diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/textinput/ReactEditText.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/textinput/ReactEditText.java
index 5c191f98d5d..663c1443b28 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/textinput/ReactEditText.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/textinput/ReactEditText.java
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ import androidx.core.view.AccessibilityDelegateCompat;
 import androidx.core.view.ViewCompat;
 import com.facebook.infer.annotation.Assertions;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReactContext;
+import com.facebook.react.bridge.WritableMap;
+import com.facebook.react.bridge.WritableNativeMap;
+import com.facebook.react.uimanager.StateWrapper;
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.UIManagerModule;
 import com.facebook.react.views.text.ReactSpan;
 import com.facebook.react.views.text.ReactTextUpdate;
@@ -92,6 +95,8 @@ public class ReactEditText extends EditText {
 
   private ReactViewBackgroundManager mReactBackgroundManager;
 
+  protected @Nullable StateWrapper mStateWrapper = null;
+
   private static final KeyListener sKeyListener = QwertyKeyListener.getInstanceForFullKeyboard();
 
   public ReactEditText(Context context) {
@@ -274,7 +279,17 @@ public class ReactEditText extends EditText {
   }
 
   public void setMostRecentEventCount(int mostRecentEventCount) {
+    if (mMostRecentEventCount == mostRecentEventCount) {
+      return;
+    }
+
     mMostRecentEventCount = mostRecentEventCount;
+
+    if (mStateWrapper != null) {
+      WritableMap map = new WritableNativeMap();
+      map.putInt("mostRecentEventCount", mMostRecentEventCount);
+      mStateWrapper.updateState(map);
+    }
   }
 
   public void setScrollWatcher(ScrollWatcher scrollWatcher) {
@@ -416,8 +431,9 @@ public class ReactEditText extends EditText {
 
     mTypefaceDirty = false;
 
-    Typeface newTypeface = ReactTypefaceUtils.applyStyles(
-        getTypeface(), mFontStyle, mFontWeight, mFontFamily, getContext().getAssets());
+    Typeface newTypeface =
+        ReactTypefaceUtils.applyStyles(
+            getTypeface(), mFontStyle, mFontWeight, mFontFamily, getContext().getAssets());
     setTypeface(newTypeface);
   }
 
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/textinput/ReactTextInputManager.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/textinput/ReactTextInputManager.java
index 5aa6b6ac4a2..0f7994195fe 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/textinput/ReactTextInputManager.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/textinput/ReactTextInputManager.java
@@ -1072,10 +1072,11 @@ public class ReactTextInputManager extends BaseViewManager<ReactEditText, Layout
     // TODO add justificationMode prop into local Data
     int justificationMode = Layout.JUSTIFICATION_MODE_NONE;
 
+    view.mStateWrapper = stateWrapper;
+
     return new ReactTextUpdate(
         spanned,
-        view.mNativeEventCount, // TODO add this into state, and call setState when the native event
-        // count is incremented?
+        state.getInt("mostRecentEventCount"),
         false, // TODO add this into local Data
         textViewProps.getTextAlign(),
         textBreakStrategy,
diff --git a/ReactCommon/fabric/components/textinput/androidtextinput/AndroidTextInputShadowNode.cpp b/ReactCommon/fabric/components/textinput/androidtextinput/AndroidTextInputShadowNode.cpp
index 7fe415ca24f..fde3732774b 100644
--- a/ReactCommon/fabric/components/textinput/androidtextinput/AndroidTextInputShadowNode.cpp
+++ b/ReactCommon/fabric/components/textinput/androidtextinput/AndroidTextInputShadowNode.cpp
@@ -82,8 +82,10 @@ void AndroidTextInputShadowNode::updateStateIfNeeded() {
     return;
   }
 
-  setStateData(AndroidTextInputState{
-      attributedString, getProps()->paragraphAttributes, textLayoutManager_});
+  setStateData(AndroidTextInputState{state.mostRecentEventCount,
+                                     attributedString,
+                                     getProps()->paragraphAttributes,
+                                     textLayoutManager_});
 }
 
 #pragma mark - LayoutableShadowNode
diff --git a/ReactCommon/fabric/components/textinput/androidtextinput/AndroidTextInputState.cpp b/ReactCommon/fabric/components/textinput/androidtextinput/AndroidTextInputState.cpp
index 197e9cf9bf7..4a53da92f24 100644
--- a/ReactCommon/fabric/components/textinput/androidtextinput/AndroidTextInputState.cpp
+++ b/ReactCommon/fabric/components/textinput/androidtextinput/AndroidTextInputState.cpp
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ namespace react {
 #ifdef ANDROID
 folly::dynamic AndroidTextInputState::getDynamic() const {
   folly::dynamic newState = folly::dynamic::object();
+  newState["mostRecentEventCount"] = mostRecentEventCount;
   newState["attributedString"] = toDynamic(attributedString);
   newState["paragraphAttributes"] = toDynamic(paragraphAttributes);
   newState["hash"] = newState["attributedString"]["hash"];
diff --git a/ReactCommon/fabric/components/textinput/androidtextinput/AndroidTextInputState.h b/ReactCommon/fabric/components/textinput/androidtextinput/AndroidTextInputState.h
index 11f1d516f6c..f311609021e 100644
--- a/ReactCommon/fabric/components/textinput/androidtextinput/AndroidTextInputState.h
+++ b/ReactCommon/fabric/components/textinput/androidtextinput/AndroidTextInputState.h
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ namespace react {
  */
 class AndroidTextInputState final {
  public:
+  int64_t mostRecentEventCount{0};
+
   /*
    * All content of <Paragraph> component represented as an `AttributedString`.
    */
@@ -44,10 +46,12 @@ class AndroidTextInputState final {
 
 #ifdef ANDROID
   AndroidTextInputState(
+      int64_t mostRecentEventCount,
       AttributedString const &attributedString,
       ParagraphAttributes const &paragraphAttributes,
       SharedTextLayoutManager const &layoutManager)
-      : attributedString(attributedString),
+      : mostRecentEventCount(mostRecentEventCount),
+        attributedString(attributedString),
         paragraphAttributes(paragraphAttributes),
         layoutManager(layoutManager) {}
   AndroidTextInputState() = default;