diff --git a/.changeset/animated-className.md b/.changeset/animated-className.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..776871180c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/animated-className.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@react-spring/web': patch
+---
+
+fix: recognize `className` prop to `AnimatedComponent`s
diff --git a/targets/web/src/animated.test.tsx b/targets/web/src/animated.test.tsx
index 7503f0fb42..6c7cf2c5dc 100644
--- a/targets/web/src/animated.test.tsx
+++ b/targets/web/src/animated.test.tsx
@@ -106,6 +106,16 @@ describe('animated component', () => {
     mockRaf.step()
     expect(wrapper.scrollTop).toBe(20)
   })
+  it('accepts the className property', () => {
+    const className = spring('test')
+    const { getByTestId } = render(
+      <a.div className={className} data-testid="wrapper" />
+    )
+    expect(getByTestId('wrapper').className).toBe('test')
+    className.set('new')
+    mockRaf.step()
+    expect(getByTestId('wrapper').className).toBe('new')
+  })
   it('accepts x/y/z as style keys equivalent to `translate3d`transform function', () => {
     const { queryByTestId, rerender } = render(
       <a.div style={{ x: 10 }} data-testid="wrapper" />
diff --git a/targets/web/src/applyAnimatedValues.ts b/targets/web/src/applyAnimatedValues.ts
index 3ff5781c49..e05b84bf63 100644
--- a/targets/web/src/applyAnimatedValues.ts
+++ b/targets/web/src/applyAnimatedValues.ts
@@ -30,8 +30,15 @@ export function applyAnimatedValues(instance: Instance, props: Lookup) {
     instance.nodeName === 'filter' ||
     (instance.parentNode && instance.parentNode.nodeName === 'filter')
 
-  const { style, children, scrollTop, scrollLeft, viewBox, ...attributes } =
-    props!
+  const {
+    className,
+    style,
+    children,
+    scrollTop,
+    scrollLeft,
+    viewBox,
+    ...attributes
+  } = props!
 
   const values = Object.values(attributes)
   const names = Object.keys(attributes).map(name =>
@@ -66,6 +73,9 @@ export function applyAnimatedValues(instance: Instance, props: Lookup) {
     instance.setAttribute(name, values[i])
   })
 
+  if (className !== void 0) {
+    instance.className = className
+  }
   if (scrollTop !== void 0) {
     instance.scrollTop = scrollTop
   }