diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 6c7ec5d97c6..8e34fde632e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@
     "@babel/preset-flow": "^7.24.7",
     "@definitelytyped/dtslint": "^0.0.127",
     "@jest/create-cache-key-function": "^29.7.0",
-    "@react-native/metro-babel-transformer": "0.79.0",
-    "@react-native/metro-config": "0.79.0",
+    "@react-native/metro-babel-transformer": "0.79.1",
+    "@react-native/metro-config": "0.79.1",
     "@tsconfig/node18": "1.0.1",
     "@types/react": "^19.0.0",
     "@typescript-eslint/parser": "^7.1.1",
diff --git a/packages/assets/package.json b/packages/assets/package.json
index 99e91b984ca..1bd296bf9cc 100644
--- a/packages/assets/package.json
+++ b/packages/assets/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@react-native/assets-registry",
-  "version": "0.79.0",
+  "version": "0.79.1",
   "description": "Asset support code for React Native.",
   "license": "MIT",
   "repository": {
diff --git a/packages/babel-plugin-codegen/package.json b/packages/babel-plugin-codegen/package.json
index 29663ecd9be..b634d742fea 100644
--- a/packages/babel-plugin-codegen/package.json
+++ b/packages/babel-plugin-codegen/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@react-native/babel-plugin-codegen",
-  "version": "0.79.0",
+  "version": "0.79.1",
   "description": "Babel plugin to generate native module and view manager code for React Native.",
   "license": "MIT",
   "repository": {
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
   ],
   "dependencies": {
     "@babel/traverse": "^7.25.3",
-    "@react-native/codegen": "0.79.0"
+    "@react-native/codegen": "0.79.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@babel/core": "^7.25.2"
diff --git a/packages/community-cli-plugin/package.json b/packages/community-cli-plugin/package.json
index 598848c799e..d9c1175e9bd 100644
--- a/packages/community-cli-plugin/package.json
+++ b/packages/community-cli-plugin/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@react-native/community-cli-plugin",
-  "version": "0.79.0",
+  "version": "0.79.1",
   "description": "Core CLI commands for React Native",
   "keywords": [
     "react-native",
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     "dist"
   ],
   "dependencies": {
-    "@react-native/dev-middleware": "0.79.0",
+    "@react-native/dev-middleware": "0.79.1",
     "chalk": "^4.0.0",
     "debug": "^2.2.0",
     "invariant": "^2.2.4",
diff --git a/packages/core-cli-utils/package.json b/packages/core-cli-utils/package.json
index 0371d3f913d..d6c6af27de7 100644
--- a/packages/core-cli-utils/package.json
+++ b/packages/core-cli-utils/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@react-native/core-cli-utils",
-  "version": "0.79.0",
+  "version": "0.79.1",
   "description": "React Native CLI library for Frameworks to build on",
   "license": "MIT",
   "main": "./src/index.flow.js",
diff --git a/packages/debugger-frontend/package.json b/packages/debugger-frontend/package.json
index 5eface0325b..54a36bd7b4e 100644
--- a/packages/debugger-frontend/package.json
+++ b/packages/debugger-frontend/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@react-native/debugger-frontend",
-  "version": "0.79.0",
+  "version": "0.79.1",
   "description": "Debugger frontend for React Native based on Chrome DevTools",
   "keywords": [
     "react-native",
diff --git a/packages/dev-middleware/package.json b/packages/dev-middleware/package.json
index 5871f565185..3176be557f7 100644
--- a/packages/dev-middleware/package.json
+++ b/packages/dev-middleware/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@react-native/dev-middleware",
-  "version": "0.79.0",
+  "version": "0.79.1",
   "description": "Dev server middleware for React Native",
   "keywords": [
     "react-native",
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   ],
   "dependencies": {
     "@isaacs/ttlcache": "^1.4.1",
-    "@react-native/debugger-frontend": "0.79.0",
+    "@react-native/debugger-frontend": "0.79.1",
     "chrome-launcher": "^0.15.2",
     "chromium-edge-launcher": "^0.2.0",
     "connect": "^3.6.5",
diff --git a/packages/eslint-config-react-native/package.json b/packages/eslint-config-react-native/package.json
index c264cd1524e..f1d9dab601e 100644
--- a/packages/eslint-config-react-native/package.json
+++ b/packages/eslint-config-react-native/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@react-native/eslint-config",
