diff --git a/.github/workflows/microsoft-pr.yml b/.github/workflows/microsoft-pr.yml
index ee3a01e5dd01..9df67d58aad6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/microsoft-pr.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/microsoft-pr.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name: PR
 on:
   pull_request:
     types: [opened, synchronize, edited]
-    branches: [ "main", "*-stable", "release/*" ]
+    branches: [ "main", "*-stable", "release/*", "*-merge" ]
 
 concurrency:
   # Ensure single build of a pull request. `main` should not be affected.
diff --git a/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/View/RCTViewComponentView.mm b/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/View/RCTViewComponentView.mm
index 17945ce64e40..cd8b870353cd 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/View/RCTViewComponentView.mm
+++ b/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/View/RCTViewComponentView.mm
@@ -807,7 +807,7 @@ - (RCTPlatformView *)betterHitTest:(CGPoint)point withEvent:(UIEvent *)event //
 
   BOOL isPointInside = [self pointInside:point withEvent:event];
 
-  UIView *currentContainerView = self.currentContainerView;
+  RCTPlatformView *currentContainerView = self.currentContainerView; // [macOS]
 
   BOOL clipsToBounds = false;
 
@@ -1045,19 +1045,19 @@ - (BOOL)styleWouldClipOverflowInk
 // `blur` applied, we need to wrap it in a SwiftUI view to render the effect.
 // In this case, `effectiveContentView` will be the content view inside the
 // SwiftUI wrapper.
-- (UIView *)effectiveContentView
+- (RCTPlatformView *)effectiveContentView // [macOS]
 {
   if (!ReactNativeFeatureFlags::enableSwiftUIBasedFilters()) {
     return self;
   }
 
-  UIView *effectiveContentView = self;
+  RCTPlatformView *effectiveContentView = self; // [macOS]
 
   if (self.styleNeedsSwiftUIContainer) {
     if (_swiftUIWrapper == nullptr) {
       _swiftUIWrapper = [RCTSwiftUIContainerViewWrapper new];
-      UIView *swiftUIContentView = [[UIView alloc] init];
-      for (UIView *subview = nullptr in self.subviews) {
+      RCTPlatformView *swiftUIContentView = [[RCTPlatformView alloc] init]; // [macOS]
+      for (RCTPlatformView *subview = nullptr in self.subviews) { // [macOS]
         [swiftUIContentView addSubview:subview];
       }
       swiftUIContentView.clipsToBounds = self.clipsToBounds;
@@ -1074,8 +1074,8 @@ - (UIView *)effectiveContentView
     effectiveContentView = _swiftUIWrapper.contentView;
   } else {
     if (_swiftUIWrapper != nullptr) {
-      UIView *swiftUIContentView = _swiftUIWrapper.contentView;
-      for (UIView *subview = nullptr in swiftUIContentView.subviews) {
+      RCTPlatformView *swiftUIContentView = _swiftUIWrapper.contentView; // [macOS]
+      for (RCTPlatformView *subview = nullptr in swiftUIContentView.subviews) { // [macOS]
         [self addSubview:subview];
       }
       self.clipsToBounds = swiftUIContentView.clipsToBounds;
@@ -1096,7 +1096,7 @@ - (UIView *)effectiveContentView
 // the view and is not affected by clipping.
 - (RCTUIView *)currentContainerView // [macOS]
 {
-  UIView *effectiveContentView = self.effectiveContentView;
+  RCTPlatformView *effectiveContentView = self.effectiveContentView; // [macOS]
 
   if (_useCustomContainerView) {
     if (!_containerView) {
@@ -1357,7 +1357,7 @@ - (void)invalidateLayer
       if (primitive.type == FilterType::DropShadow) {
         if (_swiftUIWrapper != nullptr && std::holds_alternative<DropShadowParams>(primitive.parameters)) {
           const auto &dropShadowParams = std::get<DropShadowParams>(primitive.parameters);
-          UIColor *shadowColor = RCTUIColorFromSharedColor(dropShadowParams.color);
+          RCTPlatformColor *shadowColor = RCTUIColorFromSharedColor(dropShadowParams.color); // [macOS]
           [_swiftUIWrapper updateDropShadow:@(dropShadowParams.standardDeviation)
                                           x:@(dropShadowParams.offsetX)
                                           y:@(dropShadowParams.offsetY)
@@ -2409,7 +2409,7 @@ - (BOOL)styleNeedsSwiftUIContainer
   return NO;
 }
 
