diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index bcda570d..b402b117 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -420,10 +420,13 @@ function MyProseMirrorField() {
 ### `useEditorState`
 
 ```tsx
-type useEditorState = () => EditorState;
+type useEditorState = () => [
+  EditorState, 
+  React.Dispatch<ReactSetStateAction<EditorState>>
+];
 ```
 
-Provides access to the current EditorState value.
+Provides access to the current EditorState value and a method to update it.
 
 ### `useEditorEventCallback`
 
diff --git a/demo/Menu.tsx b/demo/Menu.tsx
index 3d611e84..040a5252 100644
--- a/demo/Menu.tsx
+++ b/demo/Menu.tsx
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ export function Button(props: {
 }
 
 export default function Menu() {
-  const state = useEditorState();
+  const [state] = useEditorState();
 
   const toggleBold = useEditorEventCallback((view) => {
     const toggleBoldMark = toggleMark(view.state.schema.marks["strong"]);
diff --git a/src/contexts/EditorContext.ts b/src/contexts/EditorContext.ts
index ad1248e3..c8cb88b1 100644
--- a/src/contexts/EditorContext.ts
+++ b/src/contexts/EditorContext.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 import type { EditorState } from "prosemirror-state";
 import type { DOMEventMap, EditorView } from "prosemirror-view";
-import { createContext } from "react";
+import React, { createContext } from "react";
 
 import type { EventHandler } from "../plugins/componentEventListeners";
 
 export interface EditorContextValue {
   editorView: EditorView | null;
   editorState: EditorState;
+  setEditorState: React.Dispatch<React.SetStateAction<EditorState>>;
   registerEventListener<EventType extends keyof DOMEventMap>(
     eventType: EventType,
     handler: EventHandler<EventType>
diff --git a/src/hooks/useEditorState.ts b/src/hooks/useEditorState.ts
index b4d10c66..ef1ed133 100644
--- a/src/hooks/useEditorState.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/useEditorState.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,16 @@
+import { EditorContext } from "../contexts/EditorContext.js";
+import type { EditorContextValue } from "../contexts/EditorContext.js";
+
 import type { EditorState } from "prosemirror-state";
 import { useContext } from "react";
 
-import { EditorContext } from "../contexts/EditorContext.js";
-
 /**
- * Provides access to the current EditorState value.
+ * Provides access to the current EditorState value and method to update it.
  */
-export function useEditorState(): EditorState {
-  const { editorState } = useContext(EditorContext);
-
-  return editorState;
+export function useEditorState(): [
+  EditorState,
+  EditorContextValue["setEditorState"],
+] {
+  const { editorState, setEditorState } = useContext(EditorContext);
+  return [editorState, setEditorState];
 }
diff --git a/src/hooks/useEditorView.ts b/src/hooks/useEditorView.ts
index e996d5be..460ea59e 100644
--- a/src/hooks/useEditorView.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/useEditorView.ts
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ let didWarnValueDefaultValue = false;
 export interface UseEditorViewOptions extends EditorProps {
   defaultState?: EditorState;
   state?: EditorState;
+  setState?: EditorContextValue["setEditorState"];
   plugins?: Plugin[];
   dispatchTransaction?(this: EditorView, tr: Transaction): void;
 }
@@ -61,8 +62,9 @@ export function useEditorView<T extends HTMLElement = HTMLElement>(
   }
 
   const defaultState = options.defaultState ?? EMPTY_STATE;
-  const [_state, setState] = useState<EditorState>(defaultState);
+  const [_state, _setState] = useState<EditorState>(defaultState);
   const state = options.state ?? _state;
+  const setState = options.setState ?? _setState;
 
   const {
     componentEventListenersPlugin,
@@ -121,10 +123,11 @@ export function useEditorView<T extends HTMLElement = HTMLElement>(
   return useMemo(
     () => ({
       editorState: state,
+      setEditorState: setState,
       editorView: view,
       registerEventListener,
       unregisterEventListener,
     }),
-    [state, view, registerEventListener, unregisterEventListener]
+    [state, setState, view, registerEventListener, unregisterEventListener]
   );
 }
diff --git a/src/hooks/useNodePos.tsx b/src/hooks/useNodePos.tsx
index 3576370f..27e80934 100644
--- a/src/hooks/useNodePos.tsx
+++ b/src/hooks/useNodePos.tsx
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ type Props = {
 const NodePosContext = createContext<number>(null as unknown as number);
 
 export function NodePosProvider({ nodeKey, children }: Props) {
-  const editorState = useEditorState();
+  const [editorState] = useEditorState();
   const pluginState = reactPluginKey.getState(editorState);
   if (!pluginState) return <>{children}</>;
   return (