diff --git a/Libraries/NativeAnimation/Nodes/RCTPropsAnimatedNode.h b/Libraries/NativeAnimation/Nodes/RCTPropsAnimatedNode.h
index 4bf39fe3e..a8a5218a5 100644
--- a/Libraries/NativeAnimation/Nodes/RCTPropsAnimatedNode.h
+++ b/Libraries/NativeAnimation/Nodes/RCTPropsAnimatedNode.h
@@ -7,14 +7,14 @@
 
 #import "RCTAnimatedNode.h"
 
-@class RCTUIManager;
+@class RCTBridge;
 @class RCTViewPropertyMapper;
 
 @interface RCTPropsAnimatedNode : RCTAnimatedNode
 
 - (void)connectToView:(NSNumber *)viewTag
              viewName:(NSString *)viewName
-            uiManager:(RCTUIManager *)uiManager;
+               bridge:(RCTBridge *)bridge;
 
 - (void)disconnectFromView:(NSNumber *)viewTag;
 
diff --git a/Libraries/NativeAnimation/Nodes/RCTPropsAnimatedNode.m b/Libraries/NativeAnimation/Nodes/RCTPropsAnimatedNode.m
index 473a921ba..8677d2da1 100644
--- a/Libraries/NativeAnimation/Nodes/RCTPropsAnimatedNode.m
+++ b/Libraries/NativeAnimation/Nodes/RCTPropsAnimatedNode.m
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 
 #import "RCTPropsAnimatedNode.h"
 
+#import <objc/runtime.h>
+
 #import <React/RCTLog.h>
 #import <React/RCTUIManager.h>
 
@@ -14,12 +16,33 @@
 #import "RCTStyleAnimatedNode.h"
 #import "RCTValueAnimatedNode.h"
 
+// TODO: Eventually we should just include RCTSurfacePresenter.h, but that pulls in all of fabric
+// which doesn't compile in open source yet, so we mirror the protocol and duplicate the category
+// here for now.
+
+@protocol SyncViewUpdater <NSObject>
+
+- (BOOL)synchronouslyUpdateViewOnUIThread:(NSNumber *)reactTag props:(NSDictionary *)props;
+
+@end
+
+@implementation RCTBridge (SurfacePresenterShadow)
+
+- (id<SyncViewUpdater>)surfacePresenter
+{
+  return objc_getAssociatedObject(self, @selector(surfacePresenter));
+}
+
+@end
+
+
 @implementation RCTPropsAnimatedNode
 {
   NSNumber *_connectedViewTag;
+  NSNumber *_rootTag;
   NSString *_connectedViewName;
-  __weak RCTUIManager *_uiManager;
-  NSMutableDictionary<NSString *, NSObject *> *_propsDictionary;
+  __weak RCTBridge *_bridge;
+  NSMutableDictionary<NSString *, NSObject *> *_propsDictionary; // TODO: use RawProps or folly::dynamic directly
 }
 
 - (instancetype)initWithTag:(NSNumber *)tag
@@ -33,18 +56,32 @@
 
 - (void)connectToView:(NSNumber *)viewTag
              viewName:(NSString *)viewName
-            uiManager:(RCTUIManager *)uiManager
+               bridge:(RCTBridge *)bridge
 {
   _connectedViewTag = viewTag;
   _connectedViewName = viewName;
-  _uiManager = uiManager;
+  _bridge = bridge;
+  _rootTag = nil;
 }
 
 - (void)disconnectFromView:(NSNumber *)viewTag
 {
   _connectedViewTag = nil;
   _connectedViewName = nil;
-  _uiManager = nil;
+  _bridge = nil;
+  _rootTag = nil;
+}
+
+- (void)updateView
+{
+  BOOL fabricUpdateSuccess = [_bridge.surfacePresenter synchronouslyUpdateViewOnUIThread:_connectedViewTag
+                                                                                   props:_propsDictionary];
+  if (fabricUpdateSuccess) {
+    return;
+  }
+  [_bridge.uiManager synchronouslyUpdateViewOnUIThread:_connectedViewTag
+                                              viewName:_connectedViewName
+                                                 props:_propsDictionary];
 }
 
