diff --git a/src/HeaderCell.tsx b/src/HeaderCell.tsx
index 03cfbfe617..2178282a8a 100644
--- a/src/HeaderCell.tsx
+++ b/src/HeaderCell.tsx
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import { css } from '@linaria/core';
 
 import { useRovingTabIndex } from './hooks';
 import {
-  clampColumnWidth,
   getCellClassname,
   getCellStyle,
   getHeaderCellRowSpan,
@@ -287,8 +286,7 @@ function ResizeHandle<R, SR>({ column, onColumnResize, direction }: ResizeHandle
     const offset = resizingOffsetRef.current;
     if (offset === undefined) return;
     const { width, right, left } = event.currentTarget.parentElement!.getBoundingClientRect();
-    let newWidth = isRtl ? right + offset - event.clientX : event.clientX + offset - left;
-    newWidth = clampColumnWidth(newWidth, column);
+    const newWidth = isRtl ? right + offset - event.clientX : event.clientX + offset - left;
     if (width > 0 && newWidth !== width) {
       onColumnResize(column, newWidth);
     }
diff --git a/src/hooks/useCalculatedColumns.ts b/src/hooks/useCalculatedColumns.ts
index 0bbc33d0c9..8d0d56eed8 100644
--- a/src/hooks/useCalculatedColumns.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/useCalculatedColumns.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { useMemo } from 'react';
 
-import { clampColumnWidth, max, min } from '../utils';
+import { max, min } from '../utils';
 import type { CalculatedColumn, CalculatedColumnParent, ColumnOrColumnGroup, Omit } from '../types';
 import { renderValue } from '../cellRenderers';
 import { SELECT_COLUMN_KEY } from '../Columns';
@@ -176,9 +176,7 @@ export function useCalculatedColumns<R, SR>({
     for (const column of columns) {
       let width = getColumnWidth(column);
 
-      if (typeof width === 'number') {
-        width = clampColumnWidth(width, column);
-      } else {
+      if (typeof width === 'string') {
         // This is a placeholder width so we can continue to use virtualization.
         // The actual value is set after the column is rendered
         width = column.minWidth;
diff --git a/src/hooks/useColumnWidths.ts b/src/hooks/useColumnWidths.ts
index a9b8382934..0e12b56c50 100644
--- a/src/hooks/useColumnWidths.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/useColumnWidths.ts
@@ -29,28 +29,26 @@ export function useColumnWidths<R, SR>(
   const newTemplateColumns = [...templateColumns];
   const columnsToMeasure: string[] = [];
 
-  for (const { key, idx, width } of viewportColumns) {
+  for (const column of viewportColumns) {
+    const { key, idx, width } = column;
     if (key === columnToAutoResize?.key) {
-      newTemplateColumns[idx] =
-        columnToAutoResize.width === 'max-content'
-          ? columnToAutoResize.width
-          : `${columnToAutoResize.width}px`;
+      newTemplateColumns[idx] = getColumnWidthForMeasurement(columnToAutoResize.width, column);
       columnsToMeasure.push(key);
     } else if (
-      typeof width === 'string' &&
       (ignorePreviouslyMeasuredColumns || !measuredColumnWidths.has(key)) &&
+      // If the column is resized by the user, we don't want to measure it again
       !resizedColumnWidths.has(key)
     ) {
-      newTemplateColumns[idx] = width;
+      newTemplateColumns[idx] = getColumnWidthForMeasurement(width, column);
       columnsToMeasure.push(key);
     }
   }
 
   const gridTemplateColumns = newTemplateColumns.join(' ');
 
-  useLayoutEffect(updateMeasuredWidths);
+  useLayoutEffect(updateMeasuredAndResizedWidths);
 
-  function updateMeasuredWidths() {
+  function updateMeasuredAndResizedWidths() {
     setPreviousGridWidth(gridWidth);
     if (columnsToMeasure.length === 0) return;
 
