diff --git a/packages/react-native-babel-transformer/src/index.js b/packages/react-native-babel-transformer/src/index.js
index b82be63b12f..9e2b7709ad6 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-babel-transformer/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/react-native-babel-transformer/src/index.js
@@ -210,6 +210,7 @@ const transform /*: BabelTransformer['transform'] */ = ({
         : // $FlowFixMe[incompatible-exact]
           require('hermes-parser').parse(src, {
             babel: true,
+            reactRuntimeTarget: '19',
             sourceType: babelConfig.sourceType,
           });