diff --git a/src/unfold/templates/unfold/widgets/textarea.html b/src/unfold/templates/unfold/widgets/textarea.html
index 5157f7903..d35bedb5e 100644
--- a/src/unfold/templates/unfold/widgets/textarea.html
+++ b/src/unfold/templates/unfold/widgets/textarea.html
@@ -1,7 +1 @@
-<div class="relative">
-    <div class="border break-words font-medium invisible max-w-4xl px-3 py-2 text-sm" style="min-height: 64px">
-        {% if widget.value %}{{ widget.value|linebreaks }}{% endif %}
-    </div>
-
-    <textarea onInput="this.previousElementSibling.innerText = this.value + String.fromCharCode(10)" name="{{ widget.name }}"{% include "django/forms/widgets/attrs.html" %}>{% if widget.value %}{{ widget.value }}{% endif %}</textarea>
-</div>
+<textarea name="{{ widget.name }}"{% include "django/forms/widgets/attrs.html" %}>{% if widget.value %}{{ widget.value }}{% endif %}</textarea>
diff --git a/src/unfold/templates/unfold/widgets/textarea_expandable.html b/src/unfold/templates/unfold/widgets/textarea_expandable.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5157f7903
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/unfold/templates/unfold/widgets/textarea_expandable.html
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+<div class="relative">
+    <div class="border break-words font-medium invisible max-w-4xl px-3 py-2 text-sm" style="min-height: 64px">
+        {% if widget.value %}{{ widget.value|linebreaks }}{% endif %}
+    </div>
+
+    <textarea onInput="this.previousElementSibling.innerText = this.value + String.fromCharCode(10)" name="{{ widget.name }}"{% include "django/forms/widgets/attrs.html" %}>{% if widget.value %}{{ widget.value }}{% endif %}</textarea>
+</div>
diff --git a/src/unfold/widgets.py b/src/unfold/widgets.py
index 639a5bd6e..f3f4b51c6 100644
--- a/src/unfold/widgets.py
+++ b/src/unfold/widgets.py
@@ -358,6 +358,20 @@ def __init__(
 class UnfoldAdminTextareaWidget(AdminTextareaWidget):
     template_name = "unfold/widgets/textarea.html"
 
+    def __init__(self, attrs: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None) -> None:
+        attrs = attrs or {}
+
+        super().__init__(
+            attrs={
+                "class": "vLargeTextField " + " ".join(TEXTAREA_CLASSES),
+                **(attrs or {}),
+            }
+        )
+
+
+class UnfoldAdminExpandableTextareaWidget(AdminTextareaWidget):
+    template_name = "unfold/widgets/textarea.html"
+
     def __init__(self, attrs: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None) -> None:
         attrs = attrs or {}