diff --git a/src/vueWrapper.ts b/src/vueWrapper.ts
index c00310405..27d5f9744 100644
--- a/src/vueWrapper.ts
+++ b/src/vueWrapper.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,11 @@ function createVMProxy<T extends ComponentPublicInstance>(
 ): T {
   return new Proxy(vm, {
     get(vm, key, receiver) {
-      if (key in setupState) {
+      if (vm.$.exposed && vm.$.exposeProxy && key in vm.$.exposeProxy) {
+        // first if the key is exposed
+        return Reflect.get(vm.$.exposeProxy, key, receiver)
+      } else if (key in setupState) {
+        // second if the key is acccessible from the setupState
         return Reflect.get(setupState, key, receiver)
       } else {
         // vm.$.ctx is the internal context of the vm
diff --git a/tests/components/DefineExpose.vue b/tests/components/DefineExpose.vue
index d9319ee89..1beb34a99 100644
--- a/tests/components/DefineExpose.vue
+++ b/tests/components/DefineExpose.vue
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 <template>
   <div id="root">
-    <div id="msg">{{ msg }}</div>
-    <div>{{ other }}</div>
+    <div id="msg">{{ returnedState }}</div>
   </div>
 </template>
 
@@ -12,11 +11,56 @@ export default defineComponent({
   name: 'Hello',
 
   setup(props, { expose }) {
-    const other = ref('other')
-    expose({ other })
+    /* ------ Common Test Case ------ */
+    const exposedState1 = 'exposedState1'
+    const exposedState2 = 'exposedState2'
+
+    const exposedState2Getter = () => {
+      return exposedState2;
+    }
+
+    const exposedRef = ref('exposedRef')
+    const exposedRefGetter = () => {
+      return exposedRef.value;
+    }
+
+    const exposedMethod1 = () => {
+
+      return 'result of exposedMethod1';
+    }
+
+    const exposedMethod2 = () => {
+      return 'result of exposedMethod2';
+    }
+    /* ------ Common Test Case End ------ */
+
+    const stateNonExposedAndNonReturned = 'stateNonExposedAndNonReturned'
+    const stateNonExposedAndNonReturnedGetter = () => {
+      return stateNonExposedAndNonReturned;
+    }
+
+    const returnedState = ref('returnedState')
+
+    expose({
+      /* ------ Common Test Case ------ */
+      exposeObjectLiteral: 'exposeObjectLiteral',
+
+      exposedState1,
+      exposedState2Alias: exposedState2,
+      exposedState2Getter,
+
+      exposedRef,
+      exposedRefGetter,
+
+      exposedMethod1,
+      exposedMethod2Alias: exposedMethod2,
+      /* ------ Common Test Case End ------ */
+
+      stateNonExposedAndNonReturnedGetter,
+    })
+
     return {
-      msg: ref('Hello world'),
-      other
+      returnedState,
     }
   }
 })
diff --git a/tests/components/DefineExposeWithRenderFunction.vue b/tests/components/DefineExposeWithRenderFunction.vue
index 1bbb2ca45..de161e2f2 100644
--- a/tests/components/DefineExposeWithRenderFunction.vue
+++ b/tests/components/DefineExposeWithRenderFunction.vue
@@ -5,10 +5,48 @@ export default defineComponent({
   name: 'Hello',
 
