diff --git a/packages/react-native/Libraries/Animated/__tests__/Animated-itest.js b/packages/react-native/Libraries/Animated/__tests__/Animated-itest.js
index d124c865264..7a36361c941 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/Libraries/Animated/__tests__/Animated-itest.js
+++ b/packages/react-native/Libraries/Animated/__tests__/Animated-itest.js
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import ensureInstance from '../../../src/private/__tests__/utilities/ensureInsta
 import * as Fantom from '@react-native/fantom';
 import {createRef} from 'react';
 import {Animated, View, useAnimatedValue} from 'react-native';
+import {allowStyleProp} from 'react-native/Libraries/Animated/NativeAnimatedAllowlist';
 import * as ReactNativeFeatureFlags from 'react-native/src/private/featureflags/ReactNativeFeatureFlags';
 import ReactNativeElement from 'react-native/src/private/webapis/dom/nodes/ReactNativeElement';
 
@@ -152,6 +153,7 @@ test('animation driven by onScroll event', () => {
 
 test('animated opacity', () => {
   let _opacity;
+  let _opacityAnimation;
   const viewRef = createRef<HostInstance>();
 
   function MyApp() {
@@ -182,7 +184,7 @@ test('animated opacity', () => {
   expect(viewElement.getBoundingClientRect().x).toBe(0);
 
   Fantom.runTask(() => {
-    Animated.timing(_opacity, {
+    _opacityAnimation = Animated.timing(_opacity, {
       toValue: 0,
       duration: 30,
       useNativeDriver: true,
@@ -194,8 +196,10 @@ test('animated opacity', () => {
     0,
   );
 
-  // TODO(T223344928): this shouldn't be neccessary with cxxNativeAnimatedRemoveJsSync:true
-  Fantom.runWorkLoop();
+  // TODO: this shouldn't be neccessary since animation should be stopped after duration
+  Fantom.runTask(() => {
+    _opacityAnimation?.stop();
+  });
 
   expect(root.getRenderedOutput({props: ['opacity']}).toJSX()).toEqual(
     <rn-view opacity="0" />,
@@ -475,3 +479,61 @@ describe('Value.extractOffset', () => {
     Fantom.runWorkLoop();
   });
 });
+
+test('animate layout props', () => {
+  const viewRef = createRef<HostInstance>();
+  allowStyleProp('height');
+
+  let _animatedHeight;
+  let _heightAnimation;
+
+  function MyApp() {
+    const animatedHeight = useAnimatedValue(0);
+    _animatedHeight = animatedHeight;
+    return (
+      <Animated.View
+        ref={viewRef}
+        style={[
+          {
+            width: 100,
+            height: animatedHeight,
+          },
+        ]}
+      />
+    );
+  }
+
+  const root = Fantom.createRoot();
+
+  Fantom.runTask(() => {
+    root.render(<MyApp />);
+  });
+
+  const viewElement = ensureInstance(viewRef.current, ReactNativeElement);
+
+  Fantom.runTask(() => {
+    _heightAnimation = Animated.timing(_animatedHeight, {
+      toValue: 100,
+      duration: 10,
+      useNativeDriver: true,
+    }).start();
+  });
+
+  Fantom.unstable_produceFramesForDuration(10);
+
+  // TODO: this shouldn't be neccessary since animation should be stopped after duration
+  Fantom.runTask(() => {
+    _heightAnimation?.stop();
+  });
+
+  // $FlowFixMe[incompatible-use]
+  expect(Fantom.unstable_getDirectManipulationProps(viewElement).height).toBe(
+    100,
+  );
+
+  expect(Fantom.unstable_getFabricUpdateProps(viewElement).height).toBe(100);
+
+  expect(root.getRenderedOutput({props: ['height']}).toJSX()).toEqual(
+    <rn-view height="100.000000" />,
+  );
+});
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactCxxPlatform/react/renderer/animated/nodes/PropsAnimatedNode.cpp b/packages/react-native/ReactCxxPlatform/react/renderer/animated/nodes/PropsAnimatedNode.cpp
index 4e88608e678..05ccc4ebf4e 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactCxxPlatform/react/renderer/animated/nodes/PropsAnimatedNode.cpp
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactCxxPlatform/react/renderer/animated/nodes/PropsAnimatedNode.cpp
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 #include "PropsAnimatedNode.h"
 
