diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/yoga/yoga/Yoga.cpp b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/yoga/yoga/Yoga.cpp
index 34ef7f9f304..80d7b257d20 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/yoga/yoga/Yoga.cpp
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/yoga/yoga/Yoga.cpp
@@ -81,11 +81,11 @@ void YGNodeSetHasNewLayout(YGNodeRef node, bool hasNewLayout) {
 }
 
 YGNodeType YGNodeGetNodeType(YGNodeConstRef node) {
-  return resolveRef(node)->getNodeType();
+  return unscopedEnum(resolveRef(node)->getNodeType());
 }
 
 void YGNodeSetNodeType(YGNodeRef node, YGNodeType nodeType) {
-  return resolveRef(node)->setNodeType(nodeType);
+  return resolveRef(node)->setNodeType(scopedEnum(nodeType));
 }
 
 bool YGNodeIsDirty(YGNodeConstRef node) {
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/yoga/yoga/algorithm/PixelGrid.cpp b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/yoga/yoga/algorithm/PixelGrid.cpp
index a9594b24d19..dce87347f5f 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/yoga/yoga/algorithm/PixelGrid.cpp
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/yoga/yoga/algorithm/PixelGrid.cpp
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ void roundLayoutResultsToPixelGrid(
   if (pointScaleFactor != 0.0f) {
     // If a node has a custom measure function we never want to round down its
     // size as this could lead to unwanted text truncation.
-    const bool textRounding = node->getNodeType() == YGNodeTypeText;
+    const bool textRounding = node->getNodeType() == NodeType::Text;
 
     node->setLayoutPosition(
         roundValueToPixelGrid(nodeLeft, pointScaleFactor, false, textRounding),
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/yoga/yoga/node/Node.cpp b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/yoga/yoga/node/Node.cpp
index da3438d2f3f..e2b022e0240 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/yoga/yoga/node/Node.cpp
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/yoga/yoga/node/Node.cpp
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ void Node::setMeasureFunc(YGMeasureFunc measureFunc) {
   if (measureFunc == nullptr) {
     // TODO: t18095186 Move nodeType to opt-in function and mark appropriate
     // places in Litho
-    setNodeType(YGNodeTypeDefault);
+    setNodeType(NodeType::Default);
   } else {
     yoga::assertFatalWithNode(
         this,
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ void Node::setMeasureFunc(YGMeasureFunc measureFunc) {
         "children.");
     // TODO: t18095186 Move nodeType to opt-in function and mark appropriate
     // places in Litho
-    setNodeType(YGNodeTypeText);
+    setNodeType(NodeType::Text);
   }
 
   measureFunc_ = measureFunc;
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/yoga/yoga/node/Node.h b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/yoga/yoga/node/Node.h
index 17df371c000..e088ab9946f 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/yoga/yoga/node/Node.h
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/yoga/yoga/node/Node.h
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include <yoga/Yoga.h>
 
 #include <yoga/config/Config.h>
+#include <yoga/enums/NodeType.h>
 #include <yoga/node/LayoutResults.h>
 #include <yoga/style/CompactValue.h>
 #include <yoga/style/Style.h>
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ struct NodeFlags {
   bool hasNewLayout : 1;
   bool isReferenceBaseline : 1;
   bool isDirty : 1;
-  uint32_t nodeType : 1;
+  NodeType nodeType : bitCount<NodeType>();
 };
 #pragma pack(pop)
 
@@ -92,8 +93,8 @@ class YG_EXPORT Node : public ::YGNode {
     return flags_.hasNewLayout;
   }
 
-  YGNodeType getNodeType() const {
-    return static_cast<YGNodeType>(flags_.nodeType);
+  NodeType getNodeType() const {
+    return flags_.nodeType;
   }
 
   bool hasMeasureFunc() const noexcept {
@@ -250,8 +251,8 @@ class YG_EXPORT Node : public ::YGNode {
     flags_.hasNewLayout = hasNewLayout;
   }
 
-  void setNodeType(YGNodeType nodeType) {
-    flags_.nodeType = static_cast<uint32_t>(nodeType) & 0x01;
+  void setNodeType(NodeType nodeType) {
+    flags_.nodeType = nodeType;
   }
 
   void setMeasureFunc(YGMeasureFunc measureFunc);