diff --git a/packages/react-native/scripts/featureflags/ReactNativeFeatureFlags.config.js b/packages/react-native/scripts/featureflags/ReactNativeFeatureFlags.config.js
index 83b2395ec2d..9dcced14a71 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/scripts/featureflags/ReactNativeFeatureFlags.config.js
+++ b/packages/react-native/scripts/featureflags/ReactNativeFeatureFlags.config.js
@@ -582,13 +582,12 @@ const definitions: FeatureFlagDefinitions = {
       ossReleaseStage: 'none',
     },
     scheduleAnimatedCleanupInMicrotask: {
-      defaultValue: false,
+      defaultValue: true,
       metadata: {
-        dateAdded: '2025-01-22',
         description:
-          'Changes the cleanup of`AnimatedProps` to occur in a microtask instead of synchronously during effect cleanup (for unmount) or subsequent mounts (for updates).',
+          'Changes the cleanup of `AnimatedProps` to occur in a microtask instead of synchronously during effect cleanup (for unmount) or subsequent mounts (for updates).',
         expectedReleaseValue: true,
-        purpose: 'experimentation',
+        purpose: 'release',
       },
       ossReleaseStage: 'none',
     },
diff --git a/packages/react-native/src/private/animated/__tests__/AnimatedNative-test.js b/packages/react-native/src/private/animated/__tests__/AnimatedNative-test.js
index e3a569a2842..442c4a8fca5 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/src/private/animated/__tests__/AnimatedNative-test.js
+++ b/packages/react-native/src/private/animated/__tests__/AnimatedNative-test.js
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ describe('Native Animated', () => {
       const tag = opacity.__getNativeTag();
 
       await unmount(root);
-
+      jest.runAllTicks();
       expect(NativeAnimatedModule.getValue).toBeCalledWith(
         tag,
         expect.any(Function),
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ describe('Native Animated', () => {
       const tag = opacity.__getNativeTag();
 
       await unmount(root);
-
+      jest.runAllTicks();
       expect(NativeAnimatedModule.getValue).toBeCalledWith(
         tag,
         expect.any(Function),
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ describe('Native Animated', () => {
       expect(NativeAnimatedModule.dropAnimatedNode).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
 
       await unmount(root);
-
+      jest.runAllTicks();
       expect(
         NativeAnimatedModule.disconnectAnimatedNodes,
       ).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
@@ -1387,11 +1387,13 @@ describe('Native Animated', () => {
       expect(NativeAnimatedModule.restoreDefaultValues).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
 
       await update(root, <Animated.View style={{opacity: opacityB}} />);
+      jest.runAllTicks();
       expect(NativeAnimatedModule.restoreDefaultValues).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(
         1,
       );
 
       await unmount(root);
+      jest.runAllTicks();
       // Make sure it doesn't get called on unmount.
       expect(NativeAnimatedModule.restoreDefaultValues).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(
         1,
@@ -1416,6 +1418,7 @@ describe('Native Animated', () => {
       );
 
       await unmount(root);
+      jest.runAllTicks();
       expect(
         NativeAnimatedModule.disconnectAnimatedNodeFromView,
       ).toBeCalledWith(propsTag, 1);
diff --git a/packages/react-native/src/private/featureflags/ReactNativeFeatureFlags.js b/packages/react-native/src/private/featureflags/ReactNativeFeatureFlags.js
index 8e103657bf4..e3434ce42b3 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/src/private/featureflags/ReactNativeFeatureFlags.js
+++ b/packages/react-native/src/private/featureflags/ReactNativeFeatureFlags.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
  * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
  *
- * @generated SignedSource<<d1971c39b882dcf8872ecc0bd91594c8>>
+ * @generated SignedSource<<b4da778c80a82ff5c93c7d799ff0c580>>
  * @flow strict
  */
 
@@ -137,9 +137,9 @@ export const fixVirtualizeListCollapseWindowSize: Getter<boolean> = createJavaSc
 export const isLayoutAnimationEnabled: Getter<boolean> = createJavaScriptFlagGetter('isLayoutAnimationEnabled', true);
 
 /**
- * Changes the cleanup of`AnimatedProps` to occur in a microtask instead of synchronously during effect cleanup (for unmount) or subsequent mounts (for updates).
+ * Changes the cleanup of `AnimatedProps` to occur in a microtask instead of synchronously during effect cleanup (for unmount) or subsequent mounts (for updates).
  */
-export const scheduleAnimatedCleanupInMicrotask: Getter<boolean> = createJavaScriptFlagGetter('scheduleAnimatedCleanupInMicrotask', false);
+export const scheduleAnimatedCleanupInMicrotask: Getter<boolean> = createJavaScriptFlagGetter('scheduleAnimatedCleanupInMicrotask', true);
 
 /**
  * Enables use of AnimatedObject for animating transform values.