diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/internal/featureflags/ReactNativeFeatureFlagsDefaults.kt b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/internal/featureflags/ReactNativeFeatureFlagsDefaults.kt
index c899fdbe81e..9463cae9846 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/internal/featureflags/ReactNativeFeatureFlagsDefaults.kt
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/internal/featureflags/ReactNativeFeatureFlagsDefaults.kt
@@ -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<<fdfe7360e02f319b1bae54c52e2bdf0b>>
+ * @generated SignedSource<<36b028f86ee9985386f7c1a8a576e348>>
  */
 
 /**
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ public open class ReactNativeFeatureFlagsDefaults : ReactNativeFeatureFlagsProvi
 
   override fun useOptimizedEventBatchingOnAndroid(): Boolean = false
 
-  override fun useRuntimeShadowNodeReferenceUpdate(): Boolean = false
+  override fun useRuntimeShadowNodeReferenceUpdate(): Boolean = true
 
   override fun useRuntimeShadowNodeReferenceUpdateOnLayout(): Boolean = false
 
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/featureflags/ReactNativeFeatureFlagsDefaults.h b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/featureflags/ReactNativeFeatureFlagsDefaults.h
index 33c58ce6ed2..35e6e08da06 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/featureflags/ReactNativeFeatureFlagsDefaults.h
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/featureflags/ReactNativeFeatureFlagsDefaults.h
@@ -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<<bae4296b2dc7665b26622ce379b4bd3b>>
+ * @generated SignedSource<<c1561801b55c88637509befb97d35877>>
  */
 
 /**
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ class ReactNativeFeatureFlagsDefaults : public ReactNativeFeatureFlagsProvider {
   }
 
   bool useRuntimeShadowNodeReferenceUpdate() override {
-    return false;
+    return true;
   }
 
   bool useRuntimeShadowNodeReferenceUpdateOnLayout() override {
diff --git a/packages/react-native/scripts/featureflags/ReactNativeFeatureFlags.config.js b/packages/react-native/scripts/featureflags/ReactNativeFeatureFlags.config.js
index 8acaebeaa1f..83c501beb5d 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/scripts/featureflags/ReactNativeFeatureFlags.config.js
+++ b/packages/react-native/scripts/featureflags/ReactNativeFeatureFlags.config.js
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ const definitions: FeatureFlagDefinitions = {
       },
     },
     useRuntimeShadowNodeReferenceUpdate: {
-      defaultValue: false,
+      defaultValue: true,
       metadata: {
         dateAdded: '2024-06-03',
         description:
diff --git a/packages/react-native/src/private/featureflags/ReactNativeFeatureFlags.js b/packages/react-native/src/private/featureflags/ReactNativeFeatureFlags.js
index 37a0375094f..43110609e8f 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<<a6f5238c0f123b0ede2b9de95bd98676>>
+ * @generated SignedSource<<63f5264a08dcd36d44b7574d908b6d42>>
  * @flow strict
  */
 
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ export const useOptimizedEventBatchingOnAndroid: Getter<boolean> = createNativeF
 /**
  * When enabled, cloning shadow nodes within react native will update the reference held by the current JS fiber tree.
  */
-export const useRuntimeShadowNodeReferenceUpdate: Getter<boolean> = createNativeFlagGetter('useRuntimeShadowNodeReferenceUpdate', false);
+export const useRuntimeShadowNodeReferenceUpdate: Getter<boolean> = createNativeFlagGetter('useRuntimeShadowNodeReferenceUpdate', true);
 /**
  * When enabled, cloning shadow nodes during layout will update the reference held by the current JS fiber tree.
  */