-  "version": "0.79.0",
+  "version": "0.79.1",
   "description": "ESLint config for React Native",
   "license": "MIT",
   "repository": {
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@babel/core": "^7.25.2",
     "@babel/eslint-parser": "^7.25.1",
-    "@react-native/eslint-plugin": "0.79.0",
+    "@react-native/eslint-plugin": "0.79.1",
     "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "^7.1.1",
     "@typescript-eslint/parser": "^7.1.1",
     "eslint-config-prettier": "^8.5.0",
diff --git a/packages/eslint-plugin-react-native/package.json b/packages/eslint-plugin-react-native/package.json
index ce5847ab2a8..9a52ed15ec6 100644
--- a/packages/eslint-plugin-react-native/package.json
+++ b/packages/eslint-plugin-react-native/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@react-native/eslint-plugin",
-  "version": "0.79.0",
+  "version": "0.79.1",
   "description": "ESLint rules for @react-native/eslint-config",
   "license": "MIT",
   "repository": {
diff --git a/packages/eslint-plugin-specs/package.json b/packages/eslint-plugin-specs/package.json
index 5eceec14f36..90e3ec0eeed 100644
--- a/packages/eslint-plugin-specs/package.json
+++ b/packages/eslint-plugin-specs/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@react-native/eslint-plugin-specs",
-  "version": "0.79.0",
+  "version": "0.79.1",
   "description": "ESLint rules to validate NativeModule and Component Specs",
   "license": "MIT",
   "repository": {
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@babel/core": "^7.25.2",
     "@babel/plugin-transform-flow-strip-types": "^7.25.2",
-    "@react-native/codegen": "0.79.0",
+    "@react-native/codegen": "0.79.1",
     "make-dir": "^2.1.0",
     "pirates": "^4.0.1",
     "source-map-support": "0.5.0"
diff --git a/packages/gradle-plugin/package.json b/packages/gradle-plugin/package.json
index a19866566c7..75531c10b54 100644
--- a/packages/gradle-plugin/package.json
+++ b/packages/gradle-plugin/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@react-native/gradle-plugin",
-  "version": "0.79.0",
+  "version": "0.79.1",
   "description": "Gradle Plugin for React Native",
   "license": "MIT",
   "repository": {
diff --git a/packages/helloworld/package.json b/packages/helloworld/package.json
index 82f660b1c68..0849e8516ed 100644
--- a/packages/helloworld/package.json
+++ b/packages/helloworld/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "helloworld",
-  "version": "0.79.0",
+  "version": "0.79.1",
   "private": true,
   "scripts": {
     "bootstrap": "node ./cli.js bootstrap",
@@ -13,16 +13,16 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "react": "19.0.0",
-    "react-native": "0.79.0"
+    "react-native": "0.79.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@babel/core": "^7.25.2",
     "@babel/preset-env": "^7.25.3",
     "@babel/runtime": "^7.25.0",
-    "@react-native/babel-preset": "0.79.0",
-    "@react-native/core-cli-utils": "0.79.0",
-    "@react-native/eslint-config": "0.79.0",
-    "@react-native/metro-config": "0.79.0",
+    "@react-native/babel-preset": "0.79.1",
+    "@react-native/core-cli-utils": "0.79.1",
+    "@react-native/eslint-config": "0.79.1",
+    "@react-native/metro-config": "0.79.1",
     "chalk": "^4.1.2",
     "commander": "^12.0.0",
     "eslint": "^8.19.0",
diff --git a/packages/metro-config/package.json b/packages/metro-config/package.json
index 684fca4af2d..7295f7b4eb1 100644
--- a/packages/metro-config/package.json
+++ b/packages/metro-config/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@react-native/metro-config",
-  "version": "0.79.0",
+  "version": "0.79.1",
   "description": "Metro configuration for React Native.",
   "license": "MIT",
   "repository": {
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@
     "dist"
   ],
   "dependencies": {
-    "@react-native/js-polyfills": "0.79.0",
-    "@react-native/metro-babel-transformer": "0.79.0",
+    "@react-native/js-polyfills": "0.79.1",
+    "@react-native/metro-babel-transformer": "0.79.1",
     "metro-config": "^0.82.0",
     "metro-runtime": "^0.82.0"
   }
diff --git a/packages/normalize-color/package.json b/packages/normalize-color/package.json
index 2cfdef4779e..3216996e526 100644
--- a/packages/normalize-color/package.json
+++ b/packages/normalize-color/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@react-native/normalize-colors",
