diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 54c60c2..4e6e725 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@
         "@testing-library/react": "^16.1.0",
         "@trivago/prettier-plugin-sort-imports": "^6.0.2",
         "@types/node": "^24.2.1",
-        "@types/react": "^19.0.10",
-        "@types/react-dom": "^19.0.4",
+        "@types/react": "^19.2.14",
+        "@types/react-dom": "^19.2.3",
         "better-commits": "^1.17.0",
         "eslint": "^9.35.0",
         "eslint-plugin-jsdoc": "^54.0.0",
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@
     },
     "node_modules/@clack/prompts/node_modules/is-unicode-supported": {
       "version": "1.3.0",
-      "dev": true,
+      "extraneous": true,
       "inBundle": true,
       "license": "MIT",
       "engines": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 6d5902d..063b6ae 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -62,8 +62,8 @@
     "@testing-library/react": "^16.1.0",
     "@trivago/prettier-plugin-sort-imports": "^6.0.2",
     "@types/node": "^24.2.1",
-    "@types/react": "^19.0.10",
-    "@types/react-dom": "^19.0.4",
+    "@types/react": "^19.2.14",
+    "@types/react-dom": "^19.2.3",
     "better-commits": "^1.17.0",
     "eslint": "^9.35.0",
     "eslint-plugin-jsdoc": "^54.0.0",
diff --git a/src/react/merge-refs.ts b/src/react/merge-refs.ts
index fb36f59..a8163cb 100644
--- a/src/react/merge-refs.ts
+++ b/src/react/merge-refs.ts
@@ -10,12 +10,26 @@ export function mergeRefs<T>(
   list: Array<Ref<T> | RefObject<T> | RefCallback<T> | null | undefined>,
 ): Ref<T> {
   return (value: T) => {
+    const destructors: VoidFunction[] = [];
+
     for (const ref of list) {
       if (typeof ref === 'function') {
-        ref(value);
+        const destructor = ref(value);
+
+        if (destructor) {
+          destructors.push(destructor);
+        }
       } else if (ref) {
         ref.current = value;
       }
     }
+
+    if (destructors.length > 0) {
+      return () => {
+        for (const destructor of destructors) {
+          destructor();
+        }
+      };
+    }
   };
 }