diff --git a/packages/core/src/BaseNavigationContainer.tsx b/packages/core/src/BaseNavigationContainer.tsx
index 9fff3274..913bf935 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/BaseNavigationContainer.tsx
+++ b/packages/core/src/BaseNavigationContainer.tsx
@@ -8,9 +8,11 @@ import {
   NavigationAction,
 } from '@react-navigation/routers';
 import EnsureSingleNavigator from './EnsureSingleNavigator';
+import UnhandledActionContext from './UnhandledActionContext';
 import NavigationBuilderContext from './NavigationBuilderContext';
 import NavigationStateContext from './NavigationStateContext';
-import UnhandledActionContext from './UnhandledActionContext';
+import NavigationRouteContext from './NavigationRouteContext';
+import NavigationContext from './NavigationContext';
 import { ScheduleUpdateContext } from './useScheduleUpdate';
 import useChildListeners from './useChildListeners';
 import useKeyedChildListeners from './useKeyedChildListeners';
@@ -397,7 +399,7 @@ const BaseNavigationContainer = React.forwardRef(
       []
     );
 
-    return (
+    let element = (
       <ScheduleUpdateContext.Provider value={scheduleContext}>
         <NavigationBuilderContext.Provider value={builderContext}>
           <NavigationStateContext.Provider value={context}>
@@ -410,6 +412,19 @@ const BaseNavigationContainer = React.forwardRef(
         </NavigationBuilderContext.Provider>
       </ScheduleUpdateContext.Provider>
     );
+
+    if (independent) {
+      // We need to clear any existing contexts for nested independent container to work correctly
+      element = (
+        <NavigationRouteContext.Provider value={undefined}>
+          <NavigationContext.Provider value={undefined}>
+            {element}
+          </NavigationContext.Provider>
+        </NavigationRouteContext.Provider>
+      );
+    }
+
+    return element;
   }
 );
 
diff --git a/packages/core/src/__tests__/BaseNavigationContainer.test.tsx b/packages/core/src/__tests__/BaseNavigationContainer.test.tsx
index 62df51f8..15757cf6 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/__tests__/BaseNavigationContainer.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/core/src/__tests__/BaseNavigationContainer.test.tsx
@@ -757,3 +757,67 @@ it('invokes the unhandled action listener with the unhandled action', () => {
     type: 'NAVIGATE',
   });
 });
+
+it('works with state change events in independent nested container', () => {
+  const TestNavigator = (props: any) => {
+    const { state, descriptors } = useNavigationBuilder(MockRouter, props);
+
+    return (
+      <React.Fragment>
+        {state.routes.map((route) => descriptors[route.key].render())}
+      </React.Fragment>
+    );
+  };
+
+  const ref = React.createRef<NavigationContainerRef>();
+
+  const onStateChange = jest.fn();
+
+  render(
+    <BaseNavigationContainer>
+      <TestNavigator>
+        <Screen name="foo">
+          {() => (
+            <BaseNavigationContainer
+              independent
+              ref={ref}
+              onStateChange={onStateChange}
+            >
+              <TestNavigator>
+                <Screen name="qux">{() => null}</Screen>
+                <Screen name="lex">{() => null}</Screen>
+              </TestNavigator>
+            </BaseNavigationContainer>
+          )}
+        </Screen>
+        <Screen name="bar">{() => null}</Screen>
+      </TestNavigator>
+    </BaseNavigationContainer>
+  );
+
+  act(() => ref.current?.navigate('lex'));
+
+  expect(onStateChange).toBeCalledWith({
+    index: 1,
+    key: '15',
+    routeNames: ['qux', 'lex'],
+    routes: [
+      { key: 'qux', name: 'qux' },
+      { key: 'lex', name: 'lex' },
+    ],
+    stale: false,
+    type: 'test',
+  });
+
+  expect(ref.current?.getRootState()).toEqual({
+    index: 1,
+    key: '15',
+    routeNames: ['qux', 'lex'],
+    routes: [
+      { key: 'qux', name: 'qux' },
+      { key: 'lex', name: 'lex' },
+    ],
+    stale: false,
+    type: 'test',
+  });
+});