 - (void)restoreDefaultValues
@@ -55,9 +92,7 @@
   }
 
   if (_propsDictionary.count) {
-    [_uiManager synchronouslyUpdateViewOnUIThread:_connectedViewTag
-                                         viewName:_connectedViewName
-                                            props:_propsDictionary];
+    [self updateView];
   }
 }
 
@@ -83,12 +118,12 @@
   if (!_connectedViewTag) {
     return;
   }
-  
+
   for (NSNumber *parentTag in self.parentNodes.keyEnumerator) {
     RCTAnimatedNode *parentNode = [self.parentNodes objectForKey:parentTag];
     if ([parentNode isKindOfClass:[RCTStyleAnimatedNode class]]) {
       [self->_propsDictionary addEntriesFromDictionary:[(RCTStyleAnimatedNode *)parentNode propsDictionary]];
-      
+
     } else if ([parentNode isKindOfClass:[RCTValueAnimatedNode class]]) {
       NSString *property = [self propertyNameForParentTag:parentTag];
       CGFloat value = [(RCTValueAnimatedNode *)parentNode value];
@@ -97,9 +132,7 @@
   }
 
   if (_propsDictionary.count) {
-    [_uiManager synchronouslyUpdateViewOnUIThread:_connectedViewTag
-                                         viewName:_connectedViewName
-                                            props:_propsDictionary];
+    [self updateView];
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/Libraries/NativeAnimation/RCTNativeAnimatedModule.m b/Libraries/NativeAnimation/RCTNativeAnimatedModule.m
index 57f08034e..b00d95ff5 100644
--- a/Libraries/NativeAnimation/RCTNativeAnimatedModule.m
+++ b/Libraries/NativeAnimation/RCTNativeAnimatedModule.m
@@ -41,12 +41,12 @@ RCT_EXPORT_MODULE();
 {
   [super setBridge:bridge];
 
-  _nodesManager = [[RCTNativeAnimatedNodesManager alloc] initWithUIManager:self.bridge.uiManager];
+  _nodesManager = [[RCTNativeAnimatedNodesManager alloc] initWithBridge:self.bridge];
   _operations = [NSMutableArray new];
   _preOperations = [NSMutableArray new];
 
   [bridge.eventDispatcher addDispatchObserver:self];
-  [bridge.uiManager.observerCoordinator addObserver:self];
+  [bridge.uiManager.observerCoordinator addObserver:self]; // TODO: add fabric equivalent?
 }
 
 #pragma mark -- API
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ RCT_EXPORT_METHOD(removeAnimatedEventFromView:(nonnull NSNumber *)viewTag
 
 #pragma mark - RCTUIManagerObserver
 
-- (void)uiManagerWillPerformMounting:(RCTUIManager *)uiManager
+- (void)uiManagerWillPerformMounting:(RCTUIManager *)uiManager // TODO: need fabric equivalent
 {
   if (_preOperations.count == 0 && _operations.count == 0) {
     return;
diff --git a/Libraries/NativeAnimation/RCTNativeAnimatedNodesManager.h b/Libraries/NativeAnimation/RCTNativeAnimatedNodesManager.h
index 6f30f96fa..122205058 100644
--- a/Libraries/NativeAnimation/RCTNativeAnimatedNodesManager.h
+++ b/Libraries/NativeAnimation/RCTNativeAnimatedNodesManager.h
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 @interface RCTNativeAnimatedNodesManager : NSObject
 
-- (nonnull instancetype)initWithUIManager:(nonnull RCTUIManager *)uiManager;
+- (nonnull instancetype)initWithBridge:(nonnull RCTBridge *)bridge;
 
