diff --git a/packages/sitecore-jss-angular/src/components/form.component.ts b/packages/sitecore-jss-angular/src/components/form.component.ts
index e017236438f..eca48c3f558 100644
--- a/packages/sitecore-jss-angular/src/components/form.component.ts
+++ b/packages/sitecore-jss-angular/src/components/form.component.ts
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ export class FormComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
    * The rendering data for the component
    */
   @Input() rendering: FormRendering;
+  @Input() data: unknown;
 
   hasError = false;
 
diff --git a/packages/sitecore-jss-angular/src/components/missing-component.component.ts b/packages/sitecore-jss-angular/src/components/missing-component.component.ts
index 03026090f5c..42a85a6e9c5 100644
--- a/packages/sitecore-jss-angular/src/components/missing-component.component.ts
+++ b/packages/sitecore-jss-angular/src/components/missing-component.component.ts
@@ -14,4 +14,5 @@ import { ComponentRendering } from '@sitecore-jss/sitecore-jss/layout';
 })
 export class MissingComponentComponent {
   @Input() rendering: ComponentRendering;
+  @Input() data: unknown;
 }
diff --git a/packages/sitecore-jss-angular/src/components/placeholder.component.spec.ts b/packages/sitecore-jss-angular/src/components/placeholder.component.spec.ts
index ec7af1e1196..59e1f5a6464 100644
--- a/packages/sitecore-jss-angular/src/components/placeholder.component.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/sitecore-jss-angular/src/components/placeholder.component.spec.ts
@@ -1,35 +1,36 @@
+import { Location } from '@angular/common';
 import {
   Component,
   DebugElement,
   EventEmitter,
   Injectable,
+  input,
   Input,
   Output,
   TemplateRef,
   ViewChild,
 } from '@angular/core';
-import { RedirectCommand, Router } from '@angular/router';
 import { ComponentFixture, TestBed, waitForAsync } from '@angular/core/testing';
-import { Location } from '@angular/common';
 import { By } from '@angular/platform-browser';
+import { RedirectCommand, Router } from '@angular/router';
 import { RouterTestingModule } from '@angular/router/testing';
 import { ComponentRendering } from '@sitecore-jss/sitecore-jss/layout';
 import { JssModule } from '../lib.module';
+import { JssStateService } from '../services/jss-state.service';
+import { JssCanActivate, JssCanActivateFn, JssResolve } from '../services/placeholder.token';
 import { convertedData as eeData } from '../test-data/ee-data';
+import * as lazyLoadingData from '../test-data/lazy-loading/data';
+import { LazyComponent } from '../test-data/lazy-loading/lazy-component.component';
+import * as metadataData from '../test-data/metadata-data';
 import {
   convertedDevData as nonEeDevData,
   convertedLayoutServiceData as nonEeLsData,
   sxaRenderingData,
-  sxaRenderingDynamicPlaceholderData,
   sxaRenderingDoubleDigitDynamicPlaceholderData,
+  sxaRenderingDynamicPlaceholderData,
 } from '../test-data/non-ee-data';
-import * as metadataData from '../test-data/metadata-data';
-import { LazyComponent } from '../test-data/lazy-loading/lazy-component.component';
-import { JssCanActivate, JssCanActivateFn, JssResolve } from '../services/placeholder.token';
-import * as lazyLoadingData from '../test-data/lazy-loading/data';
-import { MissingComponentComponent } from './missing-component.component';
-import { JssStateService } from '../services/jss-state.service';
 import { cleanHtml } from '../test-utils';
+import { MissingComponentComponent } from './missing-component.component';
 
 @Component({
   selector: 'test-placeholder',
@@ -42,16 +43,19 @@ import { cleanHtml } from '../test-utils';
 class TestPlaceholderComponent {
   @Input() rendering: ComponentRendering;
   @Input() name: string;
+  @Input() data: unknown;
 }
 
 @Component({
   selector: 'test-download-callout',
+  standalone: true,
   template: `
-    {{ rendering?.fields?.linkText?.value }}
+    {{ rendering()?.fields?.linkText?.value }}
   `,
 })
 class TestDownloadCalloutComponent {
-  @Input() rendering: ComponentRendering;
+  rendering = input.required<ComponentRendering>();
+  data = input();
 }
 
 @Component({
@@ -64,13 +68,17 @@ class TestDownloadCalloutComponent {
 })
 class TestHomeComponent {
   @Input() rendering: ComponentRendering;
+  @Input() data: unknown;
 }
 
