diff --git a/packages/react-native/Libraries/Animated/nodes/AnimatedProps.js b/packages/react-native/Libraries/Animated/nodes/AnimatedProps.js
index 7e6de90377e..62058b26df5 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/Libraries/Animated/nodes/AnimatedProps.js
+++ b/packages/react-native/Libraries/Animated/nodes/AnimatedProps.js
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ export type AnimatedPropsAllowlist = $ReadOnly<{
   [string]: true,
 }>;
 
+type TargetView = {
+  +instance: TargetViewInstance,
+  connectedViewTag: ?number,
+};
 type TargetViewInstance = React.ElementRef<React.ElementType>;
 
 function createAnimatedProps(
@@ -81,7 +85,7 @@ export default class AnimatedProps extends AnimatedNode {
   #nodeKeys: $ReadOnlyArray<string>;
   #nodes: $ReadOnlyArray<AnimatedNode>;
   #props: {[string]: mixed};
-  #targetInstance: ?TargetViewInstance = null;
+  #target: ?TargetView = null;
 
   constructor(
     inputProps: {[string]: mixed},
@@ -182,10 +186,10 @@ export default class AnimatedProps extends AnimatedNode {
   }
 
   __detach(): void {
-    if (this.__isNative && this.#targetInstance != null) {
-      this.#disconnectAnimatedView(this.#targetInstance);
+    if (this.__isNative && this.#target != null) {
+      this.#disconnectAnimatedView(this.#target);
     }
-    this.#targetInstance = null;
+    this.#target = null;
 
     const nodes = this.#nodes;
     for (let ii = 0, length = nodes.length; ii < length; ii++) {
@@ -215,52 +219,50 @@ export default class AnimatedProps extends AnimatedNode {
       // where it will be needed to traverse the graph of attached values.
       super.__setPlatformConfig(platformConfig);
 
-      if (this.#targetInstance != null) {
-        this.#connectAnimatedView(this.#targetInstance);
+      if (this.#target != null) {
+        this.#connectAnimatedView(this.#target);
       }
     }
   }
 
-  setNativeView(targetInstance: TargetViewInstance): void {
-    if (this.#targetInstance === targetInstance) {
+  setNativeView(instance: TargetViewInstance): void {
+    if (this.#target?.instance === instance) {
       return;
     }
-    this.#targetInstance = targetInstance;
+    this.#target = {instance, connectedViewTag: null};
     if (this.__isNative) {
-      this.#connectAnimatedView(this.#targetInstance);
+      this.#connectAnimatedView(this.#target);
     }
   }
 
-  #connectAnimatedView(targetInstance: TargetViewInstance): void {
+  #connectAnimatedView(target: TargetView): void {
     invariant(this.__isNative, 'Expected node to be marked as "native"');
-    let nativeViewTag: ?number = findNodeHandle(targetInstance);
-    if (nativeViewTag == null) {
+    let viewTag: ?number = findNodeHandle(target.instance);
+    if (viewTag == null) {
       if (process.env.NODE_ENV === 'test') {
-        nativeViewTag = -1;
+        viewTag = -1;
       } else {
         throw new Error('Unable to locate attached view in the native tree');
       }
     }
     NativeAnimatedHelper.API.connectAnimatedNodeToView(
       this.__getNativeTag(),
-      nativeViewTag,
+      viewTag,
     );
+    target.connectedViewTag = viewTag;
   }
 
-  #disconnectAnimatedView(targetInstance: TargetViewInstance): void {
+  #disconnectAnimatedView(target: TargetView): void {
     invariant(this.__isNative, 'Expected node to be marked as "native"');
-    let nativeViewTag: ?number = findNodeHandle(targetInstance);
-    if (nativeViewTag == null) {
-      if (process.env.NODE_ENV === 'test') {
-        nativeViewTag = -1;
-      } else {
-        throw new Error('Unable to locate attached view in the native tree');
-      }
+    const viewTag = target.connectedViewTag;
+    if (viewTag == null) {
+      return;
     }
     NativeAnimatedHelper.API.disconnectAnimatedNodeFromView(
       this.__getNativeTag(),
-      nativeViewTag,
+      viewTag,
     );
+    target.connectedViewTag = null;
   }
 
   __restoreDefaultValues(): void {
diff --git a/packages/react-native/Libraries/__tests__/__snapshots__/public-api-test.js.snap b/packages/react-native/Libraries/__tests__/__snapshots__/public-api-test.js.snap
index 863de0b3e76..b4ce724c26e 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/Libraries/__tests__/__snapshots__/public-api-test.js.snap
+++ b/packages/react-native/Libraries/__tests__/__snapshots__/public-api-test.js.snap
@@ -897,7 +897,7 @@ declare export default class AnimatedProps extends AnimatedNode {
     config?: ?AnimatedNodeConfig
   ): void;
   update(): void;
-  setNativeView(targetInstance: TargetViewInstance): void;
+  setNativeView(instance: TargetViewInstance): void;
 }
 "
 `;
diff --git a/packages/react-native/src/private/animated/__tests__/AnimatedProps-itest.js b/packages/react-native/src/private/animated/__tests__/AnimatedProps-itest.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b41247d5208
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react-native/src/private/animated/__tests__/AnimatedProps-itest.js
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ *
+ * @flow strict-local
+ * @format
+ * @oncall react_native
+ */
+
+import 'react-native/Libraries/Core/InitializeCore';
+
+import NativeAnimatedHelper from '../NativeAnimatedHelper';
+import * as Fantom from '@react-native/fantom';
+import * as React from 'react';
+import {Animated} from 'react-native';
+
+function mockNativeAnimatedHelperAPI() {
+  const mocks = {
+    connectAnimatedNodeToView: jest.fn(),
+    disconnectAnimatedNodeFromView: jest.fn(),
+  };
+  // $FlowFixMe[cannot-write] - Switch to `jest.spyOn` when supported.
+  Object.assign(NativeAnimatedHelper.API, mocks);
+  return mocks;
+}
+
+test('connects and disconnects views', () => {
+  const mocks = mockNativeAnimatedHelperAPI();
+  const opacity = new Animated.Value(0);
+
+  const root = Fantom.createRoot();
+
+  Fantom.runTask(() => {
+    root.render(<Animated.View style={{opacity}} />);
+  });
+  expect(mocks.connectAnimatedNodeToView).not.toBeCalled();
+  expect(mocks.disconnectAnimatedNodeFromView).not.toBeCalled();
+
+  Fantom.runTask(() => {
+    Animated.timing(opacity, {
+      toValue: 1,
+      duration: 1000,
+      useNativeDriver: true,
+    }).start();
+  });
+  expect(mocks.connectAnimatedNodeToView).toBeCalledTimes(1);
+  expect(mocks.disconnectAnimatedNodeFromView).not.toBeCalled();
+
+  Fantom.runTask(() => {
+    root.destroy();
+  });
+
+  expect(mocks.connectAnimatedNodeToView).toBeCalledTimes(1);
+  expect(mocks.disconnectAnimatedNodeFromView).toBeCalledTimes(1);
+});