diff --git a/packages/core/src/data_sources/model/DataVariableListenerManager.ts b/packages/core/src/data_sources/model/DataVariableListenerManager.ts
index e090e962b..62e165a5f 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/data_sources/model/DataVariableListenerManager.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/data_sources/model/DataVariableListenerManager.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { DynamicValue } from '../types';
 import { DataCondition, ConditionalVariableType } from './conditional_variables/DataCondition';
 import ComponentDataVariable from './ComponentDataVariable';
 import { CollectionVariableType } from './data_collection/constants';
-import CollectionVariable from './data_collection/CollectionVariable';
+import DataCollectionVariable from './data_collection/DataCollectionVariable';
 
 export interface DynamicVariableListenerManagerOptions {
   em: EditorModel;
@@ -44,11 +44,7 @@ export default class DynamicVariableListenerManager {
     let dataListeners: DataVariableListener[] = [];
     switch (type) {
       case CollectionVariableType:
-        const collectionVariable = dynamicVariable as CollectionVariable;
-        if (collectionVariable.hasDynamicValue()) {
-          dataListeners = this.listenToDataVariable(collectionVariable.dataVariable!, em);
-        }
-
+        dataListeners = this.listenToDataCollectionVariable(dynamicVariable as DataCollectionVariable);
         break;
       case DataVariableType:
         dataListeners = this.listenToDataVariable(dynamicVariable as DataVariable | ComponentDataVariable, em);
@@ -86,6 +82,10 @@ export default class DynamicVariableListenerManager {
     return dataListeners;
   }
 
