diff --git a/src/mount.ts b/src/mount.ts
index a6db298e3..97b84104f 100644
--- a/src/mount.ts
+++ b/src/mount.ts
@@ -4,23 +4,23 @@ import {
   VNode,
   defineComponent,
   VNodeNormalizedChildren,
-  VNodeProps,
   ComponentOptions,
   Plugin,
   Directive,
-  Component
+  Component,
+  reactive
 } from 'vue'
 
-import { VueWrapper, createWrapper } from './vue-wrapper'
+import { createWrapper } from './vue-wrapper'
 import { createEmitMixin } from './emitMixin'
 import { createDataMixin } from './dataMixin'
 import { MOUNT_ELEMENT_ID } from './constants'
 
 type Slot = VNode | string | { render: Function }
 
-interface MountingOptions<Props> {
+interface MountingOptions {
   data?: () => Record<string, unknown>
-  props?: Props
+  props?: Record<string, any>
   slots?: {
     default?: Slot
     [key: string]: Slot
@@ -37,10 +37,7 @@ interface MountingOptions<Props> {
   stubs?: Record<string, any>
 }
 
-export function mount<P>(
-  originalComponent: any,
-  options?: MountingOptions<P>
-): VueWrapper {
+export function mount(originalComponent: any, options?: MountingOptions) {
   const component = { ...originalComponent }
 
   // Reset the document.body
@@ -69,16 +66,27 @@ export function mount<P>(
     component.mixins = [...(component.mixins || []), dataMixin]
   }
 
+  // we define props as reactive so that way when we update them with `setProps`
+  // Vue's reactivity system will cause a rerender.
+  const props = reactive({ ...options?.props, ref: 'VTU_COMPONENT' })
+
   // create the wrapper component
-  const Parent = (props?: VNodeProps) =>
-    defineComponent({
-      render() {
-        return h(component, { ...props, ref: 'VTU_COMPONENT' }, slots)
-      }
-    })
+  const Parent = defineComponent({
+    render() {
+      return h(component, props, slots)
+    }
+  })
+
+  const setProps = (newProps: Record<string, unknown>) => {
+    for (const [k, v] of Object.entries(newProps)) {
+      props[k] = v
+    }
+
+    return app.$nextTick()
+  }
 
   // create the vm
-  const vm = createApp(Parent(options && options.props))
+  const vm = createApp(Parent)
 
   // global mocks mixin
   if (options?.global?.mocks) {
@@ -128,5 +136,5 @@ export function mount<P>(
   // mount the app!
   const app = vm.mount(el)
 
-  return createWrapper(app, events)
+  return createWrapper(app, events, setProps)
 }
diff --git a/src/vue-wrapper.ts b/src/vue-wrapper.ts
index 93f99ff03..11d6249b0 100644
--- a/src/vue-wrapper.ts
+++ b/src/vue-wrapper.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { ComponentPublicInstance } from 'vue'
+import { ComponentPublicInstance, nextTick } from 'vue'
 import { ShapeFlags } from '@vue/shared'
 
 import { DOMWrapper } from './dom-wrapper'
@@ -10,9 +10,15 @@ export class VueWrapper implements WrapperAPI {
   private componentVM: ComponentPublicInstance
   private __emitted: Record<string, unknown[]> = {}
   private __vm: ComponentPublicInstance
+  private __setProps: (props: Record<string, any>) => void
 
-  constructor(vm: ComponentPublicInstance, events: Record<string, unknown[]>) {
+  constructor(
+    vm: ComponentPublicInstance,
+    events: Record<string, unknown[]>,
+    setProps: (props: Record<string, any>) => void
+  ) {
     this.__vm = vm
+    this.__setProps = setProps
     this.componentVM = this.vm.$refs['VTU_COMPONENT'] as ComponentPublicInstance
     this.__emitted = events
   }
@@ -78,6 +84,11 @@ export class VueWrapper implements WrapperAPI {
     return Array.from(results).map((x) => new DOMWrapper(x))
   }
 
