diff --git a/packages/react-native/Libraries/Animated/useAnimatedProps.js b/packages/react-native/Libraries/Animated/useAnimatedProps.js
index 1093e42ae61..435ea7dd058 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/Libraries/Animated/useAnimatedProps.js
+++ b/packages/react-native/Libraries/Animated/useAnimatedProps.js
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import AnimatedValue from './nodes/AnimatedValue';
 import {
   useCallback,
   useEffect,
+  useInsertionEffect,
   useLayoutEffect,
   useMemo,
   useReducer,
@@ -74,8 +75,8 @@ export default function useAnimatedProps<TProps: {...}, TInstance>(
     ReactNativeFeatureFlags.shouldUseSetNativePropsInNativeAnimationsInFabric();
 
   const useAnimatedPropsLifecycle =
-    ReactNativeFeatureFlags.usePassiveEffectsForAnimations()
-      ? useAnimatedPropsLifecycle_passiveEffects
+    ReactNativeFeatureFlags.useInsertionEffectsForAnimations()
+      ? useAnimatedPropsLifecycle_insertionEffects
       : useAnimatedPropsLifecycle_layoutEffects;
 
   useAnimatedPropsLifecycle(node);
@@ -318,10 +319,8 @@ function useAnimatedPropsLifecycle_layoutEffects(node: AnimatedProps): void {
  * uses reference counting to determine when to recursively detach its children
  * nodes. So in order to optimize this, we avoid detaching until the next attach
  * unless we are unmounting.
- *
- * NOTE: unlike `useAnimatedPropsLifecycle_layoutEffects`, this version uses passive effects to setup animation graph.
  */
-function useAnimatedPropsLifecycle_passiveEffects(node: AnimatedProps): void {
+function useAnimatedPropsLifecycle_insertionEffects(node: AnimatedProps): void {
   const prevNodeRef = useRef<?AnimatedProps>(null);
   const isUnmountingRef = useRef<boolean>(false);
 
@@ -332,14 +331,14 @@ function useAnimatedPropsLifecycle_passiveEffects(node: AnimatedProps): void {
     NativeAnimatedHelper.API.flushQueue();
   });
 
-  useEffect(() => {
+  useInsertionEffect(() => {
     isUnmountingRef.current = false;
     return () => {
       isUnmountingRef.current = true;
     };
   }, []);
 
-  useEffect(() => {
+  useInsertionEffect(() => {
     node.__attach();
     let drivenAnimationEndedListener: ?EventSubscription = null;
 
diff --git a/packages/react-native/scripts/featureflags/ReactNativeFeatureFlags.config.js b/packages/react-native/scripts/featureflags/ReactNativeFeatureFlags.config.js
index 3792f948201..7a08292b2fd 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/scripts/featureflags/ReactNativeFeatureFlags.config.js
+++ b/packages/react-native/scripts/featureflags/ReactNativeFeatureFlags.config.js
@@ -342,10 +342,10 @@ const definitions: FeatureFlagDefinitions = {
       description:
         'Enables use of setNativeProps in Native driven animations in Fabric.',
     },
-    usePassiveEffectsForAnimations: {
+    useInsertionEffectsForAnimations: {
       defaultValue: false,
       description:
-        'Enable a variant of useAnimatedPropsLifecycle hook that constructs the animation graph in passive effect instead of layout effect',
+        'Changes construction of the animation graph to `useInsertionEffect` instead of `useLayoutEffect`.',
     },
     useRefsForTextInputState: {
       defaultValue: false,
diff --git a/packages/react-native/src/private/featureflags/ReactNativeFeatureFlags.js b/packages/react-native/src/private/featureflags/ReactNativeFeatureFlags.js
index 9c97dc3812d..97cb47341e2 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/src/private/featureflags/ReactNativeFeatureFlags.js
+++ b/packages/react-native/src/private/featureflags/ReactNativeFeatureFlags.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
  * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
  *
- * @generated SignedSource<<2333bd2bbcab9d50e4cb23d1b7d42021>>
+ * @generated SignedSource<<b3cd4e12b2e0f1d16234ad642b9f02d5>>
  * @flow strict-local
  */
 
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ export type ReactNativeFeatureFlagsJsOnly = {
   shouldUseRemoveClippedSubviewsAsDefaultOnIOS: Getter<boolean>,
   shouldUseSetNativePropsInFabric: Getter<boolean>,
   shouldUseSetNativePropsInNativeAnimationsInFabric: Getter<boolean>,
-  usePassiveEffectsForAnimations: Getter<boolean>,
+  useInsertionEffectsForAnimations: Getter<boolean>,
   useRefsForTextInputState: Getter<boolean>,
 };
 
@@ -165,9 +165,9 @@ export const shouldUseSetNativePropsInFabric: Getter<boolean> = createJavaScript
 export const shouldUseSetNativePropsInNativeAnimationsInFabric: Getter<boolean> = createJavaScriptFlagGetter('shouldUseSetNativePropsInNativeAnimationsInFabric', false);
 
 /**
- * Enable a variant of useAnimatedPropsLifecycle hook that constructs the animation graph in passive effect instead of layout effect
+ * Changes construction of the animation graph to `useInsertionEffect` instead of `useLayoutEffect`.
  */
-export const usePassiveEffectsForAnimations: Getter<boolean> = createJavaScriptFlagGetter('usePassiveEffectsForAnimations', false);
+export const useInsertionEffectsForAnimations: Getter<boolean> = createJavaScriptFlagGetter('useInsertionEffectsForAnimations', false);
 
 /**
  * Enable a variant of TextInput that moves some state to refs to avoid unnecessary re-renders