diff --git a/Libraries/Text/Text/RCTTextShadowView.m b/Libraries/Text/Text/RCTTextShadowView.m
index a9fa9136292..2d4955f3575 100644
--- a/Libraries/Text/Text/RCTTextShadowView.m
+++ b/Libraries/Text/Text/RCTTextShadowView.m
@@ -233,6 +233,7 @@
   textContainer.maximumNumberOfLines = _maximumNumberOfLines;
 
   NSLayoutManager *layoutManager = [NSLayoutManager new];
+  layoutManager.usesFontLeading = NO;
   [layoutManager addTextContainer:textContainer];
 
   NSTextStorage *textStorage =
diff --git a/ReactCommon/fabric/textlayoutmanager/platform/ios/RCTTextLayoutManager.mm b/ReactCommon/fabric/textlayoutmanager/platform/ios/RCTTextLayoutManager.mm
index 2474170f262..2c3a3e93411 100644
--- a/ReactCommon/fabric/textlayoutmanager/platform/ios/RCTTextLayoutManager.mm
+++ b/ReactCommon/fabric/textlayoutmanager/platform/ios/RCTTextLayoutManager.mm
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ static NSLineBreakMode RCTNSLineBreakModeFromEllipsizeMode(EllipsizeMode ellipsi
   textContainer.maximumNumberOfLines = paragraphAttributes.maximumNumberOfLines;
 
   NSLayoutManager *layoutManager = [NSLayoutManager new];
+  layoutManager.usesFontLeading = NO;
   [layoutManager addTextContainer:textContainer];
 
   NSTextStorage *textStorage =