@@ -112,8 +110,7 @@ export function useColumnWidths<R, SR>(
 
     if (onColumnResize) {
       const previousWidth = resizedColumnWidths.get(resizingKey);
-      const newWidth =
-        typeof nextWidth === 'number' ? nextWidth : measureColumnWidth(gridRef, resizingKey);
+      const newWidth = measureColumnWidth(gridRef, resizingKey);
       if (newWidth !== undefined && newWidth !== previousWidth) {
         onColumnResize(column, newWidth);
       }
@@ -131,3 +128,47 @@ function measureColumnWidth(gridRef: React.RefObject<HTMLDivElement | null>, key
   const measuringCell = gridRef.current?.querySelector(selector);
   return measuringCell?.getBoundingClientRect().width;
 }
+
+function getColumnWidthForMeasurement<R, SR>(
+  width: number | string,
+  { minWidth, maxWidth }: CalculatedColumn<R, SR>
+) {
+  const widthWithUnit = typeof width === 'number' ? `${width}px` : width;
+
+  // don't break in Node.js (SSR) and jsdom
+  if (typeof CSS === 'undefined') {
+    return widthWithUnit;
+  }
+
+  const hasMaxWidth = maxWidth != null;
+  const clampedWidth = hasMaxWidth
+    ? `clamp(${minWidth}px, ${widthWithUnit}, ${maxWidth}px)`
+    : `max(${minWidth}px, ${widthWithUnit})`;
+
+  // clamp() and max() do not handle all the css grid column width values
+  if (isValidCSSGridColumn(clampedWidth)) {
+    return clampedWidth;
+  }
+
+  if (
+    hasMaxWidth &&
+    // ignore maxWidth if it less than minWidth
+    maxWidth >= minWidth &&
+    // we do not want to use minmax with max-content as it
+    // can result in width being larger than max-content
+    widthWithUnit !== 'max-content'
+  ) {
+    // We are setting maxWidth on the measuring cell but the browser only applies
+    // it after all the widths are calculated. This results in left over space in some cases.
+    const minMaxWidth = `minmax(${widthWithUnit}, ${maxWidth}px)`;
+    if (isValidCSSGridColumn(minMaxWidth)) {
+      return minMaxWidth;
+    }
+  }
+
+  return isValidCSSGridColumn(widthWithUnit) ? widthWithUnit : 'auto';
+}
+
+function isValidCSSGridColumn(width: string) {
+  return CSS.supports('grid-template-columns', width);
+}
diff --git a/src/utils/index.ts b/src/utils/index.ts
index f6bd990888..d8178d4b3d 100644
--- a/src/utils/index.ts
+++ b/src/utils/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import type { CalculatedColumn, CalculatedColumnOrColumnGroup, Maybe } from '../types';
+import type { CalculatedColumnOrColumnGroup, Maybe } from '../types';
 
 export * from './colSpanUtils';
 export * from './domUtils';
@@ -18,20 +18,6 @@ export function assertIsValidKeyGetter<R, K extends React.Key>(
   }
 }
 
-export function clampColumnWidth<R, SR>(
-  width: number,
-  { minWidth, maxWidth }: CalculatedColumn<R, SR>
-): number {
-  width = max(width, minWidth);
-
-  // ignore maxWidth if it less than minWidth
-  if (typeof maxWidth === 'number' && maxWidth >= minWidth) {
-    return min(width, maxWidth);
-  }
-
-  return width;
-}
-
 export function getHeaderCellRowSpan<R, SR>(
   column: CalculatedColumnOrColumnGroup<R, SR>,
   rowIdx: number
diff --git a/test/browser/column/resizable.test.tsx b/test/browser/column/resizable.test.tsx
index 1a1f0449ac..10b0104c12 100644
--- a/test/browser/column/resizable.test.tsx
+++ b/test/browser/column/resizable.test.tsx
@@ -76,12 +76,15 @@ test('should resize column when dragging the handle', async () => {
 });
 
 test('should use the maxWidth if specified', async () => {
-  setup<Row, unknown>({ columns, rows: [] });
+  const onColumnResize = vi.fn();
+  setup<Row, unknown>({ columns, rows: [], onColumnResize });
   const grid = getGrid();
+  expect(onColumnResize).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
   await expect.element(grid).toHaveStyle({ gridTemplateColumns: '100px 200px ' });
   const [, col2] = getHeaderCells();
   await resize({ column: col2, resizeBy: 1000 });
   await expect.element(grid).toHaveStyle({ gridTemplateColumns: '100px 400px' });
+  expect(onColumnResize).toHaveBeenCalledExactlyOnceWith(expect.objectContaining(columns[1]), 400);
 });
 
 test('should use the minWidth if specified', async () => {
diff --git a/website/routes/CommonFeatures.tsx b/website/routes/CommonFeatures.tsx
index b938773043..86d47de39d 100644
--- a/website/routes/CommonFeatures.tsx
+++ b/website/routes/CommonFeatures.tsx
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ function getColumns(
     {
       key: 'country',
       name: 'Country',
+      maxWidth: 150,
       renderEditCell: (p) => (
         <select
           autoFocus