+  private listenToDataCollectionVariable(dataVariable: DataCollectionVariable) {
+    return [{ obj: dataVariable, event: 'change:value' }];
+  }
+
   private removeListeners() {
     this.dataListeners.forEach((ls) => this.model.stopListening(ls.obj, ls.event, this.onChange));
     this.dataListeners = [];
diff --git a/packages/core/src/data_sources/model/data_collection/ComponentDataCollection.ts b/packages/core/src/data_sources/model/data_collection/ComponentDataCollection.ts
index a1d8d1893..0d6a925c9 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/data_sources/model/data_collection/ComponentDataCollection.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/data_sources/model/data_collection/ComponentDataCollection.ts
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ export default class ComponentDataCollection extends Component {
       },
       { em },
     );
+
     new DynamicVariableListenerManager({
       em: em,
       dataVariable,
diff --git a/packages/core/src/data_sources/model/data_collection/ComponentDataCollectionVariable.ts b/packages/core/src/data_sources/model/data_collection/ComponentDataCollectionVariable.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..484aa9fd3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/src/data_sources/model/data_collection/ComponentDataCollectionVariable.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+import Component, { keyCollectionsStateMap, keySymbolOvrd } from '../../../dom_components/model/Component';
+import { ComponentOptions, ComponentProperties } from '../../../dom_components/model/types';
+import { toLowerCase } from '../../../utils/mixins';
+import DataCollectionVariable from './DataCollectionVariable';
+import { CollectionVariableType, keyInnerCollectionState } from './constants';
+import { DataCollectionStateMap, DataCollectionVariableDefinition } from './types';
+
+export default class ComponentDataCollectionVariable extends Component {
+  datacollectionVariable: DataCollectionVariable;
+
+  get defaults() {
+    return {
+      // @ts-ignore
+      ...super.defaults,
+      type: CollectionVariableType,
+      variableType: '',
+      path: '',
+      collectionName: keyInnerCollectionState,
+    };
+  }
+
+  constructor(props: DataCollectionVariableDefinition & ComponentProperties, opt: ComponentOptions) {
+    super(props, opt);
+    const em = opt.em;
+    const { type, variableType, path, collectionName } = props;
+
+    this.datacollectionVariable = new DataCollectionVariable(
+      { type, variableType, path, collectionName },
+      {
+        em,
+        collectionsStateMap: this.get(keyCollectionsStateMap),
+      },
+    );
+
+    this.listenTo(this, `change:${keyCollectionsStateMap}`, this.handleCollectionsMapStateUpdate);
+  }
+
+  private handleCollectionsMapStateUpdate(m: any, v: DataCollectionStateMap, opts = {}) {
+    this.datacollectionVariable.updateCollectionsStateMap(v);
+  }
+
+  getDataValue() {
+    return this.datacollectionVariable.getDataValue();
+  }
+
+  getInnerHTML() {
+    return this.getDataValue();
+  }
+
+  static isComponent(el: HTMLElement) {
+    return toLowerCase(el.tagName) === CollectionVariableType;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/core/src/data_sources/model/data_collection/ComponentDataCollectionVariableView.ts b/packages/core/src/data_sources/model/data_collection/ComponentDataCollectionVariableView.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fa4bab47d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/src/data_sources/model/data_collection/ComponentDataCollectionVariableView.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+import ComponentView from '../../../dom_components/view/ComponentView';
+import DynamicVariableListenerManager from '../DataVariableListenerManager';
+import ComponentDataCollectionVariable from './ComponentDataCollectionVariable';
+
+export default class ComponentDataCollectionVariableView extends ComponentView<ComponentDataCollectionVariable> {
+  collectionVariableListener?: DynamicVariableListenerManager;
+
+  initialize(opt = {}) {
+    super.initialize(opt);
+    this.postRender();
+    this.collectionVariableListener = new DynamicVariableListenerManager({
+      em: this.em!,
+      dataVariable: this.model.datacollectionVariable,
+      updateValueFromDataVariable: this.postRender,
+    });
+  }
+
+  postRender() {
+    const { model, el } = this;
+    el.innerHTML = model.datacollectionVariable.getDataValue();
+
+    super.postRender();
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/core/src/data_sources/model/data_collection/CollectionVariable.ts b/packages/core/src/data_sources/model/data_collection/DataCollectionVariable.ts
similarity index 69%
rename from packages/core/src/data_sources/model/data_collection/CollectionVariable.ts
rename to packages/core/src/data_sources/model/data_collection/DataCollectionVariable.ts
index 38dc6d429..7e8073ecd 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/data_sources/model/data_collection/CollectionVariable.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/data_sources/model/data_collection/DataCollectionVariable.ts
@@ -2,16 +2,31 @@ import { DataCollectionVariableDefinition } from './types';
 import { Model } from '../../../common';
 import EditorModel from '../../../editor/model/Editor';
 import DataVariable, { DataVariableType } from '../DataVariable';
-import { keyInnerCollectionState } from './constants';
+import { CollectionVariableType, keyInnerCollectionState } from './constants';
 import { DataCollectionState, DataCollectionStateMap } from './types';
+import DynamicVariableListenerManager from '../DataVariableListenerManager';
+type ResolvedDataCollectionVariable = DataCollectionVariableDefinition & {
+  value?: any;
+};
 
-export default class CollectionVariable extends Model<DataCollectionVariableDefinition> {
+export default class DataCollectionVariable extends Model<ResolvedDataCollectionVariable> {
   em: EditorModel;
   collectionsStateMap: DataCollectionStateMap;
   dataVariable?: DataVariable;
+  dynamicValueListener?: DynamicVariableListenerManager;
+
+  defaults(): Partial<ResolvedDataCollectionVariable> {
+    return {
+      type: CollectionVariableType,
+      variableType: undefined,
+      path: '',
+      collectionName: keyInnerCollectionState,
+      value: undefined,
+    };
+  }
 
   constructor(
-    attrs: DataCollectionVariableDefinition,
+    attrs: ResolvedDataCollectionVariable,
     options: {
       em: EditorModel;
       collectionsStateMap: DataCollectionStateMap;
@@ -20,7 +35,6 @@ export default class CollectionVariable extends Model<DataCollectionVariableDefi
     super(attrs, options);
     this.em = options.em;
     this.collectionsStateMap = options.collectionsStateMap;
-
     this.updateDataVariable();
   }
 
