diff --git a/.changeset/tasty-cups-argue.md b/.changeset/tasty-cups-argue.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0dee645f480
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/tasty-cups-argue.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@siemens/ix": patch
+---
+
+Fix **ix-textarea** properties textarea-rows and textarea-width making sure their values get applied.
diff --git a/packages/core/scss/mixins/_input.scss b/packages/core/scss/mixins/_input.scss
index d480fc98a9e..5a57e46f028 100644
--- a/packages/core/scss/mixins/_input.scss
+++ b/packages/core/scss/mixins/_input.scss
@@ -120,7 +120,6 @@
 @mixin element-textarea {
   & {
     min-height: 2rem;
-    height: 3.25rem;
     padding: calc(0.375rem - var(--theme-input--border-thickness))
       calc(0.5rem - var(--theme-input--border-thickness));
   }
diff --git a/packages/core/src/components/input/input.fc.tsx b/packages/core/src/components/input/input.fc.tsx
index f5fe83d778f..410cb6ccd76 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/components/input/input.fc.tsx
+++ b/packages/core/src/components/input/input.fc.tsx
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ export function TextareaElement(
       style={{
         resize: props.resizeBehavior,
         height: props.textareaHeight,
-        width: props.textareaWidth,
       }}
       {...props.ariaAttributes}
     ></textarea>
diff --git a/packages/core/src/components/input/tests/form-ready.ct.ts b/packages/core/src/components/input/tests/form-ready.ct.ts
index ebdfcf58097..fd99e1616e9 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/components/input/tests/form-ready.ct.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/components/input/tests/form-ready.ct.ts
@@ -309,6 +309,39 @@ regressionTest(
   }
 );
 
+regressionTest(
+  'form-ready - use of textareaWidth and textareaRows properties',
+  async ({ mount, page }) => {
+    await mount(
+      `<form><ix-textarea name="my-field-name" textarea-width="50%" textarea-rows="5"></ix-textarea></form>`
+    );
+
+    const formElement = page.locator('form');
+    preventFormSubmission(formElement);
+    const textarea = page.locator('ix-textarea').locator('textarea');
+    await expect(textarea).toHaveCSS('--textarea-width', '50%');
+    await expect(textarea).toHaveAttribute('rows', '5');
+  }
+);
+
+regressionTest(
+  'form-ready - height at 3.25rem if no textarearows is used',
+  async ({ mount, page }) => {
+    await mount(
+      `<form><ix-textarea name="my-field-name"></ix-textarea></form>`
+    );
+
+    const formElement = page.locator('form');
+    preventFormSubmission(formElement);
+    const textarea = page.locator('ix-textarea').locator('textarea');
+    await expect(textarea).not.toHaveAttribute('rows');
+    const computedStyle = await textarea.evaluate((el) => {
+      return window.getComputedStyle(el).height;
+    });
+    expect(computedStyle).toBe('52px');
+  }
+);
+
 regressionTest(
   `form-ready - ix-number-input without allowEmptyValueChange emits 0 on clear`,
   async ({ mount, page }) => {
diff --git a/packages/core/src/components/input/textarea.scss b/packages/core/src/components/input/textarea.scss
index b88f1399252..18971e5e97d 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/components/input/textarea.scss
+++ b/packages/core/src/components/input/textarea.scss
@@ -58,3 +58,22 @@
     border-color: var(--theme-input--border-color--invalid--active) !important;
   }
 }
+
+:host {
+  textarea:not([rows]) {
+    height: 3.25rem;
+  }
+}
+:host([textarea-width]:not(.manually-resized)) {
+  display: inline-block;
+  width: var(--textarea-width);
+}
+
+.input-wrapper {
+  width: 100%;
+}
+
+textarea {
+  width: 100%;
+  box-sizing: border-box;
+}
diff --git a/packages/core/src/components/input/textarea.tsx b/packages/core/src/components/input/textarea.tsx
index 0a120966fc5..76f1f843b03 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/components/input/textarea.tsx
+++ b/packages/core/src/components/input/textarea.tsx
@@ -187,6 +187,7 @@ export class Textarea implements IxInputFieldComponent<string> {
     this.manualHeight = undefined;
     this.manualWidth = undefined;
     this.isProgrammaticResize = true;
+    this.hostElement.classList.remove('manually-resized');
   }
 
   @Watch('resizeBehavior')
@@ -196,6 +197,7 @@ export class Textarea implements IxInputFieldComponent<string> {
 
   componentWillLoad() {
     this.updateFormInternalValue(this.value);
+    this.setTextareaWidth();
   }
 
   disconnectedCallback() {
@@ -229,6 +231,7 @@ export class Textarea implements IxInputFieldComponent<string> {
       this.isManuallyResized = true;
       this.manualHeight = textarea.style.height;
       this.manualWidth = textarea.style.width;
+      this.hostElement.classList.add('manually-resized');
     });
 
     this.resizeObserver.observe(textarea);
@@ -239,6 +242,19 @@ export class Textarea implements IxInputFieldComponent<string> {
     this.value = value;
   }
 
+  private setTextareaWidth() {
+    if (this.textareaWidth) {
+      this.hostElement.style.setProperty(
+        '--textarea-width',
+        this.textareaWidth
+      );
+      this.hostElement.setAttribute('textarea-width', '');
+    } else {
+      this.hostElement.style.removeProperty('--textarea-width');
+      this.hostElement.removeAttribute('textarea-width');
+    }
+  }
+
   /** @internal */
   @Method()
   async getAssociatedFormElement(): Promise<HTMLFormElement | null> {
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