diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 650faa58..ab839fe0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+### 10.11.3
+
+- only apply initial values in useSSR, withSSR on i18next instances not being a clone (eg. created by express middleware on server) ==> don't apply on serverside
+
 ### 10.11.2
 
 - Reload translations whenever namespaces passed to useTranslation() change [878](https://github.com/i18next/react-i18next/pull/878)
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 7b7e84fa..67d5b551 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "react-i18next",
-  "version": "10.11.2",
+  "version": "10.11.3",
   "description": "Internationalization for react done right. Using the i18next i18n ecosystem.",
   "main": "dist/commonjs/index.js",
   "types": "src/index.d.ts",
diff --git a/react-i18next.js b/react-i18next.js
index a70da39d..54ed492a 100644
--- a/react-i18next.js
+++ b/react-i18next.js
@@ -878,7 +878,10 @@
     const _ref = getHasUsedI18nextProvider() ? React.useContext(I18nContext) : {},
           i18nFromContext = _ref.i18n;
 
-    const i18n = i18nFromProps || i18nFromContext || getI18n(); // nextjs / SSR: getting data from next.js or other ssr stack
+    const i18n = i18nFromProps || i18nFromContext || getI18n(); // opt out if is a cloned instance, eg. created by i18next-express-middleware on request
+    // -> do not set initial stuff on server side
+
+    if (i18n.options && i18n.options.isClone) return; // nextjs / SSR: getting data from next.js or other ssr stack
 
     if (initialI18nStore && !i18n.initializedStoreOnce) {
       i18n.services.resourceStore.data = initialI18nStore;
diff --git a/react-i18next.min.js b/react-i18next.min.js
index 278a5101..cfb22494 100644
--- a/react-i18next.min.js
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diff --git a/src/useSSR.js b/src/useSSR.js
index 221f358d..31c0fa03 100644
--- a/src/useSSR.js
+++ b/src/useSSR.js
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ export function useSSR(initialI18nStore, initialLanguage, props = {}) {
   const { i18n: i18nFromContext } = getHasUsedI18nextProvider() ? useContext(I18nContext) : {};
   const i18n = i18nFromProps || i18nFromContext || getI18n();
 
+  // opt out if is a cloned instance, eg. created by i18next-express-middleware on request
+  // -> do not set initial stuff on server side
+  if (i18n.options && i18n.options.isClone) return;
+
   // nextjs / SSR: getting data from next.js or other ssr stack
   if (initialI18nStore && !i18n.initializedStoreOnce) {
     i18n.services.resourceStore.data = initialI18nStore;