@@ -34,10 +48,13 @@ export default class CollectionVariable extends Model<DataCollectionVariableDefi
     if (resolvedValue?.type === DataVariableType) {
       return this.dataVariable!.getDataValue();
     }
+
     return resolvedValue;
   }
 
   private updateDataVariable() {
+    if (!this.collectionsStateMap) return { resolvedValue: undefined };
+
     const resolvedValue = resolveCollectionVariable(
       this.attributes as DataCollectionVariableDefinition,
       this.collectionsStateMap,
@@ -48,13 +65,28 @@ export default class CollectionVariable extends Model<DataCollectionVariableDefi
     if (resolvedValue?.type === DataVariableType) {
       dataVariable = new DataVariable(resolvedValue, { em: this.em });
       this.dataVariable = dataVariable;
+
+      this.dynamicValueListener?.destroy();
+      this.dynamicValueListener = new DynamicVariableListenerManager({
+        em: this.em,
+        dataVariable,
+        updateValueFromDataVariable: this.updateDataVariable,
+      });
     }
 
+    this.set('value', resolvedValue);
     return { resolvedValue, dataVariable };
   }
 
+  updateCollectionsStateMap(collectionsStateMap: DataCollectionStateMap) {
+    this.collectionsStateMap = collectionsStateMap;
+    this.updateDataVariable();
+  }
+
   destroy() {
-    return this.dataVariable?.destroy?.() || super.destroy();
+    this.dynamicValueListener?.destroy();
+    this.dataVariable?.destroy();
+    return super.destroy();
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/core/src/data_sources/model/utils.ts b/packages/core/src/data_sources/model/utils.ts
index 0f1d216fa..0c384f16d 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/data_sources/model/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/data_sources/model/utils.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 import EditorModel from '../../editor/model/Editor';
 import { DynamicValue, DynamicValueDefinition } from '../types';
 import { DataCollectionStateMap } from './data_collection/types';
-import CollectionVariable from './data_collection/CollectionVariable';
-import { DataCollectionVariableDefinition } from './data_collection/types';
+import DataCollectionVariable from './data_collection/DataCollectionVariable';
 import { CollectionVariableType } from './data_collection/constants';
 import { ConditionalVariableType, DataCondition } from './conditional_variables/DataCondition';
 import DataVariable, { DataVariableType } from './DataVariable';
@@ -52,7 +51,7 @@ export function getDynamicValueInstance(
     }
     case CollectionVariableType: {
       // @ts-ignore
-      dynamicVariable = new CollectionVariable(valueDefinition, options);
+      dynamicVariable = new DataCollectionVariable(valueDefinition, options);
       break;
     }
     default:
diff --git a/packages/core/src/data_sources/types.ts b/packages/core/src/data_sources/types.ts
index 33626e8c3..fd18e469d 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/data_sources/types.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/data_sources/types.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { ObjectAny } from '../common';
-import CollectionVariable from './model/data_collection/CollectionVariable';
+import DataCollectionVariable from './model/data_collection/DataCollectionVariable';
 import { DataCollectionVariableDefinition } from './model/data_collection/types';
 import ComponentDataVariable from './model/ComponentDataVariable';
 import DataRecord from './model/DataRecord';
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import DataRecords from './model/DataRecords';
 import DataVariable, { DataVariableDefinition } from './model/DataVariable';
 import { ConditionalVariableDefinition, DataCondition } from './model/conditional_variables/DataCondition';
 
-export type DynamicValue = DataVariable | ComponentDataVariable | DataCondition | CollectionVariable;
+export type DynamicValue = DataVariable | ComponentDataVariable | DataCondition | DataCollectionVariable;
 export type DynamicValueDefinition =
   | DataVariableDefinition
   | ConditionalVariableDefinition
diff --git a/packages/core/src/dom_components/index.ts b/packages/core/src/dom_components/index.ts
index 0f4cfeaee..053b50a1f 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/dom_components/index.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/dom_components/index.ts
@@ -130,7 +130,9 @@ import ComponentConditionalVariable from '../data_sources/model/conditional_vari
 import ConditionalComponentView from '../data_sources/view/ComponentDynamicView';
 import ComponentDataCollection from '../data_sources/model/data_collection/ComponentDataCollection';
 import ComponentDataCollectionView from '../data_sources/model/data_collection/ComponentDataCollectionView';
-import { CollectionComponentType } from '../data_sources/model/data_collection/constants';
+import { CollectionComponentType, CollectionVariableType } from '../data_sources/model/data_collection/constants';
+import ComponentDataCollectionVariable from '../data_sources/model/data_collection/ComponentDataCollectionVariable';
+import ComponentDataCollectionVariableView from '../data_sources/model/data_collection/ComponentDataCollectionVariableView';
 