-- (void)transferVisualPropertiesFromView:(UIView *)sourceView toView:(UIView *)destinationView
+- (void)transferVisualPropertiesFromView:(RCTPlatformView *)sourceView toView:(RCTPlatformView *)destinationView // [macOS]
 {
   // shadow
   destinationView.layer.shadowColor = sourceView.layer.shadowColor;
@@ -2457,6 +2457,7 @@ - (void)transferVisualPropertiesFromView:(UIView *)sourceView toView:(UIView *)d
   }
 }
 
+#if !TARGET_OS_OSX // [macOS] macOS provides its own focus/blur implementation in the TARGET_OS_OSX block above
 - (BOOL)canBecomeFirstResponder
 {
   return YES;
@@ -2512,6 +2513,7 @@ - (BOOL)resignFirstResponder
 
   return YES;
 }
+#endif // [macOS]
 
 @end
 
diff --git a/packages/react-native/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/packages/react-native/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index f21668ffff84..8f322b5eadd7 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/packages/react-native/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ yoga-proguard-annotations = "1.19.0"
 boost="1_83_0"
 doubleconversion="1.1.6"
 fastFloat="8.0.0"
-fmt="11.0.2"
+fmt="12.1.0" # [macOS]
 folly="2024.11.18.00"
 glog="0.3.5"
 gflags="2.2.0"
diff --git a/packages/react-native/react-native.config.js b/packages/react-native/react-native.config.js
index 9ccb66223795..56d39352d2ff 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/react-native.config.js
+++ b/packages/react-native/react-native.config.js
@@ -185,8 +185,9 @@ if (apple) {
     },
     projectConfig: apple.getProjectConfig({platformName: 'macos'}),
     dependencyConfig: apple.getProjectConfig({platformName: 'macos'}),
-    npmPackageName: require('./scripts/codegen/generate-artifacts-executor/constants')
-      .REACT_NATIVE,
+    npmPackageName:
+      require('./scripts/codegen/generate-artifacts-executor/constants')
+        .REACT_NATIVE,
   };
 }
 // macOS]
diff --git a/packages/react-native/scripts/ios-prebuild/hermes.js b/packages/react-native/scripts/ios-prebuild/hermes.js
index 02ef9fdc88cb..dcc3e47c3791 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/scripts/ios-prebuild/hermes.js
+++ b/packages/react-native/scripts/ios-prebuild/hermes.js
@@ -160,7 +160,8 @@ type HermesEngineSourceType =
 const HermesEngineSourceTypes /*:{
   +DOWNLOAD_PREBUILD_TARBALL: "download_prebuild_tarball",
   +DOWNLOAD_PREBUILT_NIGHTLY_TARBALL: "download_prebuilt_nightly_tarball",
-  +LOCAL_PREBUILT_TARBALL: "local_prebuilt_tarball"
+  +LOCAL_PREBUILT_TARBALL: "local_prebuilt_tarball",
+  +BUILD_FROM_HERMES_COMMIT: "build_from_hermes_commit" // [macOS]
 } */ = {
   LOCAL_PREBUILT_TARBALL: 'local_prebuilt_tarball',
   DOWNLOAD_PREBUILD_TARBALL: 'download_prebuild_tarball',
@@ -439,22 +440,20 @@ async function buildFromHermesCommit(
   const HERMES_GITHUB_URL = 'https://github.com/facebook/hermes.git';
   const tmpDir = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'hermes-build-'));
   const hermesDir = path.join(tmpDir, 'hermes');
-  const inheritStdio = {stdio: 'inherit'};
 
