diff --git a/ReactCommon/fabric/components/text/basetext/BaseTextProps.cpp b/ReactCommon/fabric/components/text/basetext/BaseTextProps.cpp
index d25d9f71179..4e6538afc41 100644
--- a/ReactCommon/fabric/components/text/basetext/BaseTextProps.cpp
+++ b/ReactCommon/fabric/components/text/basetext/BaseTextProps.cpp
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ static TextAttributes convertRawProp(
   textAttributes.lineHeight =
       convertRawProp(rawProps, "lineHeight", defaultTextAttributes.lineHeight);
   textAttributes.alignment =
-      convertRawProp(rawProps, "alignment", defaultTextAttributes.alignment);
+      convertRawProp(rawProps, "textAlign", defaultTextAttributes.alignment);
   textAttributes.baseWritingDirection = convertRawProp(
       rawProps,
       "baseWritingDirection",