diff --git a/packages/react-native/Libraries/Text/Text.js b/packages/react-native/Libraries/Text/Text.js
index bc68479ae4b..807b1c73d16 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/Libraries/Text/Text.js
+++ b/packages/react-native/Libraries/Text/Text.js
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import processColor from '../StyleSheet/processColor';
 import Platform from '../Utilities/Platform';
 import TextAncestor from './TextAncestor';
 import {NativeText, NativeVirtualText} from './TextNativeComponent';
+import TextOptimized from './TextOptimized';
 import * as React from 'react';
 import {useContext, useMemo, useState} from 'react';
 
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@ import {useContext, useMemo, useState} from 'react';
  *
  * @see https://reactnative.dev/docs/text
  */
-const Text: React.AbstractComponent<
+const TextLegacy: React.AbstractComponent<
   TextProps,
   React.ElementRef<typeof NativeText | typeof NativeVirtualText>,
 > = React.forwardRef((props: TextProps, forwardedRef) => {
@@ -308,7 +309,7 @@ const Text: React.AbstractComponent<
   );
 });
 
-Text.displayName = 'Text';
+TextLegacy.displayName = 'TextLegacy';
 
 /**
  * Returns false until the first time `newValue` is true, after which this will
@@ -338,6 +339,17 @@ const verticalAlignToTextAlignVerticalMap = {
   middle: 'center',
 };
 
-module.exports = ((ReactNativeFeatureFlags.shouldUseOptimizedText()
-  ? require('./TextOptimized')
-  : Text): typeof Text);
+const Text: React.AbstractComponent<
+  TextProps,
+  React.ElementRef<typeof NativeText | typeof NativeVirtualText>,
+> = React.forwardRef((props: TextProps, forwardedRef) => {
+  if (ReactNativeFeatureFlags.shouldUseOptimizedText()) {
+    return <TextOptimized {...props} ref={forwardedRef} />;
+  } else {
+    return <TextLegacy {...props} ref={forwardedRef} />;
+  }
+});
+
+Text.displayName = 'Text';
+
+module.exports = Text;
diff --git a/packages/react-native/Libraries/__tests__/__snapshots__/public-api-test.js.snap b/packages/react-native/Libraries/__tests__/__snapshots__/public-api-test.js.snap
index ccd24bce524..cd9e2b44087 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/Libraries/__tests__/__snapshots__/public-api-test.js.snap
+++ b/packages/react-native/Libraries/__tests__/__snapshots__/public-api-test.js.snap
@@ -8045,7 +8045,7 @@ exports[`public API should not change unintentionally Libraries/Text/Text.js 1`]
   TextProps,
   React.ElementRef<typeof NativeText | typeof NativeVirtualText>,
 >;
-declare module.exports: typeof Text;
+declare module.exports: Text;
 "
 `;