diff --git a/packages/playwright-ct-vue2/registerSource.mjs b/packages/playwright-ct-vue2/registerSource.mjs
index b313e702da..fd8a2d063d 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-ct-vue2/registerSource.mjs
+++ b/packages/playwright-ct-vue2/registerSource.mjs
@@ -190,6 +190,9 @@ window.playwrightUpdate = async (element, options) => {
     throw new Error('Component was not mounted');
 
   const component = wrapper.componentInstance;
+  if (!component)
+    throw new Error('Updating a native HTML element is not supported');
+
   const { nodeData, slots } = __pwCreateComponent(options);
 
   for (const [name, value] of Object.entries(nodeData.on || {})) {
diff --git a/tests/components/ct-vue2-cli/tests/update/update.spec.tsx b/tests/components/ct-vue2-cli/tests/update/update.spec.tsx
index bb93b99118..f9f7cf9c61 100644
--- a/tests/components/ct-vue2-cli/tests/update/update.spec.tsx
+++ b/tests/components/ct-vue2-cli/tests/update/update.spec.tsx
@@ -43,3 +43,11 @@ test('update slots without remounting', async ({ mount }) => {
 
   await expect(component.getByTestId('remount-count')).toContainText('1');
 });
+
+test('throw error when updating a native html element', async ({ mount }) => {
+  const component = await mount(<div id="1337"></div>);
+  
+  await expect(async () => {
+    await component.update(<div id="9001"></div>);
+  }).rejects.toThrowError('Updating a native HTML element is not supported');
+});