diff --git a/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/Image/RCTImageComponentView.h b/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/Image/RCTImageComponentView.h
index 8f40efe885c..64bdbfd3bb8 100644
--- a/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/Image/RCTImageComponentView.h
+++ b/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/Image/RCTImageComponentView.h
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
  */
 
 #import <React/RCTImageResponseDelegate.h>
+#import <React/RCTUIImageViewAnimated.h>
 #import <React/RCTViewComponentView.h>
 
 NS_ASSUME_NONNULL_BEGIN
@@ -15,7 +16,7 @@ NS_ASSUME_NONNULL_BEGIN
  */
 @interface RCTImageComponentView : RCTViewComponentView <RCTImageResponseDelegate> {
  @protected
-  UIImageView *_imageView;
+  RCTUIImageViewAnimated *_imageView;
 }
 
 @end
diff --git a/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/Image/RCTImageComponentView.mm b/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/Image/RCTImageComponentView.mm
index ba212c40883..e43b04b69c2 100644
--- a/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/Image/RCTImageComponentView.mm
+++ b/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/Image/RCTImageComponentView.mm
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ using namespace facebook::react;
     static auto const defaultProps = std::make_shared<ImageProps const>();
     _props = defaultProps;
 
-    _imageView = [[UIImageView alloc] initWithFrame:self.bounds];
+    _imageView = [RCTUIImageViewAnimated new];
     _imageView.clipsToBounds = YES;
     _imageView.contentMode = RCTContentModeFromImageResizeMode(defaultProps->resizeMode);
     _imageView.layer.minificationFilter = kCAFilterTrilinear;