diff --git a/packages/form-js-viewer/src/features/repeatRender/RepeatRenderManager.js b/packages/form-js-viewer/src/features/repeatRender/RepeatRenderManager.js
index ddb3fef5b..5f2454f1e 100644
--- a/packages/form-js-viewer/src/features/repeatRender/RepeatRenderManager.js
+++ b/packages/form-js-viewer/src/features/repeatRender/RepeatRenderManager.js
@@ -80,10 +80,10 @@ export default class RepeatRenderManager {
     return (
       <>
         {displayValues.map((value, index) => {
-          const elementProps = {
+          const elementProps = useMemo(() => ({
             ...restProps,
-            indexes: { ...(indexes || {}), [ repeaterField.id ]: index },
-          };
+            indexes: { ...(indexes || {}), [ repeaterField.id ]: index }
+          }), [ index ]);
 
           const localExpressionContextInfo = useMemo(() => ({
             data: parentExpressionContextInfo.data,
diff --git a/packages/form-js-viewer/src/render/components/FormField.js b/packages/form-js-viewer/src/render/components/FormField.js
index 971f1c7f8..ebd5b2bc1 100644
--- a/packages/form-js-viewer/src/render/components/FormField.js
+++ b/packages/form-js-viewer/src/render/components/FormField.js
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ export default function FormField(props) {
     if (viewerCommands && initialValue) {
       viewerCommands.updateFieldValidation(field, initialValue, indexes);
     }
-  }, [ viewerCommands, field, initialValue, JSON.stringify(indexes) ]);
+  }, [ viewerCommands, field, initialValue, indexes ]);
 
   const hidden = useCondition(field.conditional && field.conditional.hide || null);
 
diff --git a/packages/form-js-viewer/src/render/components/form-fields/Taglist.js b/packages/form-js-viewer/src/render/components/form-fields/Taglist.js
index 790c19c12..af7e0d5cc 100644
--- a/packages/form-js-viewer/src/render/components/form-fields/Taglist.js
+++ b/packages/form-js-viewer/src/render/components/form-fields/Taglist.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { useMemo, useRef, useState } from 'preact/hooks';
 
-import { useService } from '../../hooks';
+import { useDeepCompareState, useService } from '../../hooks';
 import useOptionsAsync, { LOAD_STATES } from '../../hooks/useOptionsAsync';
 import useCleanupMultiSelectValues from '../../hooks/useCleanupMultiSelectValues';
 import { useGetLabelCorrelation } from '../../hooks/useGetLabelCorrelation';
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ export default function Taglist(props) {
     onBlur,
     field,
     readonly,
-    value : values = []
+    value
   } = props;
 
   const {
@@ -58,6 +58,9 @@ export default function Taglist(props) {
     options
   } = useOptionsAsync(field);
 
+  // ensures we render based on array content instead of reference
+  const values = useDeepCompareState(value || [], []);
+
   useCleanupMultiSelectValues({
     field,
     loadState,
@@ -70,7 +73,6 @@ export default function Taglist(props) {
 
   const hasOptionsLeft = useMemo(() => options.length > values.length, [ options.length, values.length ]);
 
-  // Usage of stringify is necessary here because we want this effect to only trigger when there is a value change to the array
   const filteredOptions = useMemo(() => {
     if (loadState !== LOAD_STATES.LOADED) {
       return [];
@@ -82,7 +84,7 @@ export default function Taglist(props) {
     };
 
     return options.filter(isValidFilteredOption);
-  }, [ filter, options, JSON.stringify(values), loadState ]);
+  }, [ filter, options, values, loadState ]);
 