-  "version": "0.79.0",
+  "version": "0.79.1",
   "description": "Color normalization for React Native.",
   "license": "MIT",
   "repository": {
diff --git a/packages/polyfills/package.json b/packages/polyfills/package.json
index cde9cb7c841..d5caac208f7 100644
--- a/packages/polyfills/package.json
+++ b/packages/polyfills/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@react-native/js-polyfills",
-  "version": "0.79.0",
+  "version": "0.79.1",
   "description": "Polyfills for React Native.",
   "license": "MIT",
   "repository": {
diff --git a/packages/react-native-babel-preset/package.json b/packages/react-native-babel-preset/package.json
index dcbd0aacb1d..a40ef5cb1e4 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-babel-preset/package.json
+++ b/packages/react-native-babel-preset/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@react-native/babel-preset",
-  "version": "0.79.0",
+  "version": "0.79.1",
   "description": "Babel preset for React Native applications",
   "main": "src/index.js",
   "repository": {
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
     "@babel/plugin-transform-typescript": "^7.25.2",
     "@babel/plugin-transform-unicode-regex": "^7.24.7",
     "@babel/template": "^7.25.0",
-    "@react-native/babel-plugin-codegen": "0.79.0",
+    "@react-native/babel-plugin-codegen": "0.79.1",
     "babel-plugin-syntax-hermes-parser": "0.25.1",
     "babel-plugin-transform-flow-enums": "^0.0.2",
     "react-refresh": "^0.14.0"
diff --git a/packages/react-native-babel-transformer/package.json b/packages/react-native-babel-transformer/package.json
index 651a9552437..76d9683f8d9 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-babel-transformer/package.json
+++ b/packages/react-native-babel-transformer/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@react-native/metro-babel-transformer",
-  "version": "0.79.0",
+  "version": "0.79.1",
   "description": "Babel transformer for React Native applications.",
   "main": "src/index.js",
   "repository": {
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
   "license": "MIT",
   "dependencies": {
     "@babel/core": "^7.25.2",
-    "@react-native/babel-preset": "0.79.0",
+    "@react-native/babel-preset": "0.79.1",
     "hermes-parser": "0.25.1",
     "nullthrows": "^1.1.1"
   },
diff --git a/packages/react-native-bots/package.json b/packages/react-native-bots/package.json
index 9c8b9708c1e..e642f1a1b1f 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-bots/package.json
+++ b/packages/react-native-bots/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "@react-native/bots",
   "description": "React Native Bots",
-  "version": "0.79.0",
+  "version": "0.79.1",
   "private": true,
   "license": "MIT",
   "repository": {
diff --git a/packages/react-native-codegen-typescript-test/package.json b/packages/react-native-codegen-typescript-test/package.json
index 034d2046038..aa79cb77e05 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-codegen-typescript-test/package.json
+++ b/packages/react-native-codegen-typescript-test/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@react-native/codegen-typescript-test",
-  "version": "0.79.0",
+  "version": "0.79.1",
   "private": true,
   "description": "TypeScript related unit test for @react-native/codegen",
   "license": "MIT",
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     "prepare": "yarn run build"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@react-native/codegen": "0.79.0"
+    "@react-native/codegen": "0.79.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@babel/core": "^7.25.2",
diff --git a/packages/react-native-codegen/package.json b/packages/react-native-codegen/package.json
index e62f8d81321..3b2b824160d 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-codegen/package.json
+++ b/packages/react-native-codegen/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@react-native/codegen",
-  "version": "0.79.0",
+  "version": "0.79.1",
   "description": "Code generation tools for React Native",
   "license": "MIT",
   "repository": {
diff --git a/packages/react-native-compatibility-check/package.json b/packages/react-native-compatibility-check/package.json
index 6f68d258ebc..fdfc4fa0f49 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-compatibility-check/package.json
+++ b/packages/react-native-compatibility-check/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@react-native/compatibility-check",