 - (void)updateAnimations;
 
diff --git a/Libraries/NativeAnimation/RCTNativeAnimatedNodesManager.m b/Libraries/NativeAnimation/RCTNativeAnimatedNodesManager.m
index 30ec0e42d..03bded86a 100644
--- a/Libraries/NativeAnimation/RCTNativeAnimatedNodesManager.m
+++ b/Libraries/NativeAnimation/RCTNativeAnimatedNodesManager.m
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 
 @implementation RCTNativeAnimatedNodesManager
 {
-  __weak RCTUIManager *_uiManager;
+  __weak RCTBridge *_bridge;
   NSMutableDictionary<NSNumber *, RCTAnimatedNode *> *_animationNodes;
   // Mapping of a view tag and an event name to a list of event animation drivers. 99% of the time
   // there will be only one driver per mapping so all code code should be optimized around that.
@@ -39,10 +39,10 @@
   CADisplayLink *_displayLink;
 }
 
-- (instancetype)initWithUIManager:(nonnull RCTUIManager *)uiManager
+- (instancetype)initWithBridge:(nonnull RCTBridge *)bridge
 {
   if ((self = [super init])) {
-    _uiManager = uiManager;
+    _bridge = bridge;
     _animationNodes = [NSMutableDictionary new];
     _eventDrivers = [NSMutableDictionary new];
     _activeAnimations = [NSMutableSet new];
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
 {
   RCTAnimatedNode *node = _animationNodes[nodeTag];
   if ([node isKindOfClass:[RCTPropsAnimatedNode class]]) {
-    [(RCTPropsAnimatedNode *)node connectToView:viewTag viewName:viewName uiManager:_uiManager];
+    [(RCTPropsAnimatedNode *)node connectToView:viewTag viewName:viewName bridge:_bridge];
   }
   [node setNeedsUpdate];
 }
diff --git a/RNTester/RNTesterUnitTests/RCTNativeAnimatedNodesManagerTests.m b/RNTester/RNTesterUnitTests/RCTNativeAnimatedNodesManagerTests.m
index eee726bf6..38d64d864 100644
--- a/RNTester/RNTesterUnitTests/RCTNativeAnimatedNodesManagerTests.m
+++ b/RNTester/RNTesterUnitTests/RCTNativeAnimatedNodesManagerTests.m
@@ -127,8 +127,10 @@ static id RCTPropChecker(NSString *prop, NSNumber *value)
 {
   [super setUp];
 
+  RCTBridge *bridge = [OCMockObject niceMockForClass:[RCTBridge class]];
   _uiManager = [OCMockObject niceMockForClass:[RCTUIManager class]];
-  _nodesManager = [[RCTNativeAnimatedNodesManager alloc] initWithUIManager:_uiManager];
+  OCMStub([bridge uiManager]).andReturn(_uiManager);
+  _nodesManager = [[RCTNativeAnimatedNodesManager alloc] initWithBridge:bridge];
   _displayLink = [RCTFakeDisplayLink new];
 }
 
diff --git a/React/Fabric/Mounting/RCTMountingManager.h b/React/Fabric/Mounting/RCTMountingManager.h
index d4a64da80..0f65e3981 100644
--- a/React/Fabric/Mounting/RCTMountingManager.h
+++ b/React/Fabric/Mounting/RCTMountingManager.h
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ NS_ASSUME_NONNULL_BEGIN
  */
 - (void)optimisticallyCreateComponentViewWithComponentHandle:(facebook::react::ComponentHandle)componentHandle;
 
+- (void)synchronouslyUpdateViewOnUIThread:(ReactTag)reactTag
+                                 oldProps:(facebook::react::SharedProps)oldProps
+                                 newProps:(facebook::react::SharedProps)newProps;
 @end
 
 NS_ASSUME_NONNULL_END
diff --git a/React/Fabric/Mounting/RCTMountingManager.mm b/React/Fabric/Mounting/RCTMountingManager.mm
index 105f39919..ed228f158 100644
--- a/React/Fabric/Mounting/RCTMountingManager.mm
+++ b/React/Fabric/Mounting/RCTMountingManager.mm
@@ -176,6 +176,17 @@ using namespace facebook::react;
   [self.delegate mountingManager:self didMountComponentsWithRootTag:rootTag];
 }
 
