diff --git a/packages/yew/src/dom_bundle/btag/attributes.rs b/packages/yew/src/dom_bundle/btag/attributes.rs
index 3bdfcf3e5bb..1b158f54d54 100644
--- a/packages/yew/src/dom_bundle/btag/attributes.rs
+++ b/packages/yew/src/dom_bundle/btag/attributes.rs
@@ -181,6 +181,21 @@ impl Attributes {
         }
     }
 
+    /// Like [`set`](Self::set), but skips writing an `Attribute` when the
+    /// element already carries the same value.
+    #[cfg(feature = "hydration")]
+    fn set_if_changed(el: &Element, key: &str, value: &AttributeOrProperty) {
+        match value {
+            AttributeOrProperty::Attribute(value) => {
+                let key = intern(key);
+                if el.get_attribute(key).as_deref() != Some(value.as_ref()) {
+                    el.set_attribute(key, value).expect("invalid attribute key");
+                }
+            }
+            AttributeOrProperty::Property(_) => Self::set(el, key, value),
+        }
+    }
+
     fn remove(el: &Element, key: &str, old_value: &AttributeOrProperty) {
         match old_value {
             AttributeOrProperty::Attribute(_) => el
@@ -223,6 +238,31 @@ impl Apply for Attributes {
         self
     }
 
+    #[cfg(feature = "hydration")]
+    fn hydrate(self, _root: &BSubtree, el: &Element) -> Self {
+        #[expect(deprecated)]
+        match &self {
+            Self::Static(arr) => {
+                for (k, v) in arr.iter() {
+                    Self::set_if_changed(el, k, v);
+                }
+            }
+            Self::Dynamic { keys, values } => {
+                for (k, v) in keys.iter().zip(values.iter()) {
+                    if let Some(v) = v {
+                        Self::set_if_changed(el, k, v)
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            Self::IndexMap(m) => {
+                for (k, v) in m.iter() {
+                    Self::set_if_changed(el, k, v)
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        self
+    }
+
     fn apply_diff(self, _root: &BSubtree, el: &Element, bundle: &mut Self) {
         #[inline]
         fn ptr_eq<T>(a: &[T], b: &[T]) -> bool {
diff --git a/packages/yew/src/dom_bundle/btag/mod.rs b/packages/yew/src/dom_bundle/btag/mod.rs
index 11733c7d8d0..3b822409e7b 100644
--- a/packages/yew/src/dom_bundle/btag/mod.rs
+++ b/packages/yew/src/dom_bundle/btag/mod.rs
@@ -35,6 +35,17 @@ trait Apply {
 
     /// Apply diff between [self] and `bundle` to [Element](Self::Element).
     fn apply_diff(self, root: &BSubtree, el: &Self::Element, bundle: &mut Self::Bundle);
+
+    /// Apply contained values to an existing [Element](Self::Element).
+    ///
+    /// The default implementation delegates to [`apply`](Self::apply).
+    #[cfg(feature = "hydration")]
+    fn hydrate(self, root: &BSubtree, el: &Self::Element) -> Self::Bundle
+    where
+        Self: Sized,
+    {
+        self.apply(root, el)
+    }
 }
 
 /// [BTag] fields that are specific to different [BTag] kinds.
@@ -401,8 +412,8 @@ mod feat_hydration {
                     );
                 }
             }
-            // We simply register listeners and update all attributes.
-            let attributes = attributes.apply(root, &el);
+            // Register listeners and attributes.
+            let attributes = attributes.hydrate(root, &el);
             let listeners = listeners.apply(root, &el);
 
             // For input and textarea elements, we update their value anyways.