-  "version": "0.79.0",
+  "version": "0.79.1",
   "description": "Check a React Native app's boundary between JS and Native for incompatibilities",
   "license": "MIT",
   "repository": {
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
     "dist"
   ],
   "dependencies": {
-    "@react-native/codegen": "0.79.0"
+    "@react-native/codegen": "0.79.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "flow-remove-types": "^2.237.2",
diff --git a/packages/react-native-fantom/package.json b/packages/react-native-fantom/package.json
index 1666da8ab5d..c0b937bade1 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-fantom/package.json
+++ b/packages/react-native-fantom/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "@react-native/fantom",
   "private": true,
-  "version": "0.79.0",
+  "version": "0.79.1",
   "main": "src/index.js",
   "description": "Internal integration testing and benchmarking tool for React Native",
   "peerDependencies": {
diff --git a/packages/react-native-popup-menu-android/package.json b/packages/react-native-popup-menu-android/package.json
index 5958309dabb..9a314e41c16 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-popup-menu-android/package.json
+++ b/packages/react-native-popup-menu-android/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@react-native/popup-menu-android",
-  "version": "0.79.0",
+  "version": "0.79.1",
   "description": "PopupMenu for the Android platform",
   "main": "index.js",
   "files": [
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   },
   "license": "MIT",
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@react-native/codegen": "0.79.0"
+    "@react-native/codegen": "0.79.1"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
     "@types/react": "^19.0.0",
diff --git a/packages/react-native-test-library/package.json b/packages/react-native-test-library/package.json
index 0daa51dd63a..955bdeeac80 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-test-library/package.json
+++ b/packages/react-native-test-library/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@react-native/oss-library-example",
-  "version": "0.79.0",
+  "version": "0.79.1",
   "private": true,
   "description": "Package that includes native module exapmle, native component example, targets both the old and the new architecture. It should serve as an example of a real-world OSS library.",
   "license": "MIT",
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@
   ],
   "devDependencies": {
     "@babel/core": "^7.25.2",
-    "@react-native/babel-preset": "0.79.0",
-    "react-native": "0.79.0"
+    "@react-native/babel-preset": "0.79.1",
+    "react-native": "0.79.1"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
     "react": "*",
diff --git a/packages/react-native/Libraries/Core/ReactNativeVersion.js b/packages/react-native/Libraries/Core/ReactNativeVersion.js
index 59cbe9652c0..10c31971983 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/Libraries/Core/ReactNativeVersion.js
+++ b/packages/react-native/Libraries/Core/ReactNativeVersion.js
@@ -16,6 +16,6 @@ export const version: $ReadOnly<{
 }> = {
   major: 0,
   minor: 79,
-  patch: 0,
+  patch: 1,
   prerelease: null,
 };
diff --git a/packages/react-native/React/Base/RCTVersion.m b/packages/react-native/React/Base/RCTVersion.m
index 0241c1ce3e8..6aa5efc0096 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/React/Base/RCTVersion.m
+++ b/packages/react-native/React/Base/RCTVersion.m
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ NSDictionary* RCTGetReactNativeVersion(void)
     __rnVersion = @{
                   RCTVersionMajor: @(0),
                   RCTVersionMinor: @(79),
-                  RCTVersionPatch: @(0),
+                  RCTVersionPatch: @(1),
                   RCTVersionPrerelease: [NSNull null],
                   };
   });
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/gradle.properties b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/gradle.properties
index 6595b8988c9..45ea6b27f53 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/gradle.properties
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/gradle.properties
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-VERSION_NAME=0.79.0
+VERSION_NAME=0.79.1
 react.internal.publishingGroup=com.facebook.react
 
 android.useAndroidX=true