+- (void)synchronouslyUpdateViewOnUIThread:(ReactTag)reactTag
+                                 oldProps:(SharedProps)oldProps
+                                 newProps:(SharedProps)newProps
+{
+  RCTUpdatePropsMountItem *mountItem = [[RCTUpdatePropsMountItem alloc] initWithTag:reactTag
+                                                                           oldProps:oldProps
+                                                                           newProps:newProps];
+  RCTAssertMainQueue();
+  [mountItem executeWithRegistry:self->_componentViewRegistry];
+}
+
 - (void)optimisticallyCreateComponentViewWithComponentHandle:(ComponentHandle)componentHandle
 {
   if (RCTIsMainQueue()) {
diff --git a/React/Fabric/RCTScheduler.h b/React/Fabric/RCTScheduler.h
index a57c2cbf9..709250d39 100644
--- a/React/Fabric/RCTScheduler.h
+++ b/React/Fabric/RCTScheduler.h
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #import <memory>
 
 #import <React/RCTPrimitives.h>
+#import <react/core/ComponentDescriptor.h>
 #import <react/core/LayoutConstraints.h>
 #import <react/core/LayoutContext.h>
 #import <react/mounting/ShadowViewMutation.h>
@@ -54,6 +55,8 @@ NS_ASSUME_NONNULL_BEGIN
                                        layoutContext:(facebook::react::LayoutContext)layoutContext
                                            surfaceId:(facebook::react::SurfaceId)surfaceId;
 
+- (const facebook::react::ComponentDescriptor &)getComponentDescriptor:(facebook::react::ComponentHandle)handle;
+
 @end
 
 NS_ASSUME_NONNULL_END
diff --git a/React/Fabric/RCTScheduler.mm b/React/Fabric/RCTScheduler.mm
index 60752913c..a7bc1cc30 100644
--- a/React/Fabric/RCTScheduler.mm
+++ b/React/Fabric/RCTScheduler.mm
@@ -107,4 +107,9 @@ private:
   _scheduler->constraintSurfaceLayout(surfaceId, layoutConstraints, layoutContext);
 }
 
+- (const ComponentDescriptor &)getComponentDescriptor:(ComponentHandle)handle
+{
+  return _scheduler->getComponentDescriptor(handle);
+}
+
 @end
diff --git a/React/Fabric/RCTSurfacePresenter.h b/React/Fabric/RCTSurfacePresenter.h
index c4f1f98fb..1e684dd5a 100644
--- a/React/Fabric/RCTSurfacePresenter.h
+++ b/React/Fabric/RCTSurfacePresenter.h
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@
 
 #import <React/RCTBridge.h>
 #import <React/RCTComponentViewFactory.h>
-#import <react/uimanager/ContextContainer.h>
 #import <React/RCTPrimitives.h>
 #import <react/config/ReactNativeConfig.h>
+#import <react/uimanager/ContextContainer.h>
 
 NS_ASSUME_NONNULL_BEGIN
 
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ NS_ASSUME_NONNULL_BEGIN
            maximumSize:(CGSize)maximumSize
                surface:(RCTFabricSurface *)surface;
 
+- (BOOL)synchronouslyUpdateViewOnUIThread:(NSNumber *)reactTag props:(NSDictionary *)props;
+
 @end
 
 @interface RCTSurfacePresenter (Deprecated)
diff --git a/React/Fabric/RCTSurfacePresenter.mm b/React/Fabric/RCTSurfacePresenter.mm
index 3a18def1d..c20363871 100644
--- a/React/Fabric/RCTSurfacePresenter.mm
+++ b/React/Fabric/RCTSurfacePresenter.mm
@@ -16,17 +16,18 @@
 #import <React/RCTBridge+Private.h>
 #import <React/RCTComponentViewRegistry.h>
 #import <React/RCTFabricSurface.h>
+#import <React/RCTFollyConvert.h>
 #import <React/RCTImageLoader.h>
 #import <React/RCTMountingManager.h>
 #import <React/RCTMountingManagerDelegate.h>
 #import <React/RCTScheduler.h>
 #import <React/RCTSurfaceRegistry.h>
-#import <React/RCTSurfaceView.h>
 #import <React/RCTSurfaceView+Internal.h>
+#import <React/RCTSurfaceView.h>
 #import <React/RCTUtils.h>
-#import <react/core/LayoutContext.h>
-#import <react/core/LayoutConstraints.h>
 #import <react/components/root/RootShadowNode.h>
+#import <react/core/LayoutConstraints.h>
+#import <react/core/LayoutContext.h>
 #import <react/imagemanager/ImageManager.h>
 #import <react/uimanager/ContextContainer.h>
 
