diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/components/text/BaseTextProps.cpp b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/components/text/BaseTextProps.cpp
index f20cd3c6f980dd..515f74c41d3095 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/components/text/BaseTextProps.cpp
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/components/text/BaseTextProps.cpp
@@ -524,7 +524,8 @@ void BaseTextProps::appendTextAttributesProps(
         : nullptr;
   }
 
-  if (textAttributes.opacity != oldProps->textAttributes.opacity) {
+  if (!floatEquality(
+          textAttributes.opacity, oldProps->textAttributes.opacity)) {
     result["opacity"] = textAttributes.opacity;
   }