   setup(props, { expose }) {
-    const other = ref('other')
-    const msg = ref('Hello world')
-    expose({ other })
-    return () => [h('div', msg.value), h('div', other.value)]
+    /* ------ Common Test Case ------ */
+    const exposedState1 = 'exposedState1'
+    const exposedState2 = 'exposedState2'
+
+    const exposedState2Getter = () => {
+      return exposedState2;
+    }
+
+    const exposedRef = ref('exposedRef')
+    const exposedRefGetter = () => {
+      return exposedRef.value;
+    }
+
+    const exposedMethod1 = () => {
+
+      return 'result of exposedMethod1';
+    }
+
+    const exposedMethod2 = () => {
+      return 'result of exposedMethod2';
+    }
+    /* ------ Common Test Case End ------ */
+
+    const refUseByRenderFnButNotExposed = ref('refUseByRenderFnButNotExposed')
+
+    expose({
+      /* ------ Common Test Case ------ */
+      exposeObjectLiteral: 'exposeObjectLiteral',
+  
+      exposedState1,
+      exposedState2Alias: exposedState2,
+      exposedState2Getter,
+
+      exposedRef,
+      exposedRefGetter,
+
+      exposedMethod1,
+      exposedMethod2Alias: exposedMethod2,
+      /* ------ Common Test Case ------ */
+    })
+
+    return () => [h('div', refUseByRenderFnButNotExposed.value)]
   }
 })
 </script>
diff --git a/tests/components/ScriptSetup_Expose.vue b/tests/components/ScriptSetup_Expose.vue
index bbe741de9..369d91138 100644
--- a/tests/components/ScriptSetup_Expose.vue
+++ b/tests/components/ScriptSetup_Expose.vue
@@ -3,21 +3,67 @@
 import { ref } from 'vue'
 import Hello from './Hello.vue'
 
+/* ------ Common Test Case ------ */
+const exposedState1 = 'exposedState1'
+const exposedState2 = 'exposedState2'
+
+const exposedState2Getter = () => {
+  return exposedState2;
+}
+
+const exposedRef = ref('exposedRef')
+const exposedRefGetter = () => {
+  return exposedRef.value;
+}
+
+const exposedMethod1 = () => {
+
+  return 'result of exposedMethod1';
+}
+
+const exposedMethod2 = () => {
+  return 'result of exposedMethod2';
+}
+/* ------ Common Test Case End ------ */
+
+const refNonExposed = ref('refNonExposed')
+const refNonExposedGetter = () => {
+  return refNonExposed.value;
+}
+
 const count = ref(0)
 const inc = () => {
   count.value++
 }
+
 const resetCount = () => {
   count.value = 0
 }
 
+
 defineExpose({
+  /* ------ Common Test Case ------ */
+  exposeObjectLiteral: 'exposeObjectLiteral',
+
+  exposedState1,
+  exposedState2Alias: exposedState2,
+  exposedState2Getter,
+
+  exposedRef,
+  exposedRefGetter,
+
+  exposedMethod1,
+  exposedMethod2Alias: exposedMethod2,
+  /* ------ Common Test Case End ------ */
+
   count,
-  resetCount
+  resetCount,
+  refNonExposedGetter,
 })
 </script>
 
 <template>
   <button @click="inc">{{ count }}</button>
+  <div>{{ refNonExposed }}</div>
   <Hello />
 </template>
diff --git a/tests/expose.spec.ts b/tests/expose.spec.ts
index 357d4000b..6212ddec3 100644
--- a/tests/expose.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/expose.spec.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
 import { nextTick } from 'vue'
 import { mount } from '../src'
-import Hello from './components/Hello.vue'
+
 import DefineExpose from './components/DefineExpose.vue'
 import DefineExposeWithRenderFunction from './components/DefineExposeWithRenderFunction.vue'
 import ScriptSetupExpose from './components/ScriptSetup_Expose.vue'
@@ -9,43 +9,89 @@ import ScriptSetup from './components/ScriptSetup.vue'
 import ScriptSetupWithProps from './components/ScriptSetupWithProps.vue'
 
 describe('expose', () => {
-  it('access vm on simple components', async () => {
-    const wrapper = mount(Hello)
+  const commonTests = (vm: any) => {
+    // exposedState1 is exposed vie `expose` and aliased to `exposedState1`
+    expect(vm.exposedState1).toBe('exposedState1')
+    // exposedState2 is exposed vie `expose` and aliased to `exposedState2Alias`
+    expect(vm.exposedState2Alias).toBe('exposedState2')
+
+    // exposed state can be changed but will not affect the original state
+    vm.exposedState2Alias = 'newExposedState2'
+    expect(vm.exposedState2Alias).toBe('newExposedState2')
+    expect(vm.exposedState2Getter()).toBe('exposedState2')
+
+    // exposed ref can be changed and will affect the original ref
+    // @ts-ignore upstream issue, see https://github.com/vuejs/vue-next/issues/4397#issuecomment-957613874
+    expect(vm.exposedRef).toBe('exposedRef')
+    vm.exposedRef = 'newExposedRef'
+    expect(vm.exposedRef).toBe('newExposedRef')
+    expect(vm.exposedRefGetter()).toBe('newExposedRef')
 
