diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 96c3cc4..7fd2607 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -46,19 +46,19 @@
     "benchmark": "^2.1.4",
     "chai": "^4.2.0",
     "coveralls": "^3.1.0",
-    "eslint": "^7.14.0",
+    "eslint": "^7.16.0",
     "eslint-config-riot": "^3.0.0",
     "esm": "^3.2.25",
     "jsdom": "^16.4.0",
     "jsdom-global": "3.0.2",
     "mocha": "^8.2.1",
     "nyc": "^15.1.0",
-    "rollup": "^2.33.3",
+    "rollup": "^2.35.1",
     "rollup-plugin-alias": "^2.2.0",
     "rollup-plugin-node-resolve": "^5.2.0",
-    "sinon": "^9.2.1",
+    "sinon": "^9.2.2",
     "sinon-chai": "^3.5.0",
-    "typescript": "^4.1.2"
+    "typescript": "^4.1.3"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@riotjs/util": "^2.0.0"
diff --git a/src/template.js b/src/template.js
index ab5f9a4..1c9ab5a 100644
--- a/src/template.js
+++ b/src/template.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { cleanNode, clearChildren, removeChild } from '@riotjs/util/dom'
+import {IS_PURE_SYMBOL} from '@riotjs/util/constants'
 import createBinding from './binding'
 import createDOMTree from './util/create-DOM-tree'
 import injectDOM from './util/inject-DOM'
@@ -121,6 +122,9 @@ export const TemplateChunk = Object.freeze({
       this.bindings.forEach(b => b.unmount(scope, parentScope, mustRemoveRoot))
 
       switch (true) {
+      // pure components should handle the DOM unmount updates by themselves
+      case this.el[IS_PURE_SYMBOL]:
+        break
       // <template> tags should be treated a bit differently
       // we need to clear their children only if it's explicitly required by the caller
       // via mustRemoveRoot !== null
diff --git a/test/core.spec.js b/test/core.spec.js
index d45487a..adad588 100644
--- a/test/core.spec.js
+++ b/test/core.spec.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { bindingTypes, expressionTypes, template } from '../src'
+import {IS_PURE_SYMBOL} from '@riotjs/util/constants'
 
 describe('core specs', () => {
   it('The riot DOM bindings public methods get properly exported', () => {
@@ -47,6 +48,22 @@ describe('core specs', () => {
     expect(() => tag.unmount({}, {}, true)).to.not.throw()
   })
 
+  it('The pure components should handle the unmount DOM updates by themselves', () => {
+    const el = template('hello')
+    const target = document.createElement('div')
+
+    target[IS_PURE_SYMBOL] = true
+
+    document.body.appendChild(target)
+
+    el.mount(target)
+    el.unmount({}, {}, true)
+
+    expect(target.parentNode).to.be.ok
+    target.parentNode.removeChild(target)
+    expect(target.parentNode).to.be.not.ok
+  })
+
   it('The template.unmount can be able to remove the root node (node appended to the dom)', () => {
     const el = template('hello')
     const target = document.createElement('div')
@@ -302,4 +319,4 @@ describe('core specs', () => {
 
     el.unmount()
   })
-})
\ No newline at end of file
+})