   try {
     // Clone Hermes at the identified commit using the most efficient
     // single-fetch pattern (see https://github.com/actions/checkout)
     hermesLog(`Cloning Hermes at commit ${commit}...`);
-    execSync(`git init "${hermesDir}"`, inheritStdio);
-    execSync(
-      `git -C "${hermesDir}" remote add origin ${HERMES_GITHUB_URL}`,
-      inheritStdio,
-    );
+    execSync(`git init "${hermesDir}"`, {stdio: 'inherit'});
+    execSync(`git -C "${hermesDir}" remote add origin ${HERMES_GITHUB_URL}`, {
+      stdio: 'inherit',
+    });
     execSync(
       `git -C "${hermesDir}" fetch --no-tags --depth 1 origin +${commit}:refs/remotes/origin/main`,
-      {...inheritStdio, timeout: 300000},
+      {stdio: 'inherit', timeout: 300000},
     );
-    execSync(`git -C "${hermesDir}" checkout main`, inheritStdio);
+    execSync(`git -C "${hermesDir}" checkout main`, {stdio: 'inherit'});
 
     const reactNativeRoot = path.resolve(__dirname, '..', '..');
     const buildScript = path.join(
@@ -480,7 +479,7 @@ async function buildFromHermesCommit(
 
     hermesLog(`Building Hermes frameworks (${buildType})...`);
     execSync(`bash "${buildScript}"`, {
-      ...inheritStdio,
+      stdio: 'inherit',
       cwd: hermesDir,
       timeout: 3600000, // 60 minutes
       env: buildEnv,
@@ -490,10 +489,9 @@ async function buildFromHermesCommit(
     const tarballName = `hermes-ios-${buildType.toLowerCase()}.tar.gz`;
     const tarballPath = path.join(artifactsPath, tarballName);
     hermesLog('Creating Hermes tarball from build output...');
-    execSync(
-      `tar -czf "${tarballPath}" -C "${hermesDir}" destroot`,
-      inheritStdio,
-    );
+    execSync(`tar -czf "${tarballPath}" -C "${hermesDir}" destroot`, {
+      stdio: 'inherit',
+    });
 
     hermesLog(`Hermes built from source and packaged at ${tarballPath}`);
     return tarballPath;
diff --git a/packages/react-native/third-party-podspecs/RCT-Folly.podspec b/packages/react-native/third-party-podspecs/RCT-Folly.podspec
index 8852179b6ce2..91473b182510 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/third-party-podspecs/RCT-Folly.podspec
+++ b/packages/react-native/third-party-podspecs/RCT-Folly.podspec
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ Pod::Spec.new do |spec|
   spec.dependency "DoubleConversion"
   spec.dependency "glog"
   spec.dependency "fast_float", "8.0.0"
-  spec.dependency "fmt", "11.0.2"
+  spec.dependency "fmt", "12.1.0" # [macOS]
   spec.compiler_flags = '-Wno-documentation -faligned-new'
   spec.source_files = 'folly/String.cpp',
                       'folly/Conv.cpp',
diff --git a/packages/react-native/third-party-podspecs/fmt.podspec b/packages/react-native/third-party-podspecs/fmt.podspec
index 2f38990e226c..32469c0502ad 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/third-party-podspecs/fmt.podspec
+++ b/packages/react-native/third-party-podspecs/fmt.podspec
@@ -8,14 +8,14 @@ fmt_git_url = fmt_config[:git]
 
