diff --git a/app/javascript/packages/document-capture/hooks/use-cookie.js b/app/javascript/packages/document-capture/hooks/use-cookie.js
index d84197ec0c6..9998f058bb4 100644
--- a/app/javascript/packages/document-capture/hooks/use-cookie.js
+++ b/app/javascript/packages/document-capture/hooks/use-cookie.js
@@ -1,4 +1,13 @@
-import { useState, useEffect } from 'react';
+import { createContext, useContext, useState, useEffect } from 'react';
+
+/** @typedef {import('react').Dispatch<A>} Dispatch @template A */
+/** @typedef {import('react').SetStateAction<S>} SetStateAction @template S */
+
+/**
+ * @typedef {Dispatch<SetStateAction<string|null>>[]} Subscribers
+ */
+
+const CookieSubscriberContext = createContext(/** @type {Map<string, Subscribers>} */ (new Map()));
 
 /**
  * React hook to access and manage a cookie value by name.
@@ -8,13 +17,30 @@ import { useState, useEffect } from 'react';
  * @return {[value: string|null, setValue: (nextValue: string?) => void]}
  */
 function useCookie(name) {
-  const getCookieValue = () =>
+  const getValue = () =>
     document.cookie
       .split(';')
       .map((part) => part.trim().split('='))
       .find(([key]) => key === name)?.[1] ?? null;
 
-  const [value, setStateValue] = useState(getCookieValue);
+  const subscriptions = useContext(CookieSubscriberContext);
+  const [value, setStateValue] = useState(getValue);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!subscriptions.has(name)) {
+      subscriptions.set(name, []);
+    }
+
+    const subscribers = /** @type {Subscribers} */ (subscriptions.get(name));
+    subscribers.push(setStateValue);
+
+    return () => {
+      subscribers.splice(subscribers.indexOf(setStateValue), 1);
+      if (!subscribers.length) {
+        subscriptions.delete(name);
+      }
+    };
+  }, [name]);
 
   /**
    * @param {string?} nextValue Value to set, or null to delete the value.
@@ -22,28 +48,10 @@ function useCookie(name) {
   function setValue(nextValue) {
     const cookieValue = nextValue === null ? '; Max-Age=0' : nextValue;
     document.cookie = `${name}=${cookieValue}`;
-    setStateValue(nextValue);
+    const subscribers = /** @type {Subscribers} */ (subscriptions.get(name));
+    subscribers.forEach((setSubscriberValue) => setSubscriberValue(getValue));
   }
 
-  useEffect(() => {
-    const originalCookieDescriptor = Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(Document.prototype, 'cookie');
-    Object.defineProperty(Document.prototype, 'cookie', {
-      ...originalCookieDescriptor,
-      set(nextValue) {
-        originalCookieDescriptor?.set?.call(this, nextValue);
-        setStateValue(getCookieValue);
-      },
-    });
-
-    return () => {
-      Object.defineProperty(
-        Document.prototype,
-        'cookie',
-        /** @type {PropertyDescriptor} */ (originalCookieDescriptor),
-      );
-    };
-  }, []);
-
   return [value, setValue];
 }
 
diff --git a/spec/javascripts/packages/document-capture/hooks/use-cookie-spec.jsx b/spec/javascripts/packages/document-capture/hooks/use-cookie-spec.jsx
index 2108cb14b06..85fb590a9a8 100644
--- a/spec/javascripts/packages/document-capture/hooks/use-cookie-spec.jsx
+++ b/spec/javascripts/packages/document-capture/hooks/use-cookie-spec.jsx
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import sinon from 'sinon';
 import { renderHook } from '@testing-library/react-hooks';
 import useCookie from '@18f/identity-document-capture/hooks/use-cookie';
 
@@ -14,20 +15,15 @@ describe('document-capture/hooks/use-cookie', () => {
     expect(value).to.equal('baz');
   });
 
-  it('does not interfere with default cookie setting behavior', () => {
-    renderHook(() => useCookie('foo'));
-
-    document.cookie = 'foo=bar';
-
-    expect(document.cookie).to.equal('foo=bar');
-  });
-
   it('sets a new cookie value', () => {
-    const { result } = renderHook(() => useCookie('foo'));
+    const render = sinon.stub().callsFake(() => useCookie('foo'));
+    const { result } = renderHook(render);
 
     const [, setValue] = result.current;
 
+    render.resetHistory();
     setValue('bar');
+    expect(render).to.have.been.calledOnce();
 
     const [value] = result.current;
 
@@ -38,15 +34,39 @@ describe('document-capture/hooks/use-cookie', () => {
   it('unsets a cookie value by null', () => {
     document.cookie = 'foo=bar';
 
-    const { result } = renderHook(() => useCookie('foo'));
+    const render = sinon.stub().callsFake(() => useCookie('foo'));
+    const { result } = renderHook(render);
 
     const [, setValue] = result.current;
 
+    render.resetHistory();
     setValue(null);
+    expect(render).to.have.been.calledOnce();
 
     const [value] = result.current;
 
     expect(document.cookie).to.equal('');
     expect(value).to.be.null();
   });
+
+  it('returns the same updated value between instances', () => {
+    const render1 = sinon.stub().callsFake(() => useCookie('foo'));
+    const render2 = sinon.stub().callsFake(() => useCookie('foo'));
+    const { result: result1 } = renderHook(render1);
+    const { result: result2 } = renderHook(render2);
+
+    const [, setValue] = result1.current;
+
+    render1.resetHistory();
+    render2.resetHistory();
+    setValue('bar');
+    expect(render1).to.have.been.calledOnce();
+    expect(render2).to.have.been.calledOnce();
+
+    const [value1] = result1.current;
+    const [value2] = result2.current;
+
+    expect(value1).to.equal('bar');
+    expect(value2).to.equal('bar');
+  });
 });
diff --git a/spec/javascripts/support/console.js b/spec/javascripts/support/console.js
index 2bb6cd18817..539e7107b94 100644
--- a/spec/javascripts/support/console.js
+++ b/spec/javascripts/support/console.js
@@ -44,15 +44,17 @@ export function chaiConsoleSpy(chai, utils) {
  * `chaiConsoleSpy` Chai plugin.
  */
 export function useConsoleLogSpy() {
+  let originalConsoleError;
   beforeEach(() => {
     console.unverifiedCalls = [];
-    sinon.stub(console, 'error').callsFake((message, ...args) => {
+    originalConsoleError = console.error;
+    console.error = sinon.stub().callsFake((message, ...args) => {
       console.unverifiedCalls = console.unverifiedCalls.concat(format(message, ...args));
     });
   });
 
   afterEach(() => {
-    console.error.restore();
+    console.error = originalConsoleError;
     expect(console.unverifiedCalls).to.be.empty(
       `Unexpected console logging: ${console.unverifiedCalls.join(', ')}`,
     );