diff --git a/.changeset/five-hounds-smell.md b/.changeset/five-hounds-smell.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d1232d3dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/five-hounds-smell.md
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+---
+"ember-resources": patch
+---
+
+Fix an issue with a new (not yet used feature) where Resources could directly return a `Cell`, and it would have its `.current` method automatically called when resolving the value of a Resource.
+
+```gjs
+import { resource, cell } from 'ember-resources';
+
+export const Now = resource(({ on }) => {
+  const now = cell(Date.now());
+  const timer = setInterval(() => now.set(Date.now()));
+
+  on.cleanup(() => clearInterval(timer));
+
+  return now;
+});
+
+
+<template>
+  It is: <time>{{Now}}</time>
+</template>
+```
diff --git a/ember-resources/src/core/function-based/manager.ts b/ember-resources/src/core/function-based/manager.ts
index 6fa0ffbee..03851b565 100644
--- a/ember-resources/src/core/function-based/manager.ts
+++ b/ember-resources/src/core/function-based/manager.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import { invokeHelper } from '@ember/helper';
 import { capabilities as helperCapabilities } from '@ember/helper';
 import { dependencySatisfies, importSync, macroCondition } from '@embroider/macros';
 
+import { Cell } from '../../util/cell';
 import { INTERNAL } from './types';
 
 import type {
@@ -130,6 +131,10 @@ class FunctionResourceManager {
       return maybeValue();
     }
 
+    if (maybeValue instanceof Cell) {
+      return maybeValue.current;
+    }
+
     return maybeValue;
   }
 
diff --git a/ember-resources/src/util/cell.ts b/ember-resources/src/util/cell.ts
index bc9e03ca0..12596c238 100644
--- a/ember-resources/src/util/cell.ts
+++ b/ember-resources/src/util/cell.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ interface GlintRenderable {
   toHTML(): string;
 }
 
-class Cell<Value = unknown> implements GlintRenderable {
+export class Cell<Value = unknown> implements GlintRenderable {
   @tracked declare current: Value;
 
   toHTML(): string {
diff --git a/test-app/tests/core/function-resource/rendering-test.gts b/test-app/tests/core/function-resource/rendering-test.gts
index dc642d7dd..8c0f56ad6 100644
--- a/test-app/tests/core/function-resource/rendering-test.gts
+++ b/test-app/tests/core/function-resource/rendering-test.gts
@@ -6,11 +6,19 @@ import { clearRender, render, settled } from '@ember/test-helpers';
 import { module, test } from 'qunit';
 import { setupRenderingTest } from 'ember-qunit';
 
-import { resource, use } from 'ember-resources';
+import { resource, use, cell } from 'ember-resources';
 
 module('Utils | (function) resource | rendering', function (hooks) {
   setupRenderingTest(hooks);
 
+  test(`returning a cell renders the cell's value`, async function (assert) {
+    const StuckClock = resource(() => cell(2));
+
+    await render(<template>{{StuckClock}}</template>);
+
+    assert.dom().hasText('2');
+  });
+
   module('lifecycle', function () {
     module('direct rendering', function () {
       test('when consuming tracked data', async function (assert) {
@@ -345,7 +353,7 @@ module('Utils | (function) resource | rendering', function (hooks) {
         assert.verifySteps(['destroy 0']);
       });
 
-      test('when gated by an if and conusming tracked data', async function (assert) {
+      test('when gated by an if and consuming tracked data', async function (assert) {
         // reminder that destruction is async
         let steps: string[] = [];
         let step = (msg: string) => {