 Pod::Spec.new do |spec|
   spec.name = "fmt"
-  spec.version = "11.0.2"
+  spec.version = "12.1.0" # [macOS]
   spec.license = { :type => "MIT" }
   spec.homepage = "https://github.com/fmtlib/fmt"
   spec.summary = "{fmt} is an open-source formatting library for C++. It can be used as a safe and fast alternative to (s)printf and iostreams."
   spec.authors = "The fmt contributors"
   spec.source = {
     :git => fmt_git_url,
-    :tag => "11.0.2"
+    :tag => "12.1.0" # [macOS]
   }
   spec.pod_target_xcconfig = {
     "CLANG_CXX_LANGUAGE_STANDARD" => rct_cxx_language_standard(),
diff --git a/packages/rn-tester/Podfile.lock b/packages/rn-tester/Podfile.lock
index 564b14fc6355..d5960e86c8ec 100644
--- a/packages/rn-tester/Podfile.lock
+++ b/packages/rn-tester/Podfile.lock
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ PODS:
   - DoubleConversion (1.1.6)
   - fast_float (8.0.0)
   - FBLazyVector (1000.0.0)
-  - fmt (11.0.2)
+  - fmt (12.1.0)
   - glog (0.3.5)
   - hermes-engine (0.14.0):
     - hermes-engine/Pre-built (= 0.14.0)
@@ -69,20 +69,20 @@ PODS:
     - boost
     - DoubleConversion
     - fast_float (= 8.0.0)
-    - fmt (= 11.0.2)
+    - fmt (= 12.1.0)
     - glog
     - RCT-Folly/Default (= 2024.11.18.00)
   - RCT-Folly/Default (2024.11.18.00):
     - boost
     - DoubleConversion
     - fast_float (= 8.0.0)
-    - fmt (= 11.0.2)
+    - fmt (= 12.1.0)
     - glog
   - RCT-Folly/Fabric (2024.11.18.00):
     - boost
     - DoubleConversion
     - fast_float (= 8.0.0)
-    - fmt (= 11.0.2)
+    - fmt (= 12.1.0)
     - glog
   - RCTDeprecation (1000.0.0)
   - RCTRequired (1000.0.0)
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ PODS:
     - React-jsinspectorcdp
     - React-jsitooling
     - React-perflogger
+    - React-RCTUIKit
     - React-runtimeexecutor
     - React-runtimescheduler
     - React-utils
@@ -152,6 +153,7 @@ PODS:
     - React-jsinspectorcdp
     - React-jsitooling
     - React-perflogger
+    - React-RCTUIKit
     - React-runtimeexecutor
     - React-runtimescheduler
     - React-utils
@@ -176,6 +178,7 @@ PODS:
     - React-jsinspectorcdp
     - React-jsitooling
     - React-perflogger
+    - React-RCTUIKit
     - React-runtimeexecutor
     - React-runtimescheduler
     - React-utils
@@ -202,6 +205,7 @@ PODS:
     - React-jsinspectorcdp
     - React-jsitooling
     - React-perflogger
+    - React-RCTUIKit
     - React-runtimeexecutor
     - React-runtimescheduler
     - React-utils
@@ -227,6 +231,7 @@ PODS:
     - React-jsinspectorcdp
     - React-jsitooling
     - React-perflogger
+    - React-RCTUIKit
     - React-runtimeexecutor
     - React-runtimescheduler
     - React-utils
@@ -252,6 +257,7 @@ PODS:
     - React-jsinspectorcdp
     - React-jsitooling
     - React-perflogger
+    - React-RCTUIKit
     - React-runtimeexecutor
     - React-runtimescheduler
     - React-utils
@@ -277,6 +283,7 @@ PODS:
     - React-jsinspectorcdp
     - React-jsitooling
     - React-perflogger
+    - React-RCTUIKit
     - React-runtimeexecutor
     - React-runtimescheduler
     - React-utils
@@ -302,6 +309,7 @@ PODS:
     - React-jsinspectorcdp
     - React-jsitooling
     - React-perflogger
+    - React-RCTUIKit
     - React-runtimeexecutor
     - React-runtimescheduler
     - React-utils
@@ -327,6 +335,7 @@ PODS:
     - React-jsinspectorcdp
     - React-jsitooling
     - React-perflogger
+    - React-RCTUIKit
     - React-runtimeexecutor
     - React-runtimescheduler
     - React-utils
@@ -352,6 +361,7 @@ PODS:
     - React-jsinspectorcdp
