diff --git a/.changeset/empty-years-type.md b/.changeset/empty-years-type.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..84356426a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/empty-years-type.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@workleap/orbiter-ui": patch
+---
+
+Replace element.ref with element.props.ref for React 19 compatibility
diff --git a/packages/components/src/accordion/src/useAccordionItems.ts b/packages/components/src/accordion/src/useAccordionItems.ts
index bbcbc1997..36ded84eb 100644
--- a/packages/components/src/accordion/src/useAccordionItems.ts
+++ b/packages/components/src/accordion/src/useAccordionItems.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-import { Children, ReactElement, ReactNode, Ref, RefAttributes, useMemo } from "react";
+import { Children, ReactElement, ReactNode, Ref, useMemo } from "react";
 import { Content, Header } from "../../placeholders/index.ts";
 import { isNil, mergeProps } from "../../shared/index.ts";
+import { getElementRef } from "../../shared/src/getElementRef.tsx";
 
 export interface AccordionBuilderItem {
     header: AccordionBuilderHeader;
@@ -47,14 +48,14 @@ export class AccordionBuilder {
                 // elementType: isHeading(header.type) ? undefined : header.type,
                 elementType: header.type,
                 props: mergeProps(header.props, element.props),
-                ref: (header as RefAttributes<any>).ref as Ref<any>
+                ref: getElementRef(header)
             };
 
             const panelProps: AccordionBuilderItem["header"] = {
                 // Use a custom type if available otherwise let the AccordionPanel component choose his default type.
                 elementType: content.type !== Content ? content.type : undefined,
                 props: content.props,
-                ref: (content as RefAttributes<any>).ref as Ref<any>
+                ref: getElementRef(content)
             };
 
             return {
diff --git a/packages/components/src/collection/src/useCollection.ts b/packages/components/src/collection/src/useCollection.ts
index 1eec9e832..8bbda3934 100644
--- a/packages/components/src/collection/src/useCollection.ts
+++ b/packages/components/src/collection/src/useCollection.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-import { Children, ElementType, ReactElement, ReactNode, Ref, RefAttributes, useMemo } from "react";
+import { Children, ElementType, ReactElement, ReactNode, Ref, useMemo } from "react";
 import { Divider } from "../../divider/index.ts";
 import { Item, Section } from "../../collection/index.ts";
+import { getElementRef } from "../../shared/src/getElementRef.tsx";
 import { TooltipTrigger, parseTooltipTrigger } from "../../tooltip/index.ts";
 import { isNil, resolveChildren } from "../../shared/index.ts";
 
@@ -75,7 +76,7 @@ export class CollectionBuilder {
             index,
             key: !isNil(element.key) ? element.key.toString().replace(".", "").replace("$", "") : index.toString(),
             props,
-            ref: (element as RefAttributes<any>).ref as Ref<any>,
+            ref: getElementRef(element),
             type: NodeType.item
         };
     }
@@ -97,7 +98,7 @@ export class CollectionBuilder {
             items,
             key: index.toString(),
             props,
-            ref: (element as RefAttributes<any>).ref as Ref<any>,
+            ref: getElementRef(element),
             type: NodeType.section
         };
     }
@@ -113,7 +114,7 @@ export class CollectionBuilder {
             index,
             key: index.toString(),
             props,
-            ref: (element as RefAttributes<any>).ref as Ref<any>,
+            ref: getElementRef(element),
             type: NodeType.divider
         };
     }
diff --git a/packages/components/src/shared/src/augmentElement.tsx b/packages/components/src/shared/src/augmentElement.tsx
index 0c8bf7725..6389635cf 100644
--- a/packages/components/src/shared/src/augmentElement.tsx
+++ b/packages/components/src/shared/src/augmentElement.tsx
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 import { ReactElement, RefAttributes, cloneElement } from "react";
 import { Size, SizeAdapter, normalizeSize } from "./size.ts";
 import { mergeProps } from "./mergeProps.ts";
+import { getElementRef } from "./getElementRef.tsx";
 
 export function augmentElement(element: ReactElement & RefAttributes<any>, newProps: Record<string, any>) {
-    const augmentedProps = mergeProps({ ...element.props, ref: element.ref }, newProps);
+    const augmentedProps = mergeProps({ ...element.props, ref: getElementRef(element) }, newProps);
 
     return cloneElement(element, augmentedProps);
 }
diff --git a/packages/components/src/shared/src/getElementRef.tsx b/packages/components/src/shared/src/getElementRef.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7f80435b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/components/src/shared/src/getElementRef.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+import { ReactElement, Ref } from "react";
+
+/**
+ * `ref` is passed as prop in React 19, whereas `ref` is directly attached to
+ * children in React 18 below check is to ensure `ref` is accessible in both
+ * cases
+ */
+export function getElementRef(element: ReactElement): Ref<any> {
+    return element.props.propertyIsEnumerable("ref") ? element.props.ref : (element as any).ref;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/components/src/tabs/src/useTabsItems.ts b/packages/components/src/tabs/src/useTabsItems.ts
index f391009ac..5e0d7d201 100644
--- a/packages/components/src/tabs/src/useTabsItems.ts
+++ b/packages/components/src/tabs/src/useTabsItems.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { Children, ReactElement, ReactNode, Ref, RefAttributes, useMemo } from "react";
 import { Content, Header } from "../../placeholders/index.ts";
 import { isNil, mergeProps, resolveChildren } from "../../shared/index.ts";
+import { getElementRef } from "../../shared/src/getElementRef.tsx";
 
 export interface PanelType {
     disabled?: boolean;
@@ -56,7 +57,7 @@ export class TabsBuilder {
                 key,
                 panelId,
                 props: mergeProps(header.props, element.props),
-                ref: header.ref as Ref<any>,
+                ref: getElementRef(header),
                 tabId
             });
 
@@ -69,7 +70,7 @@ export class TabsBuilder {
                 key,
                 panelId,
                 props: content.props,
-                ref: content.ref as Ref<any>,
+                ref: getElementRef(content),
                 tabId
             });
         });