diff --git a/src/material/input/testing/input-harness.spec.ts b/src/material/input/testing/input-harness.spec.ts
index 20382ca4fe29..fc9c9cf3cdd0 100644
--- a/src/material/input/testing/input-harness.spec.ts
+++ b/src/material/input/testing/input-harness.spec.ts
@@ -124,6 +124,15 @@ describe('MatInputHarness', () => {
     expect(await inputs[4].getValue()).toBe('new-value');
   });
 
+  it('should dispatch a change event when setting the value', async () => {
+    const input = await loader.getHarness(MatInputHarness.with({selector: '#myTextarea'}));
+    expect(fixture.componentInstance.textareaChangeCount).toBe(0);
+
+    await input.setValue('new-value');
+
+    expect(fixture.componentInstance.textareaChangeCount).toBe(1);
+  });
+
   it('should be able to get disabled state', async () => {
     const inputs = await loader.getAllHarnesses(MatInputHarness);
     expect(inputs.length).toBe(7);
@@ -267,6 +276,7 @@ describe('MatInputHarness', () => {
         matInput
         placeholder="Leave a comment"
         aria-label="Comment box"
+        (change)="textareaChangeCount = textareaChangeCount + 1"
       ></textarea>
     </mat-form-field>
 
@@ -307,4 +317,5 @@ class InputHarnessTest {
   required = signal(false);
   ngModelValue = '';
   ngModelName = 'has-ng-model';
+  textareaChangeCount = 0;
 }
diff --git a/src/material/input/testing/input-harness.ts b/src/material/input/testing/input-harness.ts
index c88101a32ad9..fe7aeb2376dd 100644
--- a/src/material/input/testing/input-harness.ts
+++ b/src/material/input/testing/input-harness.ts
@@ -136,5 +136,9 @@ export class MatInputHarness extends MatFormFieldControlHarnessBase {
     // value is set, we also set the property after the keyboard sequence. Note that we don't
     // want to do it before, because it can cause the value to be entered twice.
     await inputEl.setInputValue(newValue);
+
+    // Dispatch a `change` event so that listeners bound to it are notified, similarly
+    // to what happens when the user commits a value by blurring the input.
+    await inputEl.dispatchEvent('change');
   }
 }