diff --git a/blacklight.gemspec b/blacklight.gemspec
index 510b31085a..31a7d3fd0c 100644
--- a/blacklight.gemspec
+++ b/blacklight.gemspec
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.add_dependency "deprecation"
   s.add_dependency "i18n", '>= 1.7.0' # added named parameters
   s.add_dependency "ostruct", '>= 0.3.2'
-  s.add_dependency "view_component", '~> 2.43'
+  s.add_dependency "view_component", '~> 2.66'
   s.add_dependency 'hashdiff'
 
   s.add_development_dependency "rsolr", ">= 1.0.6", "< 3"  # Library for interacting with rSolr.
diff --git a/lib/blacklight/component.rb b/lib/blacklight/component.rb
index faccbb8973..d8c6febc45 100644
--- a/lib/blacklight/component.rb
+++ b/lib/blacklight/component.rb
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@
 module Blacklight
   class Component < ViewComponent::Base
     class << self
+      # Workaround for https://github.com/ViewComponent/view_component/issues/1565
+      def config
+        @config ||= ViewComponent::Config.defaults.merge(ViewComponent::Base.config)
+      end
+
       # rubocop:disable Naming/MemoizedInstanceVariableName
       def compiler
         @__vc_compiler ||= EngineCompiler.new(self)