-    expect(wrapper.vm.msg).toBe('Hello world')
-  })
+    // exposedMethod1 is exposed vie `expose`
+    expect(vm.exposedMethod1).not.toBe(undefined)
+    expect(vm.exposedMethod1()).toBe('result of exposedMethod1')
+
+    // exposedMethod2 is exposed vie `expose` and aliased to `exposedMethod2Alias`
+    expect(vm.exposedMethod2Alias).not.toBe(undefined)
+    expect(vm.exposedMethod2Alias()).toBe('result of exposedMethod2')
+  }
 
   it('access vm on simple components with custom `expose`', async () => {
     const wrapper = mount(DefineExpose)
+    const vm = wrapper.vm
+
+    commonTests(vm)
+
+    // returned state shuold be accessible
+    expect(vm.returnedState).toBe('returnedState')
 
-    // other is exposed vie `expose`
-    expect(wrapper.vm.other).toBe('other')
-    // can access `msg` even if not exposed
-    expect(wrapper.vm.msg).toBe('Hello world')
+    // non-exposed and non-returned state should not be accessible
+    expect(
+      (vm as unknown as { stateNonExposedAndNonReturned: undefined })
+        .stateNonExposedAndNonReturned
+    ).toBe(undefined)
   })
 
   it('access vm on simple components with custom `expose` and a setup returning a render function', async () => {
     const wrapper = mount(DefineExposeWithRenderFunction)
+    const vm = wrapper.vm
 
-    // other is exposed vie `expose`
-    // @ts-ignore upstream issue, see https://github.com/vuejs/vue-next/issues/4397#issuecomment-957613874
-    expect(wrapper.vm.other).toBe('other')
-    // can't access `msg` as it is not exposed
+    commonTests(vm)
+
+    // can't access `refUseByRenderFnButNotExposed` as it is not exposed
     // and we are in a component with a setup returning a render function
-    expect((wrapper.vm as unknown as { msg: undefined }).msg).toBeUndefined()
+    expect(
+      (vm as unknown as { refUseByRenderFnButNotExposed: undefined })
+        .refUseByRenderFnButNotExposed
+    ).toBeUndefined()
   })
 
   it('access vm with <script setup> and defineExpose()', async () => {
     const wrapper = mount(ScriptSetupExpose)
+    const vm = wrapper.vm as unknown as {
+      inc: () => void
+      resetCount: () => void
+      count: number
+      refNonExposed: string
+      refNonExposedGetter: () => string
+    }
+
+    commonTests(vm)
 
     await wrapper.find('button').trigger('click')
     expect(wrapper.html()).toContain('1')
-    // can access `count` as it is exposed via `defineExpose()`
-    expect(wrapper.vm.count).toBe(1)
-
-    wrapper.vm.resetCount()
 
-    expect(wrapper.vm.count).toBe(0)
+    // can access state/method/ref as it is exposed via `defineExpose()`
+    expect(vm.count).toBe(1)
+    vm.resetCount()
+    expect(vm.count).toBe(0)
+
+    // non-exposed state/method/ref should be accessible
+    vm.inc()
+    expect(vm.count).toBe(1)
+    expect(vm.refNonExposed).toBe('refNonExposed')
+    vm.refNonExposed = 'newRefNonExposed'
+    expect(vm.refNonExposedGetter()).toBe('newRefNonExposed')
   })
 
   it('access vm with <script setup> even without defineExpose()', async () => {