diff --git a/.changeset/react-compiler-hooks.md b/.changeset/react-compiler-hooks.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2e3431dd96c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/react-compiler-hooks.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@primer/react': patch
+---
+
+Hooks: Improve rendering performance with React Compiler support
diff --git a/packages/react/script/react-compiler.mjs b/packages/react/script/react-compiler.mjs
index 184c468cfc0..8ffc4aacf6c 100644
--- a/packages/react/script/react-compiler.mjs
+++ b/packages/react/script/react-compiler.mjs
@@ -30,16 +30,7 @@ const unsupportedPatterns = [
   'src/SideNav.tsx',
   'src/UnderlineNav/**/*.tsx',
   'src/experimental/SelectPanel2/**/*.tsx',
-  'src/hooks/useAnchoredPosition.ts',
-  'src/hooks/useFocusTrap.ts',
-  'src/hooks/useFocusZone.ts',
-  'src/hooks/useMenuInitialFocus.ts',
-  'src/hooks/useOnEscapePress.ts',
-  'src/hooks/useResizeObserver.ts',
-  'src/hooks/useSafeTimeout.ts',
-  'src/hooks/useScrollFlash.ts',
   'src/internal/components/CheckboxOrRadioGroup/**/*.tsx',
-  'src/hooks/useMergedRefs.ts',
   'src/TooltipV2/**/*.tsx',
 ]
 
diff --git a/packages/react/src/SelectPanel/SelectPanel.test.tsx b/packages/react/src/SelectPanel/SelectPanel.test.tsx
index 32a3ade1f74..c7fc015b229 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/SelectPanel/SelectPanel.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/react/src/SelectPanel/SelectPanel.test.tsx
@@ -1673,11 +1673,10 @@ for (const usingRemoveActiveDescendant of [false, true]) {
         const input = screen.getByPlaceholderText('Filter items')
         const options = screen.getAllByRole('option')
 
-        // Wait a tick for the effect to run
-        await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 0))
-
-        // aria-activedescendant should be set to the first item
-        expect(input.getAttribute('aria-activedescendant')).toBe(options[0].id)
+        await waitFor(() => {
+          // aria-activedescendant should be set to the first item
+          expect(input.getAttribute('aria-activedescendant')).toBe(options[0].id)
+        })
       })
 
       it('should not set aria-activedescendant on mouse hover until after first interaction when setInitialFocus is true', async () => {