 @Component({
   selector: 'test-jumbotron',
   template: '',
 })
-class TestJumbotronComponent {}
+class TestJumbotronComponent {
+  @Input() rendering: ComponentRendering;
+  @Input() data: unknown;
+}
 
 describe('<sc-placeholder />', () => {
   let fixture: ComponentFixture<TestPlaceholderComponent>;
@@ -80,13 +88,9 @@ describe('<sc-placeholder />', () => {
   beforeEach(
     waitForAsync(() => {
       TestBed.configureTestingModule({
-        declarations: [
-          TestPlaceholderComponent,
-          TestDownloadCalloutComponent,
-          TestHomeComponent,
-          TestJumbotronComponent,
-        ],
+        declarations: [TestPlaceholderComponent, TestHomeComponent, TestJumbotronComponent],
         imports: [
+          TestDownloadCalloutComponent,
           RouterTestingModule,
           JssModule.withComponents(
             [
@@ -345,6 +349,7 @@ describe('<sc-placeholder />', () => {
 })
 class TestParentComponent {
   @Input() rendering: ComponentRendering;
+  @Input() data: unknown;
   @Input() name: string;
   clickMessage = '';
   public inputs = {
@@ -370,6 +375,8 @@ class TestParentComponent {
   `,
 })
 class TestChildComponent {
+  @Input() rendering: ComponentRendering;
+  @Input() data: unknown;
   @Input() childMessage: string;
   @Input() childNumber: number;
   @Output() childEvent: EventEmitter<string> = new EventEmitter<string>();
@@ -725,6 +732,7 @@ describe('<sc-placeholder /> with lazy loaded modules', () => {
 })
 class TestRichTextComponent {
   @Input() rendering: ComponentRendering;
+  @Input() data: unknown;
   @ViewChild('default', { static: true }) defaultVariant: TemplateRef<any>;
   @ViewChild('withTitle', { static: true }) withTitleVariant: TemplateRef<any>;
   public get variant(): TemplateRef<any> {
@@ -880,6 +888,7 @@ describe('Placeholder Metadata:', () => {
   })
   class TestNestingComponent {
     @Input() rendering: ComponentRendering;
+    @Input() data: unknown;
     nestedRendering: ComponentRendering = layoutData.sitecore.route.placeholders.main[0];
   }
 
@@ -891,6 +900,7 @@ describe('Placeholder Metadata:', () => {
   })
   class LogoComponent {
     @Input() rendering: ComponentRendering;
+    @Input() data: unknown;
   }
 
   let fixture: ComponentFixture<TestPlaceholderComponent>;
@@ -1091,6 +1101,7 @@ describe('Placeholder Metadata: dynamic placeholder:', () => {
   })
   class TestNestingComponent {
     @Input() rendering: ComponentRendering;
+    @Input() data: unknown;
     nestedRendering: ComponentRendering = layoutData.sitecore.route.placeholders.main[0];
   }
 
@@ -1102,6 +1113,7 @@ describe('Placeholder Metadata: dynamic placeholder:', () => {
   })
   class LogoComponent {
     @Input() rendering: ComponentRendering;
+    @Input() data: unknown;
   }
 
   let fixture: ComponentFixture<TestPlaceholderComponent>;
diff --git a/packages/sitecore-jss-angular/src/components/placeholder.component.ts b/packages/sitecore-jss-angular/src/components/placeholder.component.ts
index d2584b98a25..daef6d2cd08 100644
--- a/packages/sitecore-jss-angular/src/components/placeholder.component.ts
+++ b/packages/sitecore-jss-angular/src/components/placeholder.component.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { isPlatformServer } from '@angular/common';
 import {
   ChangeDetectorRef,
   Component,
+  ComponentRef,
   ContentChild,
   DoCheck,
   ElementRef,
@@ -123,7 +124,7 @@ export class PlaceholderComponent implements OnInit, OnChanges, DoCheck, OnDestr
   chromeType: string;
   private _inputs: { [key: string]: unknown };
   private _differ: KeyValueDiffer<string, unknown>;
-  private _componentInstances: { [prop: string]: unknown }[] = [];
+  private _componentRefs: ComponentRef<unknown>[] = [];
   private placeholderData?: (ComponentRendering<ComponentFields> | HtmlElementRendering)[];
   private destroyed = false;
   private parentStyleAttribute = '';
@@ -176,7 +177,7 @@ export class PlaceholderComponent implements OnInit, OnChanges, DoCheck, OnDestr
 
   ngOnDestroy() {
     this.destroyed = true;
-    this._componentInstances = [];
+    this._componentRefs = [];
     if (this.contextSubscription) {
       this.contextSubscription.unsubscribe();
     }
@@ -191,7 +192,7 @@ export class PlaceholderComponent implements OnInit, OnChanges, DoCheck, OnDestr
   }
 
   ngDoCheck() {
-    if (!this._differ || !this._inputs || this._componentInstances.length === 0) {
+    if (!this._differ || !this._inputs || this._componentRefs.length === 0) {
       return;
     }
 
