingRef(${displayName})`
@@ -114,6 +123,11 @@ const bidirectional: BidirectionalType = decorator((ComposedComponent) => {
   BidirectionalForwardingRef.propTypes = ComposedComponent.propTypes
   // @ts-expect-error These static fields exist on InstUI components
   BidirectionalForwardingRef.allowedProps = ComposedComponent.allowedProps
+
+  // added so it can be tested with ReactTestUtils
+  // more info: https://github.com/facebook/react/issues/13455
+  BidirectionalForwardingRef.originalType = ComposedComponent
+
   return BidirectionalForwardingRef
 }) as BidirectionalType
 
diff --git a/packages/ui-react-utils/src/DeterministicIdContext/withDeterministicId.tsx b/packages/ui-react-utils/src/DeterministicIdContext/withDeterministicId.tsx
index 07e45c01f9..fa7005032b 100644
--- a/packages/ui-react-utils/src/DeterministicIdContext/withDeterministicId.tsx
+++ b/packages/ui-react-utils/src/DeterministicIdContext/withDeterministicId.tsx
@@ -21,11 +21,11 @@
  * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
  * SOFTWARE.
  */
-import React, {
-  forwardRef,
+import React, { forwardRef, useContext } from 'react'
+import type {
+  ForwardRefExoticComponent,
   PropsWithoutRef,
-  RefAttributes,
-  useContext
+  RefAttributes
 } from 'react'
 import hoistNonReactStatics from 'hoist-non-react-statics'
 
@@ -49,33 +49,33 @@ type WithDeterministicIdProps = {
  */
 const withDeterministicId = decorator((ComposedComponent: InstUIComponent) => {
   type Props = PropsWithoutRef<Record<string, unknown>> & RefAttributes<any>
-  const WithDeterministicId = forwardRef(
-    (props: Props, ref: React.ForwardedRef<any>) => {
-      const componentName =
-        ComposedComponent.componentId ||
-        ComposedComponent.displayName ||
-        ComposedComponent.name
-      const instanceCounterMap = useContext(DeterministicIdContext)
-      const deterministicId = (instanceName = componentName) =>
-        generateId(instanceName, instanceCounterMap)
+  const WithDeterministicId: ForwardRefExoticComponent<Props> & {
+    originalType?: React.ComponentClass
+  } = forwardRef((props: Props, ref: React.ForwardedRef<any>) => {
+    const componentName =
+      ComposedComponent.componentId ||
+      ComposedComponent.displayName ||
+      ComposedComponent.name
+    const instanceCounterMap = useContext(DeterministicIdContext)
+    const deterministicId = (instanceName = componentName) =>
+      generateId(instanceName, instanceCounterMap)
 
-      if (props.deterministicId) {
-        warn(
-          false,
-          `Manually passing the "deterministicId" property is not allowed on the ${componentName} component.\n`,
-          props.deterministicId
-        )
-      }
-
-      return (
-        <ComposedComponent
-          ref={ref}
-          deterministicId={deterministicId}
-          {...props}
-        />
+    if (props.deterministicId) {
+      warn(
+        false,
+        `Manually passing the "deterministicId" property is not allowed on the ${componentName} component.\n`,
+        props.deterministicId
       )
     }
-  )
+
+    return (
+      <ComposedComponent
+        ref={ref}
+        deterministicId={deterministicId}
+        {...props}
+      />
+    )
+  })
 
   hoistNonReactStatics(WithDeterministicId, ComposedComponent)
 
@@ -89,6 +89,10 @@ const withDeterministicId = decorator((ComposedComponent: InstUIComponent) => {
   //@ts-expect-error fix this
   WithDeterministicId.allowedProps = ComposedComponent.allowedProps
 
+  // added so it can be tested with ReactTestUtils
+  // more info: https://github.com/facebook/react/issues/13455
+  WithDeterministicId.originalType = ComposedComponent
+
   if (process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'production') {
     WithDeterministicId.displayName = `WithDeterministicId(${ComposedComponent.displayName})`
   }
diff --git a/packages/ui-react-utils/src/__tests__/DeterministicIdContext.test.tsx b/packages/ui-react-utils/src/__tests__/DeterministicIdContext.test.tsx
index cfae13ba74..7195859946 100644
--- a/packages/ui-react-utils/src/__tests__/DeterministicIdContext.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/ui-react-utils/src/__tests__/DeterministicIdContext.test.tsx
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
  */
 
 import React from 'react'
+import ReactDOM from 'react-dom'
+import ReactTestUtils from 'react-dom/test-utils'
 
 import { expect, mount } from '@instructure/ui-test-utils'
 import {
@@ -41,6 +43,16 @@ class TestComponent extends React.Component<
   }
 }
 
+class WrapperComponent extends React.Component {
+  render() {
+    return (
+      <div>
+        <TestComponent />
+      </div>
+    )
+  }
+}
+
 const uniqueIds = (el: { getDOMNode: () => Element }) => {
   const idList = Array.from(el.getDOMNode().children).map((el) => el.id)
 
@@ -48,6 +60,18 @@ const uniqueIds = (el: { getDOMNode: () => Element }) => {
 }
 
 describe('DeterministicIdContext', () => {
+  it('can be found and tested with ReactTestUtils', async () => {
+    const rootNode = document.createElement('div')
+    document.body.appendChild(rootNode)
+
+    // eslint-disable-next-line react/no-render-return-value
+    const rendered = ReactDOM.render(<WrapperComponent />, rootNode)
+    ReactTestUtils.findRenderedComponentWithType(
+      rendered as any,
+      (TestComponent as any).originalType
+    )
+  })
+
   it('should generate unique ids without Provider wrapper', async () => {
     const el = await mount(
       <div>