     - React-jsitooling
     - React-perflogger
+    - React-RCTUIKit
     - React-runtimeexecutor
     - React-runtimescheduler
     - React-utils
@@ -377,6 +387,7 @@ PODS:
     - React-jsinspectorcdp
     - React-jsitooling
     - React-perflogger
+    - React-RCTUIKit
     - React-runtimeexecutor
     - React-runtimescheduler
     - React-utils
@@ -402,6 +413,7 @@ PODS:
     - React-jsinspectorcdp
     - React-jsitooling
     - React-perflogger
+    - React-RCTUIKit
     - React-runtimeexecutor
     - React-runtimescheduler
     - React-utils
@@ -427,6 +439,7 @@ PODS:
     - React-jsinspectorcdp
     - React-jsitooling
     - React-perflogger
+    - React-RCTUIKit
     - React-runtimeexecutor
     - React-runtimescheduler
     - React-utils
@@ -452,6 +465,7 @@ PODS:
     - React-jsinspectorcdp
     - React-jsitooling
     - React-perflogger
+    - React-RCTUIKit
     - React-runtimeexecutor
     - React-runtimescheduler
     - React-utils
@@ -477,6 +491,7 @@ PODS:
     - React-jsinspectorcdp
     - React-jsitooling
     - React-perflogger
+    - React-RCTUIKit
     - React-runtimeexecutor
     - React-runtimescheduler
     - React-utils
@@ -2243,6 +2258,7 @@ PODS:
   - React-RCTText (1000.0.0):
     - React-Core/RCTTextHeaders (= 1000.0.0)
     - Yoga
+  - React-RCTUIKit (1000.0.0)
   - React-RCTVibration (1000.0.0):
     - boost
     - DoubleConversion
@@ -2611,6 +2627,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES:
   - React-RCTSettings (from `../react-native/Libraries/Settings`)
   - React-RCTTest (from `./RCTTest`)
   - React-RCTText (from `../react-native/Libraries/Text`)
+  - React-RCTUIKit (from `../react-native/`)
   - React-RCTVibration (from `../react-native/Libraries/Vibration`)
   - React-rendererconsistency (from `../react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/consistency`)
   - React-renderercss (from `../react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/css`)
@@ -2766,6 +2783,8 @@ EXTERNAL SOURCES:
     :path: "./RCTTest"
   React-RCTText:
     :path: "../react-native/Libraries/Text"
+  React-RCTUIKit:
+    :path: "../react-native/"
   React-RCTVibration:
     :path: "../react-native/Libraries/Vibration"
   React-rendererconsistency:
@@ -2807,88 +2826,89 @@ SPEC CHECKSUMS:
   boost: cea1d4f90a3a59537f3deb03ff5656489d7133dd
   DoubleConversion: d31b1eb37f6d6f456530c4fd9124b857d6889cab
   fast_float: 20817c22759af6ac8d4d67e6e059b8b499953656
-  FBLazyVector: 39923071cccd964d01be1545529c0bac8fba8d79
-  fmt: 24e7591456deb60b4a77518f83d9a916ac84223f
+  FBLazyVector: 7facd7eeba31e00bda83b8fa6805ed7d3c547385
+  fmt: 4cf0c5ec5864511c96d8d4bd7b03c3c69040af06
   glog: 0b31c25149b9d350b2666c7d459229861a00ec07
-  hermes-engine: 0a457fd3933bf730487430adbc099fb7563e294e
+  hermes-engine: 2f8340468061adb07e10892988891532c23a3e00
   MyNativeView: e21c7b329ad7f4eccdc0d7d708379af1d4f44ef3
   NativeCxxModuleExample: 5f272184e6d41b01d4e718fbc9dbc288695ef309
   OCMock: 589f2c84dacb1f5aaf6e4cec1f292551fe748e74
-  RCT-Folly: c803cf33238782d5fd21a5e02d44f64068e0e130
+  RCT-Folly: a3d9b23289a456c318f4814703664bdc33c771cc
   RCTDeprecation: 3808e36294137f9ee5668f4df2e73dc079cd1dcf
-  RCTRequired: c24c57745ac975cd63b68ccdea84d890af12eb56
-  RCTSwiftUI: 97b5f35eedd65593b1f3ddf7a7a0e2fbba14abda
-  RCTSwiftUIWrapper: cc711531259ab8b322ca74f80c77f669c38dd3b2
-  RCTTypeSafety: d13817c0e4e0e9dad7c18e3b06da02fa487c3b9b
-  React: e725d205a18d82b2de47a117698a9e4ec0a06d95
-  React-callinvoker: bd36e59ac38e0f266a05cc7617266c1ffb32d1e7
