diff --git a/web/app/components/custom-editable-field.hbs b/web/app/components/custom-editable-field.hbs
index 04f966795..4e98eccc0 100644
--- a/web/app/components/custom-editable-field.hbs
+++ b/web/app/components/custom-editable-field.hbs
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
       <Hds::Form::Textarea::Field
         @value={{F.value}}
         name={{field}}
+        {{auto-height-textarea}}
         {{on "blur" F.update}}
         data-test-custom-string-field-input
       />
diff --git a/web/app/components/document/sidebar.hbs b/web/app/components/document/sidebar.hbs
index 7191ab257..0f2fd2c5f 100644
--- a/web/app/components/document/sidebar.hbs
+++ b/web/app/components/document/sidebar.hbs
@@ -101,7 +101,9 @@
             </:default>
             <:editing as |F|>
               <Hds::Form::Textarea::Field
+                {{auto-height-textarea}}
                 @value={{F.value}}
+                class="primary-textarea"
                 name="title"
                 {{on "blur" F.update}}
                 as |F|
@@ -143,7 +145,9 @@
             </:default>
             <:editing as |F|>
               <Hds::Form::Textarea::Field
+                {{auto-height-textarea}}
                 @value={{F.value}}
+                class="primary-textarea"
                 name="summary"
                 {{on "blur" F.update}}
                 as |F|
diff --git a/web/app/modifiers/auto-height-textarea.ts b/web/app/modifiers/auto-height-textarea.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d649764d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/web/app/modifiers/auto-height-textarea.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+import { assert } from "@ember/debug";
+import { registerDestructor } from "@ember/destroyable";
+import Modifier from "ember-modifier";
+
+interface AutoHeightTextareaModifierSignature {
+  Args: {
+    Positional: [];
+    Named: {};
+  };
+}
+
+function cleanup(instance: AutoHeightTextareaModifier) {
+  let { element } = instance;
+
+  if (element) {
+    element.removeEventListener("input", () => {
+      instance.updateHeight();
+    });
+
+    instance.element = null;
+  }
+}
+
+export default class AutoHeightTextareaModifier extends Modifier<AutoHeightTextareaModifierSignature> {
+  element: HTMLTextAreaElement | null = null;
+
+  modify(element: HTMLTextAreaElement) {
+    this.element = element;
+
+    this.element.setAttribute("rows", "1");
+    this.element.style.resize = "none";
+    this.element.style.overflow = "hidden";
+
+    // set initial height
+    this.updateHeight();
+
+    this.element.addEventListener("input", () => {
+      this.updateHeight();
+    });
+
+    registerDestructor(this, cleanup);
+  }
+
+  updateHeight() {
+    const { element } = this;
+    assert("element must exist", element);
+
+    // measure any strokes
+    const offset = element.offsetHeight - element.clientHeight;
+
+    // temporarily set the textarea's height to 0 to force a scrollHeight
+    element.style.height = "0";
+
+    // set the height to the scrollHeight + offset
+    element.style.height = element.scrollHeight + offset + "px";
+  }
+}
diff --git a/web/app/styles/components/sidebar.scss b/web/app/styles/components/sidebar.scss
index 14941b8ec..7f84fcc30 100644
--- a/web/app/styles/components/sidebar.scss
+++ b/web/app/styles/components/sidebar.scss
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 .sidebar {
   @apply flex flex-col max-h-full relative z-10;
 
-  header, nav {
+  header,
+  nav {
     @apply sticky top-0 mb-4;
   }
 
@@ -11,6 +12,10 @@
     height: 100%;
   }
 
+  .primary-textarea {
+    @apply min-h-[76px];
+  }
+
   .person-list {
     @apply w-full list-none space-y-2;
   }
diff --git a/web/app/templates/authenticated/dashboard.hbs b/web/app/templates/authenticated/dashboard.hbs
index 8de3dffdd..bbe389e07 100644
--- a/web/app/templates/authenticated/dashboard.hbs
+++ b/web/app/templates/authenticated/dashboard.hbs
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
   <div class="hds-border-primary border-0 border-b pb-9">
     <h1>Welcome back, {{this.authenticatedUser.info.given_name}}</h1>
     <p>Here’s all the latest updates across the organization.</p>
-
   </div>
 
