diff --git a/packages/react-components/specs/payment_source/adyen-payment.spec.tsx b/packages/react-components/specs/payment_source/adyen-payment.spec.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0acd5ae4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react-components/specs/payment_source/adyen-payment.spec.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+import type { Order } from "@commercelayer/sdk"
+import { render, waitFor } from "@testing-library/react"
+import type { ReactNode } from "react"
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest"
+import AdyenPayment from "#components/payment_source/AdyenPayment"
+import CommerceLayerContext from "#context/CommerceLayerContext"
+import CustomerContext from "#context/CustomerContext"
+import OrderContext, { defaultOrderContext } from "#context/OrderContext"
+import PaymentMethodContext, {
+  defaultPaymentMethodContext,
+} from "#context/PaymentMethodContext"
+import PlaceOrderContext, {
+  defaultPlaceOrderContext,
+} from "#context/PlaceOrderContext"
+import type { PaymentMethodState } from "#reducers/PaymentMethodReducer"
+
+const removeMock = vi.fn()
+const mountMock = vi.fn()
+const dropinConstructor = vi.fn()
+
+vi.mock("@adyen/adyen-web/auto", () => {
+  return {
+    AdyenCheckout: vi.fn(async () => ({})),
+    Dropin: class {
+      mount = mountMock.mockReturnThis()
+      remove = removeMock
+      submit = vi.fn()
+      handleAction = vi.fn()
+      constructor(...args: unknown[]) {
+        dropinConstructor(...args)
+      }
+    },
+  }
+})
+
+const order = { id: "order_1" } as unknown as Order
+
+function Providers({
+  status,
+  children,
+}: {
+  status: "standby" | "placing"
+  children: ReactNode
+}): ReactNode {
+  return (
+    <CommerceLayerContext.Provider value={{}}>
+      <CustomerContext.Provider value={{}}>
+        <OrderContext.Provider value={{ ...defaultOrderContext, order }}>
+          <PaymentMethodContext.Provider
+            value={{
+              ...defaultPaymentMethodContext,
+              // Adyen's payment_methods response shape isn't represented in
+              // PaymentSourceObject; AdyenPayment itself reads it via
+              // `@ts-expect-error` for the same reason.
+              paymentSource: {
+                payment_methods: {
+                  paymentMethods: [{ type: "scheme", name: "Cards" }],
+                  storedPaymentMethods: [],
+                },
+              } as unknown as PaymentMethodState["paymentSource"],
+              currentPaymentMethodType:
+                "scheme" as PaymentMethodState["currentPaymentMethodType"],
+            }}
+          >
+            <PlaceOrderContext.Provider
+              value={{ ...defaultPlaceOrderContext, status }}
+            >
+              {children}
+            </PlaceOrderContext.Provider>
+          </PaymentMethodContext.Provider>
+        </OrderContext.Provider>
+      </CustomerContext.Provider>
+    </CommerceLayerContext.Provider>
+  )
+}
+
+describe("AdyenPayment", () => {
+  afterEach(() => {
+    vi.clearAllMocks()
+  })
+
+  it("destroys the Drop-in on unmount, but not on a status-only re-render", async () => {
+    const { rerender, unmount } = render(
+      <Providers status="standby">
+        <AdyenPayment clientKey="test_client_key" />
+      </Providers>,
+    )
+
+    await waitFor(() => expect(dropinConstructor).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1))
+
+    // A declined-payment retry flips status standby -> placing -> standby
+    // while AdyenPayment stays mounted; that must not tear down the Drop-in.
+    rerender(
+      <Providers status="placing">
+        <AdyenPayment clientKey="test_client_key" />
+      </Providers>,
+    )
+    rerender(
+      <Providers status="standby">
+        <AdyenPayment clientKey="test_client_key" />
+      </Providers>,
+    )
+
+    expect(removeMock).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+    expect(dropinConstructor).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+
+    unmount()
+
+    expect(removeMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+  })
+})
diff --git a/packages/react-components/src/components/payment_source/AdyenPayment.tsx b/packages/react-components/src/components/payment_source/AdyenPayment.tsx
index 55473ce5..7d42be1e 100644
--- a/packages/react-components/src/components/payment_source/AdyenPayment.tsx
+++ b/packages/react-components/src/components/payment_source/AdyenPayment.tsx
@@ -702,6 +702,24 @@ export function AdyenPayment({
       setLoadAdyen(false)
     }
   }, [clientKey, ref != null, status, setPaymentMethodErrors != null])
+
+  /**
+   * Destroys the Adyen Drop-in only on true unmount (empty deps), independent
+   * of the effect above: that effect's cleanup also runs on every `status`
+   * flip (e.g. standby -> placing -> standby on a declined retry) while the
+   * component stays mounted, and calling remove() there would tear down and
+   * rebuild the Drop-in mid-flow.
+   */
+  useEffect(() => {
+    return () => {
+      try {
+        dropinRef.current?.remove()
+      } catch (error) {
+        console.error("Adyen drop-in teardown error:", error)
+      }
+      dropinRef.current = null
+    }
+  }, [])
   return !clientKey && !loadAdyen && !checkout ? null : (
     <form
       ref={ref}