 export type ComponentEvent =
   | 'component:create'
@@ -196,6 +198,11 @@ export interface CanMoveResult {
 
 export default class ComponentManager extends ItemManagerModule<DomComponentsConfig, any> {
   componentTypes: ComponentStackItem[] = [
+    {
+      id: CollectionVariableType,
+      model: ComponentDataCollectionVariable,
+      view: ComponentDataCollectionVariableView,
+    },
     {
       id: CollectionComponentType,
       model: ComponentDataCollection,
diff --git a/packages/core/test/specs/data_sources/model/data_collection/ComponentDataCollection.ts b/packages/core/test/specs/data_sources/model/data_collection/ComponentDataCollection.ts
index 7a6a4a72e..cf944bef3 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/specs/data_sources/model/data_collection/ComponentDataCollection.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/specs/data_sources/model/data_collection/ComponentDataCollection.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import {
 } from '../../../../../src/data_sources/model/data_collection/constants';
 import { DataCollectionStateVariableType } from '../../../../../src/data_sources/model/data_collection/types';
 import EditorModel from '../../../../../src/editor/model/Editor';
-import { filterObjectForSnapshot, setupTestEditor } from '../../../../common';
+import { setupTestEditor } from '../../../../common';
 import { getSymbolMain } from '../../../../../src/dom_components/model/SymbolUtils';
 import { ProjectData } from '../../../../../src/storage_manager';
 
diff --git a/packages/core/test/specs/data_sources/model/data_collection/ComponentDataCollectionVariable.ts b/packages/core/test/specs/data_sources/model/data_collection/ComponentDataCollectionVariable.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7c3bc161c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/test/specs/data_sources/model/data_collection/ComponentDataCollectionVariable.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+import { Component, DataRecord, DataSource, DataSourceManager, Editor } from '../../../../../src';
+import { DataVariableType } from '../../../../../src/data_sources/model/DataVariable';
+import {
+  CollectionComponentType,
+  CollectionVariableType,
+} from '../../../../../src/data_sources/model/data_collection/constants';
+import { DataCollectionStateVariableType } from '../../../../../src/data_sources/model/data_collection/types';
+import EditorModel from '../../../../../src/editor/model/Editor';
+import { setupTestEditor } from '../../../../common';
+
+describe('Collection component', () => {
+  let em: EditorModel;
+  let editor: Editor;
+  let dsm: DataSourceManager;
+  let dataSource: DataSource;
+  let wrapper: Component;
+  let firstRecord: DataRecord;
+  let secondRecord: DataRecord;
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    ({ em, editor, dsm } = setupTestEditor());
+    wrapper = em.getWrapper()!;
+    dataSource = dsm.add({
+      id: 'my_data_source_id',
+      records: [
+        { id: 'user1', user: 'user1', age: '12' },
+        { id: 'user2', user: 'user2', age: '14' },
+        { id: 'user3', user: 'user3', age: '16' },
+      ],
+    });
+
+    firstRecord = dataSource.getRecord('user1')!;
+    secondRecord = dataSource.getRecord('user2')!;
+  });
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    em.destroy();
+  });
+
+  test('Collection variable components', async () => {
+    const cmp = wrapper.components({
+      type: CollectionComponentType,
+      collectionDefinition: {
+        block: {
+          type: 'default',
+          components: [
+            {
+              type: CollectionVariableType,
+              variableType: DataCollectionStateVariableType.currentItem,
+              path: 'user',
+            },
+          ],
+        },
+        config: {
+          dataSource: {
+            type: DataVariableType,
+            path: 'my_data_source_id',
+          },
+        },
+      },
+    })[0];
+
+    const firstGrandchild = cmp.components().at(0).components().at(0);
+    expect(firstGrandchild.getInnerHTML()).toContain('user1');
+
+    const secondGrandchild = cmp.components().at(1).components().at(0);
+    expect(secondGrandchild.getInnerHTML()).toContain('user2');
+  });
+});