diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/core/ShadowNode.h b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/core/ShadowNode.h
index b38da76fb5a..fac0f4ecb78 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/core/ShadowNode.h
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/core/ShadowNode.h
@@ -91,6 +91,8 @@ class ShadowNode : public Sealable,
   ShadowNode(ShadowNode const &shadowNode) noexcept = delete;
   ShadowNode &operator=(ShadowNode const &other) noexcept = delete;
 
+  virtual ~ShadowNode() override = default;
+
   /*
    * Clones the shadow node using stored `cloneFunction`.
    */