+  setProps(props: Record<string, any>) {
+    this.__setProps(props)
+    return nextTick()
+  }
+
   trigger(eventString: string) {
     const rootElementWrapper = new DOMWrapper(this.element)
     return rootElementWrapper.trigger(eventString)
@@ -86,7 +97,8 @@ export class VueWrapper implements WrapperAPI {
 
 export function createWrapper(
   vm: ComponentPublicInstance,
-  events: Record<string, unknown[]>
+  events: Record<string, unknown[]>,
+  setProps: (props: Record<string, any>) => void
 ): VueWrapper {
-  return new VueWrapper(vm, events)
+  return new VueWrapper(vm, events, setProps)
 }
diff --git a/tests/setProps.spec.ts b/tests/setProps.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c1ffb81fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/setProps.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+import { defineComponent, h, computed } from 'vue'
+
+import { mount } from '../src'
+
+describe('setProps', () => {
+  it('updates a primitive prop', async () => {
+    const Foo = {
+      props: ['foo'],
+      template: '<div>{{ foo }}</div>'
+    }
+    const wrapper = mount(Foo, {
+      props: {
+        foo: 'foo'
+      }
+    })
+    expect(wrapper.html()).toContain('foo')
+
+    await wrapper.setProps({ foo: 'qux' })
+    expect(wrapper.html()).toContain('qux')
+  })
+
+  it('updates a function prop', async () => {
+    const Foo = {
+      props: ['obj'],
+      template: `
+        <div>
+          <div v-if="obj.foo()">foo</div>
+        </div>
+      `
+    }
+    const wrapper = mount(Foo, {
+      props: {
+        obj: {
+          foo: () => true
+        }
+      }
+    })
+    expect(wrapper.html()).toContain('foo')
+
+    await wrapper.setProps({ obj: { foo: () => false } })
+    expect(wrapper.html()).not.toContain('foo')
+  })
+
+  it('sets component props, and updates DOM when props were not initially passed', async () => {
+    const Foo = {
+      props: ['foo'],
+      template: `<div>{{ foo }}</div>`
+    }
+    const wrapper = mount(Foo)
+    expect(wrapper.html()).not.toContain('foo')
+
+    await wrapper.setProps({ foo: 'foo' })
+
+    expect(wrapper.html()).toContain('foo')
+  })
+
+  it('triggers a watcher', async () => {
+    const Foo = {
+      props: ['foo'],
+      data() {
+        return {
+          bar: 'original-bar'
+        }
+      },
+      watch: {
+        foo(val: string) {
+          this.bar = val
+        }
+      },
+      template: `<div>{{ bar }}</div>`
+    }
+    const wrapper = mount(Foo)
+    expect(wrapper.html()).toContain('original-bar')
+
+    await wrapper.setProps({ foo: 'updated-bar' })
+
+    expect(wrapper.html()).toContain('updated-bar')
+  })
+
+  it('works with composition API', async () => {
+    const Foo = defineComponent({
+      props: {
+        foo: { type: String }
+      },
+      setup(props) {
+        const foobar = computed(() => `${props.foo}-bar`)
+        return () =>
+          h('div', `Foo is: ${props.foo}. Foobar is: ${foobar.value}`)
+      }
+    })
+    const wrapper = mount(Foo, {
+      props: {
+        foo: 'foo'
+      }
+    })
+    expect(wrapper.html()).toContain('Foo is: foo. Foobar is: foo-bar')
+
+    await wrapper.setProps({ foo: 'qux' })
+
+    expect(wrapper.html()).toContain('Foo is: qux. Foobar is: qux-bar')
+  })
+
+  it('non-existent props are rendered as attributes', async () => {
+    const Foo = {
+      props: ['foo'],
+      template: '<div>{{ foo }}</div>'
+    }
+    const wrapper = mount(Foo, {
+      props: {
+        foo: 'foo'
+      }
+    })
+    expect(wrapper.html()).toContain('foo')
+
+    const nonExistentProp = { bar: 'qux' }
+    await wrapper.setProps(nonExistentProp)
+
+    expect(wrapper.attributes()).toEqual(nonExistentProp)
+    expect(wrapper.html()).toBe('<div bar="qux">foo</div>')
+  })
+})