diff --git a/packages/vuetify/src/composables/__tests__/group.spec.ts b/packages/vuetify/src/composables/__tests__/group.spec.ts
index 625e89dccd4..076e29b6169 100644
--- a/packages/vuetify/src/composables/__tests__/group.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/vuetify/src/composables/__tests__/group.spec.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { makeGroupProps, useGroup, useGroupItem } from '../group'
 // Utilities
 import { describe, expect, it } from '@jest/globals'
 import { mount } from '@vue/test-utils'
-import { defineComponent, h, nextTick, reactive } from 'vue'
+import { defineComponent, h, nextTick, reactive, useSlots } from 'vue'
 
 describe('group', () => {
   describe('with complex values', () => {
@@ -270,7 +270,8 @@ describe('group', () => {
       setup (props) {
         // @ts-expect-error missing emit
         useGroup(props, Symbol.for('test'))
-        return () => h('div', [
+        const slot = useSlots()
+        return () => h('div', slot.default?.() ?? [
           h(GroupItemComponent, { disabled: !!props.disabledItems?.[0] }),
           h(GroupItemComponent, { disabled: !!props.disabledItems?.[1] }),
         ])
@@ -370,5 +371,39 @@ describe('group', () => {
 
       expect(wrapper.emitted('update:modelValue')).toStrictEqual([[[0]]])
     })
+
+    it('should update the items that use index as the value when delete', async () => {
+      const values = reactive(['one', 'two', 'three'])
+      const wrapper = mount(GroupComponent, {
+        props: {
+          multiple: false,
+          mandatory: false,
+        },
+        slots: {
+          default () {
+            return values.map(value => h(GroupItemComponent, { key: value }))
+          },
+        },
+      })
+      values.splice(1, 1)
+      values.push('four')
+      await nextTick()
+      let items = wrapper.findAllComponents(GroupItemComponent)
+
+      await items[1].trigger('click')
+      await items[2].trigger('click')
+
+      expect(wrapper.emitted()['update:modelValue']).toEqual([[1], [2]])
+
+      values.splice(1, 0, 'eight')
+      values.push('nine')
+      await nextTick()
+      items = wrapper.findAllComponents(GroupItemComponent)
+
+      await items[3].trigger('click')
+      await items[4].trigger('click')
+
+      expect(wrapper.emitted()['update:modelValue']).toEqual([[1], [2], [3], [4]])
+    })
   })
 })
diff --git a/packages/vuetify/src/composables/group.ts b/packages/vuetify/src/composables/group.ts
index 318f127f298..42d7e6b14a5 100644
--- a/packages/vuetify/src/composables/group.ts
+++ b/packages/vuetify/src/composables/group.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 import { useProxiedModel } from './proxiedModel'
 
 // Utilities
-import { computed, inject, onBeforeUnmount, onMounted, provide, reactive, toRef, unref, watch } from 'vue'
+import { computed, inject, onBeforeUnmount, onMounted, onUpdated, provide, reactive, toRef, unref, watch } from 'vue'
 import { consoleWarn, deepEqual, findChildrenWithProvide, getCurrentInstance, getUid, propsFactory, wrapInArray } from '@/util'
 
 // Types
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ export interface GroupItem {
   id: number
   value: Ref<unknown>
   disabled: Ref<boolean | undefined>
+  useIndexAsValue?: boolean
 }
 
 export interface GroupProps {
@@ -181,6 +182,7 @@ export function useGroup (
 
     if (unref(unwrapped.value) == null) {
       unwrapped.value = index
+      unwrapped.useIndexAsValue = true
     }
 
     if (index > -1) {
@@ -219,6 +221,15 @@ export function useGroup (
     isUnmounted = true
   })
 
+  onUpdated(() => {
+    // #19655 update the items that use the index as the value.
+    for (let i = 0; i < items.length; i++) {
+      if (items[i].useIndexAsValue) {
+        items[i].value = i
+      }
+    }
+  })
+
   function select (id: number, value?: boolean) {
     const item = items.find(item => item.id === id)
     if (value && item?.disabled) return