-  React-Core: b9f490af64f14ee1f858327e0537d1a72ee126c2
-  React-CoreModules: 19b599f26e48a50b626e745482f0f7c877b4a091
-  React-cxxreact: 1ff50af33800f3da9f46b6713ecbe030f879546c
-  React-debug: 50c3b56e5b89536f26e415d75ac7734949ee6092
-  React-defaultsnativemodule: ccfbdba74283919605ed855f8a59c480ee331bd0
-  React-domnativemodule: 912909077c86e4d05027f5459cbddb362e3c295e
-  React-Fabric: 5dc4273d802187a6871caf6edf8f6585d5c7349c
-  React-FabricComponents: 606c911f41c23af43038b498d933eb84b58642df
-  React-FabricImage: 41ccf19fbc1ecb55d3a8943dbbfb7b85ffeef0c8
-  React-featureflags: 0dc3e97ff14325357ed9d61f1a69fb7f77fee488
-  React-featureflagsnativemodule: ef134cd26c0243d6c9afd6aedf09b0a824e59127
-  React-graphics: b02a3faf2ee2e406de39e125888fd5c0f8ef4a9d
-  React-hermes: 6279eef8fdb11387013b1462e8d38d9174314056
-  React-idlecallbacksnativemodule: afe87ba4776559e631957ba240000a75e4502516
-  React-ImageManager: 67890bccc73594dc7dd7d834a04281d8a636b87c
-  React-jserrorhandler: f0d22ae95c03009c3a8e78d788fdbc560f600aab
-  React-jsi: faa358b34b948add69ffcf0864848702089ef1cb
-  React-jsiexecutor: fdff554a3c4477a5d97deccc4e2aaa3de321140c
-  React-jsinspector: 96605534a219bd5c07724ffd22809cc864c804f3
-  React-jsinspectorcdp: 1138cf0030d40916a9ac8dea94fb69552d2c6b40
-  React-jsinspectornetwork: 269472e28a060b91881f4989f0e8db964ab6bd81
-  React-jsinspectortracing: ea97d76f3d39901b2bbe6d49d71dd69e185f95e4
-  React-jsitooling: 26fd471722b8440baf700fbd225db5e44d24dbea
-  React-jsitracing: 9fb524f6083ce81b117a2094812b0688784a6477
-  React-logger: 1e6fa30a221a25f8fc8bfc58aa9d5bc4cebf53aa
-  React-Mapbuffer: 0570a5ec04d069ed428812d50abb64c5ba36dd5b
-  React-microtasksnativemodule: 3a9034a1bf10a5df51fac2d6852c7c786149e2b9
-  React-NativeModulesApple: 51aef0f9065fa40f515816855641b6d2a25ed130
-  React-networking: d7565cc774c5f15b3c7f4796823315c4362aa051
-  React-oscompat: d1c2dc1d9020179c26c168a23a3921050e3519d9
-  React-perflogger: 75b374b2ed2bd58d89d9b4ddf87bf53a6c97e2e4
-  React-performancecdpmetrics: 8ddbeec7190c2de475a83f0fb90337270cb19231
-  React-performancetimeline: 2f51235f338149d85b109af716817b2bc00000eb
-  React-RCTActionSheet: 36def60fb33413d4655766c9edd1243bf6de0039
-  React-RCTAnimation: e57497c6d94e5e9ccc1ab516d2facb352bcf7e9e
-  React-RCTAppDelegate: 1483374fb3c8606cef7153fae4c2d01a07965d75
-  React-RCTBlob: 958db446665053836e92f8d5ca30cea01cd1448d
-  React-RCTFabric: 5ec8df5c7c2235c71390afa0043498260320b9d1
-  React-RCTFBReactNativeSpec: 069d4bb334c8e533c7b37dbabcae102f6baf5795
-  React-RCTImage: 6bf941bd884cf2a6dc29066bfc375ee809394756
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diff --git a/packages/rn-tester/js/examples/KeyboardEventsExample/KeyboardEventsExample.js b/packages/rn-tester/js/examples/KeyboardEventsExample/KeyboardEventsExample.js
index 85ae8d1bd7ce..ac5cb91a911d 100644
--- a/packages/rn-tester/js/examples/KeyboardEventsExample/KeyboardEventsExample.js
+++ b/packages/rn-tester/js/examples/KeyboardEventsExample/KeyboardEventsExample.js
@@ -318,8 +318,8 @@ function LegacyValidKeysExample(): React.Node {
   return (
     <View style={{marginTop: 10}}>
       <Text style={styles.description}>
-        These components use the legacy validKeysDown / validKeysUp props. The
-        JS compat layer converts them to modern keyDownEvents / keyUpEvents
+        These components use the DEPRECATED validKeysDown / validKeysUp props.
+        The JS compat layer converts them to modern keyDownEvents / keyUpEvents
         under the hood.
       </Text>
 