   {{#if this.docsWaitingForReview}}
diff --git a/web/package.json b/web/package.json
index 6c6602b5a..c5c622304 100644
--- a/web/package.json
+++ b/web/package.json
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
     "ember-focus-trap": "^1.0.1",
     "ember-load-initializers": "^2.1.2",
     "ember-maybe-import-regenerator": "^0.1.6",
-    "ember-modifier": "^4.0.0",
+    "ember-modifier": "^4.1.0",
     "ember-on-helper": "^0.1.0",
     "ember-page-title": "^6.2.2",
     "ember-qunit": "^5.1.5",
diff --git a/web/tests/integration/modifiers/auto-height-textarea-test.ts b/web/tests/integration/modifiers/auto-height-textarea-test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f423d9b7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/web/tests/integration/modifiers/auto-height-textarea-test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+import { fillIn, find, render } from "@ember/test-helpers";
+import { module, test } from "qunit";
+import { hbs } from "ember-cli-htmlbars";
+import { setupRenderingTest } from "ember-qunit";
+import { assert as emberAssert } from "@ember/debug";
+
+module("Integration | Modifier | auto-height-textarea", function (hooks) {
+  setupRenderingTest(hooks);
+
+  test("it updates the height of the textarea", async function (assert) {
+    await render(hbs`
+      <textarea {{auto-height-textarea}} rows="5" style="line-height: 16px" />
+    `);
+
+    const textarea = find("textarea");
+    emberAssert("textarea must exist", textarea);
+
+    assert.equal(textarea.getAttribute("rows"), "1");
+    assert.true(textarea.style.resize === "none");
+
+    let textareaHeight = textarea.clientHeight;
+
+    await fillIn("textarea", "foo");
+
+    assert.equal(textarea.clientHeight, textareaHeight);
+
+    await fillIn("textarea", "foo\nbar");
+
+    assert.equal(textarea.clientHeight, textareaHeight * 2);
+
+    await fillIn("textarea", "foo\nbar\nbaz");
+
+    assert.equal(textarea.clientHeight, textareaHeight * 3);
+
+    await fillIn("textarea", "foo");
+
+    assert.equal(textarea.clientHeight, textareaHeight);
+  });
+
+  test("it shows the correct height on load", async function (assert) {
+    this.set("value", "foo\nbar\nbaz");
+
+    await render(hbs`
+      <textarea
+        {{auto-height-textarea}}
+        value={{this.value}}
+       style="line-height: 16px" />
+    `);
+
+    const textarea = find("textarea");
+    emberAssert("textarea must exist", textarea);
+
+    assert.equal(
+      textarea.clientHeight,
+      16 * 3,
+      "textarea is 3 times the line height"
+    );
+  });
+});
diff --git a/web/yarn.lock b/web/yarn.lock
index 63955442f..59c7b6cca 100644
--- a/web/yarn.lock
+++ b/web/yarn.lock
@@ -2284,7 +2284,16 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"@sinonjs/fake-timers@npm:10.0.2, @sinonjs/fake-timers@npm:^10.0.2":
+"@sinonjs/commons@npm:^3.0.0":
+  version: 3.0.0
+  resolution: "@sinonjs/commons@npm:3.0.0"
+  dependencies:
+    type-detect: 4.0.8
+  checksum: b4b5b73d4df4560fb8c0c7b38c7ad4aeabedd362f3373859d804c988c725889cde33550e4bcc7cd316a30f5152a2d1d43db71b6d0c38f5feef71fd8d016763f8
+  languageName: node
+  linkType: hard
+
+"@sinonjs/fake-timers@npm:^10.0.2":
   version: 10.0.2
   resolution: "@sinonjs/fake-timers@npm:10.0.2"
   dependencies:
@@ -7249,7 +7258,7 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"diff@npm:^5.0.0":
+"diff@npm:^5.0.0, diff@npm:^5.1.0":
   version: 5.1.0
   resolution: "diff@npm:5.1.0"
   checksum: c7bf0df7c9bfbe1cf8a678fd1b2137c4fb11be117a67bc18a0e03ae75105e8533dbfb1cda6b46beb3586ef5aed22143ef9d70713977d5fb1f9114e21455fba90
@@ -8453,9 +8462,9 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"ember-modifier@npm:^4.0.0":
-  version: 4.0.0
-  resolution: "ember-modifier@npm:4.0.0"
+"ember-modifier@npm:^4.1.0":
+  version: 4.1.0
+  resolution: "ember-modifier@npm:4.1.0"
   dependencies:
     "@embroider/addon-shim": ^1.8.4
     ember-cli-normalize-entity-name: ^1.0.0
@@ -8465,7 +8474,7 @@ __metadata:
   peerDependenciesMeta:
     ember-source:
       optional: true
-  checksum: 8970eee22666426abed22414fc12f1547b4c02618297648ace0c22ec3db5299afe522ac2130148e6daeded0c70ad7005418c21888b8e4198e0c6b04c5f751312
+  checksum: 5e14a864de2184c07e59fb9bc76a09ae25d1bd37722a94751a3cef6165df22027007696c4dda03e1862cb3bbeefb046772810dda3104d05c7fe8476389c34a77
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
@@ -10878,7 +10887,7 @@ __metadata:
     ember-focus-trap: ^1.0.1
     ember-load-initializers: ^2.1.2
     ember-maybe-import-regenerator: ^0.1.6
-    ember-modifier: ^4.0.0
+    ember-modifier: ^4.1.0
     ember-on-helper: ^0.1.0
     ember-page-title: ^6.2.2
     ember-power-select-with-create: ^1.0.0
@@ -13444,7 +13453,7 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"nise@npm:^5.1.2":
+"nise@npm:^5.1.4":
   version: 5.1.4
   resolution: "nise@npm:5.1.4"
   dependencies:
@@ -15813,16 +15822,16 @@ __metadata:
   linkType: hard
 
 "sinon@npm:^15.0.1":
-  version: 15.0.1
-  resolution: "sinon@npm:15.0.1"
+  version: 15.0.2
+  resolution: "sinon@npm:15.0.2"
   dependencies:
-    "@sinonjs/commons": ^2.0.0
-    "@sinonjs/fake-timers": 10.0.2
+    "@sinonjs/commons": ^3.0.0
+    "@sinonjs/fake-timers": ^10.0.2
     "@sinonjs/samsam": ^7.0.1
-    diff: ^5.0.0
-    nise: ^5.1.2
+    diff: ^5.1.0
+    nise: ^5.1.4
     supports-color: ^7.2.0
-  checksum: 4b5acff291b4650cf736bf45fc9eceed44dceca63b663cbd55926dd688fe8e9baa4b4629e296ee5d5b64245aedec5c540fea0416b8bb35bccfb98ca9e9ed87f3
+  checksum: 98eb555442db3985d7fe0d90e23f081f3df71adffa0a50b049bcd2abbf5c2d71a43aeaa1e3c02500164cff5233d2f102f777356ebe8bfc257cb7059c1b2778b0
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard