diff --git a/src/HTMLElement.php b/src/HTMLElement.php
index 86423f74..f2803e6e 100644
--- a/src/HTMLElement.php
+++ b/src/HTMLElement.php
@@ -791,6 +791,9 @@ protected function __prop_get_value():string {
 
 			return $this->options[$this->selectedIndex]->value;
 		}
+		elseif($this->elementType === ElementType::HTMLTextAreaElement) {
+			return $this->nodeValue;
+		}
 
 		return $this->textContent;
 	}
@@ -832,6 +835,9 @@ protected function __prop_set_value(string $value):void {
 				}
 			}
 		}
+		elseif($this->elementType === ElementType::HTMLTextAreaElement) {
+			$this->nodeValue = $value;
+		}
 		else {
 			$this->setAttribute("value", $value);
 		}
diff --git a/test/phpunit/HTMLElement/HTMLElementTest.php b/test/phpunit/HTMLElement/HTMLElementTest.php
index e9a4af1b..e597cbd9 100644
--- a/test/phpunit/HTMLElement/HTMLElementTest.php
+++ b/test/phpunit/HTMLElement/HTMLElementTest.php
@@ -332,4 +332,15 @@ public function testToString():void {
 		$sut->textContent = uniqid();
 		self::assertSame("", (string)$sut);
 	}
+
+	public function testValue_textarea():void {
+		$document = new HTMLDocument();
+		$sut = $document->createElement("textarea");
+		$sut->value = "example123";
+		self::assertSame("<textarea>example123</textarea>", $sut->outerHTML);
+		self::assertFalse($sut->hasAttribute("value"));
+
+		$sut->innerHTML = "changed value";
+		self::assertSame("changed value", $sut->value);
+	}
 }
diff --git a/test/phpunit/HTMLElement/HTMLTextAreaElementTest.php b/test/phpunit/HTMLElement/HTMLTextAreaElementTest.php
index e42c7981..c076affa 100644
--- a/test/phpunit/HTMLElement/HTMLTextAreaElementTest.php
+++ b/test/phpunit/HTMLElement/HTMLTextAreaElementTest.php
@@ -16,12 +16,6 @@ public function testCols():void {
 		self::assertPropertyAttributeCorrelateNumber($sut, "int:20", "cols");
 	}
 
-	public function testDefaultValue():void {
-		$document = new HTMLDocument();
-		$sut = $document->createElement("textarea");
-		self::assertPropertyAttributeCorrelate($sut, "value", "defaultValue");
-	}
-
 	public function testMaxLength():void {
 		$document = new HTMLDocument();
 		$sut = $document->createElement("textarea");