diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/core/ShadowNode.cpp b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/core/ShadowNode.cpp
index 62827028223..a9ca4d71c9d 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/core/ShadowNode.cpp
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/core/ShadowNode.cpp
@@ -20,6 +20,19 @@
 
 namespace facebook::react {
 
+/*
+ * Runtime shadow node reference updates should only run from one thread at all
+ * times to avoid having more than one shadow tree updating the current fiber
+ * tree simultaneously. This thread_local flag allows enabling the updates for
+ * choses threads.
+ */
+thread_local bool useRuntimeShadowNodeReferenceUpdateOnThread{false}; // NOLINT
+
+/* static */ void ShadowNode::setUseRuntimeShadowNodeReferenceUpdateOnThread(
+    bool isEnabled) {
+  useRuntimeShadowNodeReferenceUpdateOnThread = isEnabled;
+}
+
 ShadowNode::SharedListOfShared ShadowNode::emptySharedShadowNodeSharedList() {
   static const auto emptySharedShadowNodeSharedList =
       std::make_shared<ShadowNode::ListOfShared>();
@@ -308,7 +321,8 @@ void ShadowNode::transferRuntimeShadowNodeReference(
 void ShadowNode::transferRuntimeShadowNodeReference(
     const Shared& destinationShadowNode,
     const ShadowNodeFragment& fragment) const {
-  if (fragment.runtimeShadowNodeReference &&
+  if (useRuntimeShadowNodeReferenceUpdateOnThread &&
+      fragment.runtimeShadowNodeReference &&
       ReactNativeFeatureFlags::useRuntimeShadowNodeReferenceUpdate()) {
     transferRuntimeShadowNodeReference(destinationShadowNode);
   }
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/core/ShadowNode.h b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/core/ShadowNode.h
index 30f5ea8a6d2..7a3ad9cbc1b 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/core/ShadowNode.h
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/core/ShadowNode.h
@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@ class ShadowNode : public Sealable,
     return ShadowNodeTraits{};
   }
 
+  static void setUseRuntimeShadowNodeReferenceUpdateOnThread(bool isEnabled);
+
 #pragma mark - Constructors
 
   /*
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/core/tests/ShadowNodeTest.cpp b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/core/tests/ShadowNodeTest.cpp
index ec962d0e144..7e6291973a9 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/core/tests/ShadowNodeTest.cpp
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/core/tests/ShadowNodeTest.cpp
@@ -154,6 +154,8 @@ class ShadowNodeTest : public testing::TestWithParam<bool> {
   }
 
   void SetUp() override {
+    ShadowNode::setUseRuntimeShadowNodeReferenceUpdateOnThread(true);
+
     ReactNativeFeatureFlags::override(
         std::make_unique<ShadowNodeTestFeatureFlags>(GetParam()));
   }
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/runtime/React-RuntimeCore.podspec b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/runtime/React-RuntimeCore.podspec
index 7d1a6b3b47b..eacfb1808dc 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/runtime/React-RuntimeCore.podspec
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/runtime/React-RuntimeCore.podspec
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ Pod::Spec.new do |s|
   s.dependency "React-runtimescheduler"
   s.dependency "React-utils"
   s.dependency "React-featureflags"
+  
+  add_dependency(s, "React-Fabric")
 
   if ENV["USE_HERMES"] == nil || ENV["USE_HERMES"] == "1"
     s.dependency "hermes-engine"
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/runtime/ReactInstance.cpp b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/runtime/ReactInstance.cpp
index f6c07d7ff79..f24a006e697 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/runtime/ReactInstance.cpp
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/runtime/ReactInstance.cpp
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #include <jsinspector-modern/HostTarget.h>
 #include <jsireact/JSIExecutor.h>
 #include <react/featureflags/ReactNativeFeatureFlags.h>
+#include <react/renderer/core/ShadowNode.h>
 #include <react/renderer/runtimescheduler/RuntimeSchedulerBinding.h>
 #include <react/utils/jsi-utils.h>
 #include <iostream>
@@ -92,6 +93,7 @@ ReactInstance::ReactInstance(
         jsi::Runtime& jsiRuntime = runtime->getRuntime();
         SystraceSection s("ReactInstance::_runtimeExecutor[Callback]");
         try {
+          ShadowNode::setUseRuntimeShadowNodeReferenceUpdateOnThread(true);
           callback(jsiRuntime);
 
           // If we have first-class support for microtasks,