diff --git a/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/Text/RCTParagraphComponentView.mm b/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/Text/RCTParagraphComponentView.mm
index 07fb9c4e7b6..333d56da763 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/Text/RCTParagraphComponentView.mm
+++ b/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/Text/RCTParagraphComponentView.mm
@@ -389,6 +389,35 @@ - (UIView *)hitTest:(CGPoint)point withEvent:(UIEvent *)event
   return nil;
 }
 
+- (void)adjustFrameForLineHeightCentering:(NSAttributedString *)attributedText
+                                     frame:(CGRect *)frame {
+  if (!attributedText || attributedText.length == 0) {
+    return;
+  }
+  
+  UIFont *font = [attributedText attribute:NSFontAttributeName atIndex:0 effectiveRange:NULL];
+  if (!font) {
+      font = [UIFontMetrics.defaultMetrics scaledFontForFont:[UIFont systemFontOfSize:14]];
+  }
+
+  NSParagraphStyle *paragraphStyle = [attributedText attribute:NSParagraphStyleAttributeName atIndex:0 effectiveRange:NULL];
+
+  if (!paragraphStyle || paragraphStyle.minimumLineHeight == 0) {
+    return;
+  }
+  
+  CGFloat lineHeight = paragraphStyle.minimumLineHeight;
+  CGFloat ascent = font.ascender;
+  CGFloat descent = fabs(font.descender);
+  CGFloat textHeight = ascent + descent;
+
+  // Adjust vertical offset to ensure text is vertically centered relative to the line height.
+  CGFloat difference = MAX(0, textHeight - lineHeight);
+  CGFloat verticalOffset = difference / 2.0;
+
+  frame->origin.y += verticalOffset;
+}
+
 - (void)drawRect:(CGRect)rect
 {
   if (!_state) {
@@ -406,6 +435,9 @@ - (void)drawRect:(CGRect)rect
 
   CGRect frame = RCTCGRectFromRect(_layoutMetrics.getContentFrame());
 
+  NSAttributedString *attributedText = RCTNSAttributedStringFromAttributedString(_state->getData().attributedString);
+  [self adjustFrameForLineHeightCentering:attributedText frame:&frame];
+
   [nativeTextLayoutManager drawAttributedString:stateData.attributedString
                             paragraphAttributes:_paragraphAttributes
                                           frame:frame
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/platform/ios/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/RCTTextLayoutManager.mm b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/platform/ios/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/RCTTextLayoutManager.mm
index ac553045a9c..613a41aa6dd 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/platform/ios/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/RCTTextLayoutManager.mm
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/platform/ios/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/RCTTextLayoutManager.mm
@@ -207,17 +207,22 @@ - (LinesMeasurements)getLinesForAttributedString:(facebook::react::AttributedStr
                                      .size = facebook::react::Size{
                                          .width = usedRect.size.width, .height = usedRect.size.height}};
 
-                                 CGFloat baseline = [layoutManager locationForGlyphAtIndex:range.location].y;
+                                 CGFloat ascender = font.ascender;
+                                 CGFloat descender = fabs(font.descender);
+                                 CGFloat textHeight = ascender + descender;
+                                 CGFloat leading = usedRect.size.height - textHeight;
+                                 CGFloat adjustedAscender = ascender + round(leading / 2.0);
+                                 CGFloat adjustedDescender = descender + (leading - round(leading / 2.0));
                                  const char *renderedUTF8 = [renderedString UTF8String];
                                  auto line = LineMeasurement{
                                      std::string(renderedUTF8 != nullptr ? renderedUTF8 : ""),
                                      rect,
-                                     overallRect.size.height - baseline,
+                                     adjustedDescender,
                                      font.capHeight,
-                                     baseline,
+                                     adjustedAscender,
                                      font.xHeight};
                                  blockParagraphLines->push_back(line);
-                               }];
+                              }];
   return paragraphLines;
 }