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/modules/systeminfo/ReactNativeVersion.java b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/modules/systeminfo/ReactNativeVersion.java
index 327a733ba32..eefa98e46ae 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/modules/systeminfo/ReactNativeVersion.java
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/modules/systeminfo/ReactNativeVersion.java
@@ -17,6 +17,6 @@ public class ReactNativeVersion {
   public static final Map<String, Object> VERSION = MapBuilder.<String, Object>of(
       "major", 0,
       "minor", 79,
-      "patch", 0,
+      "patch", 1,
       "prerelease", null);
 }
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/cxxreact/ReactNativeVersion.h b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/cxxreact/ReactNativeVersion.h
index acec7a2c418..e45512a45d6 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/cxxreact/ReactNativeVersion.h
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/cxxreact/ReactNativeVersion.h
@@ -14,14 +14,14 @@
 
 #define REACT_NATIVE_VERSION_MAJOR 0
 #define REACT_NATIVE_VERSION_MINOR 79
-#define REACT_NATIVE_VERSION_PATCH 0
+#define REACT_NATIVE_VERSION_PATCH 1
 
 namespace facebook::react {
 
 constexpr struct {
   int32_t Major = 0;
   int32_t Minor = 79;
-  int32_t Patch = 0;
+  int32_t Patch = 1;
   std::string_view Prerelease = "";
 } ReactNativeVersion;
 
diff --git a/packages/react-native/package.json b/packages/react-native/package.json
index e103bfd7cce..843fc8dd933 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/package.json
+++ b/packages/react-native/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "react-native",
-  "version": "0.79.0",
+  "version": "0.79.1",
   "description": "A framework for building native apps using React",
   "license": "MIT",
   "repository": {
@@ -108,13 +108,13 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@jest/create-cache-key-function": "^29.7.0",
-    "@react-native/assets-registry": "0.79.0",
-    "@react-native/codegen": "0.79.0",
-    "@react-native/community-cli-plugin": "0.79.0",
-    "@react-native/gradle-plugin": "0.79.0",
-    "@react-native/js-polyfills": "0.79.0",
-    "@react-native/normalize-colors": "0.79.0",
-    "@react-native/virtualized-lists": "0.79.0",
+    "@react-native/assets-registry": "0.79.1",
+    "@react-native/codegen": "0.79.1",
+    "@react-native/community-cli-plugin": "0.79.1",
+    "@react-native/gradle-plugin": "0.79.1",
+    "@react-native/js-polyfills": "0.79.1",
+    "@react-native/normalize-colors": "0.79.1",
+    "@react-native/virtualized-lists": "0.79.1",
     "abort-controller": "^3.0.0",
     "anser": "^1.4.9",
     "ansi-regex": "^5.0.0",
diff --git a/packages/rn-tester/package.json b/packages/rn-tester/package.json
index d4e4a6a749b..514a041b34b 100644
--- a/packages/rn-tester/package.json
+++ b/packages/rn-tester/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@react-native/tester",
-  "version": "0.79.0",
+  "version": "0.79.1",
   "private": true,
   "description": "React Native tester app.",
   "license": "MIT",
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@
     "e2e-test-ios": "./scripts/maestro-test-ios.sh"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@react-native/oss-library-example": "0.79.0",
-    "@react-native/popup-menu-android": "0.79.0",
+    "@react-native/oss-library-example": "0.79.1",
+    "@react-native/popup-menu-android": "0.79.1",
     "flow-enums-runtime": "^0.0.6",
     "invariant": "^2.2.4",
     "nullthrows": "^1.1.1"
diff --git a/packages/typescript-config/package.json b/packages/typescript-config/package.json
index 2ac21940c32..48c6d925c70 100644
--- a/packages/typescript-config/package.json
+++ b/packages/typescript-config/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@react-native/typescript-config",
-  "version": "0.79.0",
+  "version": "0.79.1",
   "description": "Default TypeScript configuration for React Native apps",
   "license": "MIT",
   "repository": {
diff --git a/packages/virtualized-lists/package.json b/packages/virtualized-lists/package.json
index f65c87e18a3..7d81d55fb25 100644
--- a/packages/virtualized-lists/package.json
+++ b/packages/virtualized-lists/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@react-native/virtualized-lists",
-  "version": "0.79.0",
+  "version": "0.79.1",
   "description": "Virtualized lists for React Native.",
   "license": "MIT",
   "repository": {