@@ -203,7 +204,7 @@ export class PlaceholderComponent implements OnInit, OnChanges, DoCheck, OnDestr
     changes.forEachRemovedItem((change) => (updates[change.key] = null));
     changes.forEachAddedItem((change) => (updates[change.key] = change.currentValue));
     changes.forEachChangedItem((change) => (updates[change.key] = change.currentValue));
-    this._componentInstances.forEach((componentInstance) =>
+    this._componentRefs.forEach((componentInstance) =>
       this._setComponentInputs(componentInstance, updates)
     );
   }
@@ -285,11 +286,11 @@ export class PlaceholderComponent implements OnInit, OnChanges, DoCheck, OnDestr
   }
 
   private _setComponentInputs(
-    componentInstance: { [key: string]: unknown },
+    componentRef: ComponentRef<unknown>,
     inputs: { [key: string]: unknown }
   ) {
-    Object.entries(inputs).forEach(
-      ([input, inputValue]) => (componentInstance[input] = inputValue)
+    Object.entries(inputs).forEach(([input, inputValue]) =>
+      componentRef.setInput(input, inputValue)
     );
   }
 
@@ -313,7 +314,7 @@ export class PlaceholderComponent implements OnInit, OnChanges, DoCheck, OnDestr
       return;
     }
 
-    this._componentInstances = [];
+    this._componentRefs = [];
     this.view.clear();
 
     if (!this.rendering && !this.renderings) {
@@ -448,15 +449,16 @@ export class PlaceholderComponent implements OnInit, OnChanges, DoCheck, OnDestr
     }
 
     const componentInstance = createdComponentRef.instance;
-    componentInstance.rendering = rendering.componentDefinition;
-    componentInstance.data = data;
-
+    createdComponentRef.setInput('rendering', rendering.componentDefinition);
+    if (data) {
+      createdComponentRef.setInput('data', data);
+    }
     if (this._inputs) {
-      this._setComponentInputs(componentInstance, this._inputs);
+      this._setComponentInputs(createdComponentRef, this._inputs);
     }
     if (this.outputs) {
       this._subscribeComponentOutputs(componentInstance, this.outputs);
     }
-    this._componentInstances.push(componentInstance);
+    this._componentRefs.push(createdComponentRef);
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/sitecore-jss-angular/src/components/raw.component.ts b/packages/sitecore-jss-angular/src/components/raw.component.ts
index 63a2e5a4a42..58d3ea9fa5c 100644
--- a/packages/sitecore-jss-angular/src/components/raw.component.ts
+++ b/packages/sitecore-jss-angular/src/components/raw.component.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import { HtmlElementRendering } from '@sitecore-jss/sitecore-jss/layout';
 })
 export class RawComponent implements OnInit {
   @Input() rendering: HtmlElementRendering;
+  @Input() data: unknown;
 
   constructor(private renderer: Renderer2, private elementRef: ElementRef) {}
 
diff --git a/packages/sitecore-jss-angular/src/components/render-component.component.ts b/packages/sitecore-jss-angular/src/components/render-component.component.ts
index 56a6b5ff466..3089fd96765 100644
--- a/packages/sitecore-jss-angular/src/components/render-component.component.ts
+++ b/packages/sitecore-jss-angular/src/components/render-component.component.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import {
   Component,
+  ComponentRef,
   Inject,
   Input,
   KeyValueDiffer,
@@ -62,12 +63,11 @@ export class RenderComponentComponent implements OnChanges {
   }
 
   private _setComponentInputs(
-    componentInstance: { [key: string]: unknown },
+    componentRef: ComponentRef<unknown>,
     inputs: { [key: string]: unknown }
   ) {
-    Object.entries(inputs).forEach(
-      ([input, inputValue]) =>
-        ((componentInstance as { [prop: string]: unknown })[input] = inputValue)
+    Object.entries(inputs).forEach(([input, inputValue]) =>
+      componentRef.setInput(input, inputValue)
     );
   }
 
@@ -114,14 +114,13 @@ export class RenderComponentComponent implements OnChanges {
         rendering.componentImplementation = this.missingComponentComponent;
       }
 
-      const componentInstance = this.view.createComponent(rendering.componentImplementation)
-        .instance;
-      componentInstance.rendering = rendering.componentDefinition;
+      const componentRef = this.view.createComponent(rendering.componentImplementation);
+      componentRef.setInput('rendering', rendering.componentDefinition);
       if (this._inputs) {
-        this._setComponentInputs(componentInstance, this._inputs);
+        this._setComponentInputs(componentRef, this._inputs);
       }
       if (this.outputs) {
-        this._subscribeComponentOutputs(componentInstance, this.outputs);
+        this._subscribeComponentOutputs(componentRef.instance, this.outputs);
       }
     });
   }
diff --git a/packages/sitecore-jss-angular/src/test-data/lazy-loading/lazy-component.component.ts b/packages/sitecore-jss-angular/src/test-data/lazy-loading/lazy-component.component.ts
index d04573dc235..ab5585b953a 100644
--- a/packages/sitecore-jss-angular/src/test-data/lazy-loading/lazy-component.component.ts
+++ b/packages/sitecore-jss-angular/src/test-data/lazy-loading/lazy-component.component.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import { Component, Input } from '@angular/core';
 })
 export class LazyComponent {
   @Input() rendering: ComponentRendering;
+  @Input() data: unknown;
 
   constructor(private mockService: MockService) {}