 
   const selectValue = (value) => {
diff --git a/packages/form-js-viewer/src/render/components/form-fields/parts/Datepicker.js b/packages/form-js-viewer/src/render/components/form-fields/parts/Datepicker.js
index 7f53c711b..2179b3f35 100644
--- a/packages/form-js-viewer/src/render/components/form-fields/parts/Datepicker.js
+++ b/packages/form-js-viewer/src/render/components/form-fields/parts/Datepicker.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { useCallback, useEffect, useRef, useState } from 'preact/hooks';
 import CalendarIcon from '../icons/Calendar.svg';
 import InputAdorner from './InputAdorner';
 import Label from '../../Label';
+import { useDeepCompareState } from '../../../hooks';
 
 export default function Datepicker(props) {
 
@@ -18,7 +19,7 @@ export default function Datepicker(props) {
     required,
     disabled,
     disallowPassedDates,
-    date,
+    date: dateObject,
     readonly,
     setDate
   } = props;
@@ -30,6 +31,9 @@ export default function Datepicker(props) {
   const [ isInputDirty, setIsInputDirty ] = useState(false);
   const [ forceFocusCalendar, setForceFocusCalendar ] = useState(false);
 
+  // ensures we render based on date value instead of reference
+  const date = useDeepCompareState(dateObject, null);
+
   // shorts the date value back to the source
   useEffect(() => {
 
@@ -38,7 +42,7 @@ export default function Datepicker(props) {
     flatpickrInstance.setDate(date, true);
     setIsInputDirty(false);
 
-  }, [ flatpickrInstance, date.toString() ]);
+  }, [ flatpickrInstance, date ]);
 
   useEffect(() => {
 
diff --git a/packages/form-js-viewer/src/render/hooks/useCleanupMultiSelectValues.js b/packages/form-js-viewer/src/render/hooks/useCleanupMultiSelectValues.js
index 5c8bbde32..0f65f5587 100644
--- a/packages/form-js-viewer/src/render/hooks/useCleanupMultiSelectValues.js
+++ b/packages/form-js-viewer/src/render/hooks/useCleanupMultiSelectValues.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { useEffect } from 'preact/hooks';
 import { LOAD_STATES } from './useOptionsAsync';
 import { hasEqualValue } from '../components/util/sanitizerUtil';
+import useDeepCompareState from './useDeepCompareState';
 
 export default function(props) {
 
@@ -9,10 +10,12 @@ export default function(props) {
     options,
     loadState,
     onChange,
-    values
+    values: valuesArray
   } = props;
 
-  // Ensures that the values are always a subset of the possible options
+  const values = useDeepCompareState(valuesArray, []);
+
+  // ensures that the values are always a subset of the possible options
   useEffect(() => {
 
     if (loadState !== LOAD_STATES.LOADED) {
@@ -29,6 +32,6 @@ export default function(props) {
       });
     }
 
-  }, [ field, options, onChange, JSON.stringify(values), loadState ]);
+  }, [ field, options, onChange, values, loadState ]);
 
 }
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diff --git a/packages/form-js-viewer/src/render/hooks/useDeepCompareState.js b/packages/form-js-viewer/src/render/hooks/useDeepCompareState.js
index b33e3598c..4cb30e943 100644
--- a/packages/form-js-viewer/src/render/hooks/useDeepCompareState.js
+++ b/packages/form-js-viewer/src/render/hooks/useDeepCompareState.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import {
 } from 'preact/hooks';
 
 import usePrevious from './usePrevious';
+import isEqual from 'lodash/isEqual';
 
 /**
  * A custom hook to manage state changes with deep comparison.
@@ -18,7 +19,7 @@ export default function useDeepCompareState(value, defaultValue) {
 
   const previous = usePrevious(value, defaultValue, [ value ]);
 
-  const changed = !compare(previous, value);
+  const changed = !isEqual(previous, value);
 
   useEffect(() => {
     if (changed) {
@@ -27,11 +28,4 @@ export default function useDeepCompareState(value, defaultValue) {
   }, [ changed, value ]);
 
   return state;
-
-}
-
-// helpers //////////////////////////
-
-function compare(a, b) {
-  return JSON.stringify(a) === JSON.stringify(b);
-}
+}
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