 #include <react/debug/react_native_assert.h>
-#include <react/renderer/animated/NativeAnimatedAllowlist.h>
 #include <react/renderer/animated/NativeAnimatedNodesManager.h>
 #include <react/renderer/animated/nodes/ColorAnimatedNode.h>
 #include <react/renderer/animated/nodes/StyleAnimatedNode.h>
@@ -31,12 +30,8 @@ bool isLayoutStyleUpdated(
       if (node->type() == AnimatedNodeType::Style) {
         if (const auto& styleNode =
                 manager.getAnimatedNode<StyleAnimatedNode>(nodeTag)) {
-          auto& styleNodeProps = styleNode->getProps();
-          for (const auto& styleNodeProp : styleNodeProps.items()) {
-            if (getDirectManipulationAllowlist().count(
-                    styleNodeProp.first.asString()) == 0u) {
-              return true;
-            }
+          if (styleNode->isLayoutStyleUpdated()) {
+            return true;
           }
         }
       }
@@ -53,9 +48,7 @@ PropsAnimatedNode::PropsAnimatedNode(
     const folly::dynamic& config,
     NativeAnimatedNodesManager& manager)
     : AnimatedNode(tag, config, manager, AnimatedNodeType::Props),
-      props_(folly::dynamic::object()),
-      layoutStyleUpdated_(isLayoutStyleUpdated(getConfig()["props"], manager)) {
-}
+      props_(folly::dynamic::object()) {}
 
 void PropsAnimatedNode::connectToView(Tag viewTag) {
   react_native_assert(
@@ -145,6 +138,8 @@ void PropsAnimatedNode::update(bool forceFabricCommit) {
     }
   }
 
+  layoutStyleUpdated_ = isLayoutStyleUpdated(getConfig()["props"], *manager_);
+
   manager_->schedulePropsCommit(
       connectedViewTag_, props_, layoutStyleUpdated_, forceFabricCommit);
 }
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactCxxPlatform/react/renderer/animated/nodes/PropsAnimatedNode.h b/packages/react-native/ReactCxxPlatform/react/renderer/animated/nodes/PropsAnimatedNode.h
index c1fde9deeee..da6eb4c4a9a 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactCxxPlatform/react/renderer/animated/nodes/PropsAnimatedNode.h
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactCxxPlatform/react/renderer/animated/nodes/PropsAnimatedNode.h
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ class PropsAnimatedNode final : public AnimatedNode {
  private:
   std::mutex propsMutex_;
   folly::dynamic props_;
-  const bool layoutStyleUpdated_;
+  bool layoutStyleUpdated_{false};
 
   Tag connectedViewTag_{animated::undefinedAnimatedNodeIdentifier};
 };
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactCxxPlatform/react/renderer/animated/nodes/StyleAnimatedNode.cpp b/packages/react-native/ReactCxxPlatform/react/renderer/animated/nodes/StyleAnimatedNode.cpp
index ab18189a5df..a54378ca7a1 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactCxxPlatform/react/renderer/animated/nodes/StyleAnimatedNode.cpp
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactCxxPlatform/react/renderer/animated/nodes/StyleAnimatedNode.cpp
@@ -11,12 +11,29 @@
 
 #include "StyleAnimatedNode.h"
 
+#include <react/renderer/animated/NativeAnimatedAllowlist.h>
 #include <react/renderer/animated/NativeAnimatedNodesManager.h>
 #include <react/renderer/animated/nodes/ColorAnimatedNode.h>
 #include <react/renderer/animated/nodes/TransformAnimatedNode.h>
 #include <react/renderer/animated/nodes/ValueAnimatedNode.h>
 
 namespace facebook::react {
+
+namespace {
+
+bool isLayoutPropsUpdated(const folly::dynamic& props) {
+  for (const auto& styleNodeProp : props.items()) {
+    if (getDirectManipulationAllowlist().count(
+            styleNodeProp.first.asString()) == 0u) {
+      return true;
+    }
+  }
+
+  return false;
+}
+
+} // namespace
+
 StyleAnimatedNode::StyleAnimatedNode(
     Tag tag,
     const folly::dynamic& config,
@@ -77,5 +94,8 @@ void StyleAnimatedNode::update() {
       }
     }
   }
+
+  layoutStyleUpdated_ = isLayoutPropsUpdated(props_);
 }
+
 } // namespace facebook::react
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactCxxPlatform/react/renderer/animated/nodes/StyleAnimatedNode.h b/packages/react-native/ReactCxxPlatform/react/renderer/animated/nodes/StyleAnimatedNode.h
index ebb64c2fe5e..53ddd3346a5 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactCxxPlatform/react/renderer/animated/nodes/StyleAnimatedNode.h
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactCxxPlatform/react/renderer/animated/nodes/StyleAnimatedNode.h
@@ -28,7 +28,12 @@ class StyleAnimatedNode final : public AnimatedNode {
     return props_;
   }
 
+  bool isLayoutStyleUpdated() const noexcept {
+    return layoutStyleUpdated_;
+  }
+
  private:
   folly::dynamic props_;
+  bool layoutStyleUpdated_;
 };
 } // namespace facebook::react