diff --git a/packages/components/src/slot-fill/bubbles-virtually/slot-fill-context.js b/packages/components/src/slot-fill/bubbles-virtually/slot-fill-context.js
index cfee66bd11a9a3..1fb905a56ffc98 100644
--- a/packages/components/src/slot-fill/bubbles-virtually/slot-fill-context.js
+++ b/packages/components/src/slot-fill/bubbles-virtually/slot-fill-context.js
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ const SlotFillContext = createContext( {
 	slots: {},
 	fills: {},
 	registerSlot: () => {},
+	updateSlot: () => {},
 	unregisterSlot: () => {},
 	registerFill: () => {},
 	unregisterFill: () => {},
diff --git a/packages/components/src/slot-fill/bubbles-virtually/slot-fill-provider.js b/packages/components/src/slot-fill/bubbles-virtually/slot-fill-provider.js
index d9a3efb75159db..c90f7b72810ada 100644
--- a/packages/components/src/slot-fill/bubbles-virtually/slot-fill-provider.js
+++ b/packages/components/src/slot-fill/bubbles-virtually/slot-fill-provider.js
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ function useSlotRegistry() {
 			slots,
 			fills,
 			registerSlot,
+			updateSlot,
 			unregisterSlot,
 			registerFill,
 			unregisterFill,
diff --git a/packages/components/src/slot-fill/test/__snapshots__/slot.js.snap b/packages/components/src/slot-fill/test/__snapshots__/slot.js.snap
index 5cffdf5ec3f6ca..bfac447c806050 100644
--- a/packages/components/src/slot-fill/test/__snapshots__/slot.js.snap
+++ b/packages/components/src/slot-fill/test/__snapshots__/slot.js.snap
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 // Jest Snapshot v1, https://goo.gl/fbAQLP
 
+exports[`Slot bubblesVirtually false should not break without a Provider 1`] = `
+<div>
+  <div />
+</div>
+`;
+
 exports[`Slot bubblesVirtually false should subsume another slot by the same name 1`] = `
 <div>
   <div
@@ -37,6 +43,14 @@ exports[`Slot bubblesVirtually false should unmount two slots with the same name
 </div>
 `;
 
+exports[`Slot bubblesVirtually true should not break without a Provider 1`] = `
+<div>
+  <div>
+    <div />
+  </div>
+</div>
+`;
+
 exports[`Slot bubblesVirtually true should subsume another slot by the same name 1`] = `
 <div>
   <div
diff --git a/packages/components/src/slot-fill/test/slot.js b/packages/components/src/slot-fill/test/slot.js
index 398ea965924458..fd639c888ec52b 100644
--- a/packages/components/src/slot-fill/test/slot.js
+++ b/packages/components/src/slot-fill/test/slot.js
@@ -300,6 +300,22 @@ describe( 'Slot', () => {
 				);
 				expect( container ).toMatchSnapshot();
 			} );
+
+			it( 'should not break without a Provider', () => {
+				const { container } = render(
+					<>
+						<div>
+							<Slot
+								name="chicken"
+								bubblesVirtually={ bubblesVirtually }
+							/>
+						</div>
+						<Fill name="chicken" />
+					</>
+				);
+
+				expect( container ).toMatchSnapshot();
+			} );
 		}
 	);
 } );