diff --git a/packages/ts/react-i18n/src/index.ts b/packages/ts/react-i18n/src/index.ts
index 8a87ec3be1..5ef8f73227 100644
--- a/packages/ts/react-i18n/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/ts/react-i18n/src/index.ts
@@ -37,6 +37,15 @@ export class I18n {
         `The Hilla I18n API is currently considered experimental and may change in the future. To use it you need to explicitly enable it in Copilot or by adding com.vaadin.experimental.hillaI18n=true to vaadin-featureflags.properties`,
       );
     }
+    // @ts-expect-error import.meta.hot does not have TS definitions
+    if (import.meta.hot) {
+      // @ts-expect-error import.meta.hot does not have TS definitions
+      // eslint-disable-next-line
+      import.meta.hot.on('translations-update', () => {
+        // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-floating-promises
+        this.reloadTranslations();
+      });
+    }
   }
 
   /**
@@ -182,6 +191,32 @@ export class I18n {
     });
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Reloads all translations for the current language. This method should only
+   * be used for HMR in development mode.
+   */
+  private async reloadTranslations() {
+    const currentLanguage = this.#language.value;
+    if (!currentLanguage) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    let translationsResult: TranslationsResult;
+    try {
+      translationsResult = await this.#backend.loadTranslations(currentLanguage);
+    } catch (e) {
+      console.error(`Failed to reload translations for language: ${currentLanguage}`, e);
+      return;
+    }
+
+    // Update all signals together to avoid triggering side effects multiple times
+    batch(() => {
+      this.#translations.value = translationsResult.translations;
+      this.#resolvedLanguage.value = translationsResult.resolvedLanguage;
+      this.#formatCache = new FormatCache(currentLanguage);
+    });
+  }
+
   /**
    * Returns a translated string for the given translation key. The key should
    * match a key in the loaded translations. If no translation is found for the
diff --git a/packages/ts/react-i18n/test/i18n.spec.tsx b/packages/ts/react-i18n/test/i18n.spec.tsx
index 2fe95fa0ee..555b06f9aa 100644
--- a/packages/ts/react-i18n/test/i18n.spec.tsx
+++ b/packages/ts/react-i18n/test/i18n.spec.tsx
@@ -605,6 +605,62 @@ describe('@vaadin/hilla-react-i18n', () => {
         expect(i18n.translate('param.time', { value: sampleDate })).to.equal('Value: 22:33:44');
       });
     });
+
+    describe('hmr', () => {
+      async function triggerHmrEvent() {
+        // @ts-expect-error import.meta.hot does not have TS definitions
+        // eslint-disable-next-line
+        import.meta.hot.hmrClient.notifyListeners('translations-update');
+        // No promise to wait for, just delay the next test step a bit
+        await new Promise((resolve) => {
+          setTimeout(resolve, 10);
+        });
+      }
+
+      it('should not update translations if not initialized', async () => {
+        expect(i18n.translate('addresses.form.city.label')).to.equal('addresses.form.city.label');
+        await triggerHmrEvent();
+        expect(i18n.translate('addresses.form.city.label')).to.equal('addresses.form.city.label');
+      });
+
+      it('should update translations on HMR event', async () => {
+        await i18n.configure({ language: 'en-US' });
+        expect(i18n.translate('addresses.form.city.label')).to.equal('City');
+
+        fetchMock
+          .resetHistory()
+          .reset()
+          .get('./?v-r=i18n&langtag=en-US', {
+            body: {
+              'addresses.form.city.label': 'City updated',
+            },
+            status: 200,
+            headers: { 'X-Vaadin-Retrieved-Locale': 'und' },
+          });
+
+        await triggerHmrEvent();
+
+        expect(i18n.translate('addresses.form.city.label')).to.equal('City updated');
+      });
+
+      it('should update resolved language on HMR event', async () => {
+        await i18n.configure({ language: 'en-US' });
+        expect(i18n.resolvedLanguage.value).to.equal('und');
+
+        fetchMock
+          .resetHistory()
+          .reset()
+          .get('*', {
+            body: {},
+            status: 200,
+            headers: { 'X-Vaadin-Retrieved-Locale': 'en' },
+          });
+
+        await triggerHmrEvent();
+
+        expect(i18n.resolvedLanguage.value).to.equal('en');
+      });
+    });
   });
 
   describe('FormatCache', () => {