@@ -59,6 +60,7 @@ using namespace facebook::react;
   if (self = [super init]) {
     _bridge = bridge;
     _batchedBridge = [_bridge batchedBridge] ?: _bridge;
+    [_batchedBridge setSurfacePresenter:self];
 
     _surfaceRegistry = [[RCTSurfaceRegistry alloc] init];
 
@@ -161,6 +163,29 @@ using namespace facebook::react;
                                                       surfaceId:surface.rootTag];
 }
 
+- (BOOL)synchronouslyUpdateViewOnUIThread:(NSNumber *)reactTag props:(NSDictionary *)props
+{
+  ReactTag tag = [reactTag integerValue];
+  UIView<RCTComponentViewProtocol> *componentView = [_mountingManager.componentViewRegistry componentViewByTag:tag];
+  if (componentView == nil) {
+    return NO; // This view probably isn't managed by Fabric
+  }
+  ComponentHandle handle = [[componentView class] componentHandle];
+  const facebook::react::ComponentDescriptor &componentDescriptor = [self._scheduler getComponentDescriptor:handle];
+
+  // Note: we use an empty object for `oldProps` to rely on the diffing algorithm internal to the
+  // RCTComponentViewProtocol::updateProps method. If there is a bug in that diffing, some props
+  // could get reset. One way around this would be to require all RCTComponentViewProtocol
+  // implementations to expose their current props so we could clone them, but that could be
+  // problematic for threading and other reasons.
+  facebook::react::SharedProps newProps =
+      componentDescriptor.cloneProps(nullptr, RawProps(convertIdToFollyDynamic(props)));
+  facebook::react::SharedProps oldProps = componentDescriptor.cloneProps(nullptr, RawProps(folly::dynamic::object()));
+
+  [self->_mountingManager synchronouslyUpdateViewOnUIThread:tag oldProps:oldProps newProps:newProps];
+  return YES;
+}
+
 #pragma mark - Private
 
 - (RCTScheduler *)_scheduler
diff --git a/ReactCommon/fabric/uimanager/Scheduler.cpp b/ReactCommon/fabric/uimanager/Scheduler.cpp
index c0212fd2d..ca4f1489b 100644
--- a/ReactCommon/fabric/uimanager/Scheduler.cpp
+++ b/ReactCommon/fabric/uimanager/Scheduler.cpp
@@ -190,6 +190,11 @@ void Scheduler::constraintSurfaceLayout(
   });
 }
 
+const ComponentDescriptor &Scheduler::getComponentDescriptor(
+    ComponentHandle handle) {
+  return componentDescriptorRegistry_->at(handle);
+}
+
 #pragma mark - Delegate
 
 void Scheduler::setDelegate(SchedulerDelegate *delegate) {
diff --git a/ReactCommon/fabric/uimanager/Scheduler.h b/ReactCommon/fabric/uimanager/Scheduler.h
index 1d2bc10f6..1eff117f3 100644
--- a/ReactCommon/fabric/uimanager/Scheduler.h
+++ b/ReactCommon/fabric/uimanager/Scheduler.h
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@ class Scheduler final : public UIManagerDelegate, public ShadowTreeDelegate {
       const LayoutConstraints &layoutConstraints,
       const LayoutContext &layoutContext) const;
 
+  const ComponentDescriptor &getComponentDescriptor(ComponentHandle handle);
+
 #pragma mark - Delegate
 
   /*