diff --git a/src/components/RelativeDateField/__tests__/RelativeDateField.test.tsx b/src/components/RelativeDateField/__tests__/RelativeDateField.test.tsx
index 7adabd5..a172e64 100644
--- a/src/components/RelativeDateField/__tests__/RelativeDateField.test.tsx
+++ b/src/components/RelativeDateField/__tests__/RelativeDateField.test.tsx
@@ -127,7 +127,9 @@ describe('RelativeDateField', () => {
 
         await userEvent.click(screen.container);
 
-        expect(input).toHaveValue('now - 1d');
+        // Blur is dispatched asynchronously (useFocusWithin defers it), so wait
+        // for the committed value to be restored before asserting.
+        await expect.poll(() => input.value).toBe('now - 1d');
         expect(hiddenInput).toHaveValue('now - 1d');
         expect(onUpdate).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
     });
diff --git a/src/components/RelativeDateField/hooks/useRelativeDateFieldState.ts b/src/components/RelativeDateField/hooks/useRelativeDateFieldState.ts
index f215639..72e3d01 100644
--- a/src/components/RelativeDateField/hooks/useRelativeDateFieldState.ts
+++ b/src/components/RelativeDateField/hooks/useRelativeDateFieldState.ts
@@ -86,20 +86,28 @@ export function useRelativeDateFieldState(props: RelativeDateFieldOptions): Rela
         [props.disabled, props.readOnly, setValue],
     );
 
+    // Keep the latest state in a ref so `confirmValue` (invoked from a blur that
+    // may fire after an external value update) always reads current values
+    // instead of a stale render closure.
+    const latest = React.useRef({text, value, parsedDate});
+    latest.current = {text, value, parsedDate};
+
     const confirmValue = React.useCallback(() => {
-        if (!text) {
+        const {text: currentText, value: currentValue, parsedDate: currentParsed} = latest.current;
+
+        if (!currentText) {
             return;
         }
 
-        if (parsedDate) {
-            commitValue(text);
+        if (currentParsed) {
+            commitValue(currentText);
             return;
         }
 
-        const newValue = parseRelativeDate(value) ? value : null;
+        const newValue = parseRelativeDate(currentValue) ? currentValue : null;
         setText(newValue ?? '');
         commitValue(newValue);
-    }, [commitValue, parseRelativeDate, parsedDate, text, value]);
+    }, [commitValue, parseRelativeDate]);
 
     const handleTextChange = React.useCallback(
         (t: string) => {