From 1767cf545642a2822227d8a3411738647277a76c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Riccardo Cipolleschi <cipolleschi@meta.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2025 13:53:49 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] [RN][iOS] Set RN version before building binaries in Release

---
 .github/workflows/prebuild-ios-core.yml | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/prebuild-ios-core.yml b/.github/workflows/prebuild-ios-core.yml
index b2d05c5e88f..8c196316816 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/prebuild-ios-core.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/prebuild-ios-core.yml
@@ -94,6 +94,17 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           cd packages/react-native
           node scripts/ios-prebuild.js -s -f "${{ matrix.flavor }}"
+      - name: Update React Native versions
+        shell: bash
+        if: steps.restore-ios-slice.outputs.cache-hit != 'true' && startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v')
+        run: |
+          VERSION=$(echo "${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/v}")
+          if [[ -z "$VERSION" ]]; then
+            # If no version defined, exit.
+            exit 0
+          fi
+
+          node scripts/releases/set-version.js $VERSION
       - name: Build React Native
         if: steps.restore-ios-slice.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
         shell: bash