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ function LegacyValidKeysExample(): React.Node {
         <Text style={styles.inputLabel}>
           validKeysDown: ['a', 'b', 'Enter'] (string format)
         </Text>
-        {/* $FlowFixMe[prop-missing] Legacy props not in type definitions */}
+        {/* $FlowFixMe[incompatible-type] deprecated keyboard props not in type definitions */}
         <Pressable
           ref={ref1}
           focusable={true}
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ function LegacyValidKeysExample(): React.Node {
         <Text style={styles.inputLabel}>
           validKeysDown: [Cmd+s, Ctrl+z] (object format)
         </Text>
-        {/* $FlowFixMe[prop-missing] Legacy props not in type definitions */}
+        {/* $FlowFixMe[incompatible-type] Legacy props not in type definitions */}
         <Pressable
           ref={ref2}
           focusable={true}
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ function LegacyValidKeysExample(): React.Node {
         <Text style={styles.inputLabel}>
           passthroughAllKeyEvents + validKeysDown: ['Enter']
         </Text>
-        {/* $FlowFixMe[prop-missing] Legacy props not in type definitions */}
+        {/* $FlowFixMe[incompatible-type] Legacy props not in type definitions */}
         <Pressable
           ref={ref3}
           focusable={true}
diff --git a/packages/virtualized-lists/package.json b/packages/virtualized-lists/package.json
index 12fe56d9b683..8397042e6144 100644
--- a/packages/virtualized-lists/package.json
+++ b/packages/virtualized-lists/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@react-native-macos/virtualized-lists",
-  "version": "0.83.0-main",
+  "version": "1000.0.0",
   "private": true,
   "description": "Virtualized lists for React Native macOS.",
   "license": "MIT",
diff --git a/scripts/releases/ios-prebuild/configuration.js b/scripts/releases/ios-prebuild/configuration.js
index 5719eaf3d13d..180df44fb322 100644
--- a/scripts/releases/ios-prebuild/configuration.js
+++ b/scripts/releases/ios-prebuild/configuration.js
@@ -80,9 +80,9 @@ const dependencies /*: $ReadOnlyArray<Dependency> */ = [
   },
   {
     name: 'fmt',
-    version: '11.0.2',
+    version: '12.1.0', // [macOS]
     url: new URL(
-      'https://github.com/fmtlib/fmt/archive/refs/tags/11.0.2.tar.gz',
+      'https://github.com/fmtlib/fmt/archive/refs/tags/12.1.0.tar.gz', // [macOS]
     ),
     files: {
       sources: ['src/format.cc', 'include/fmt/*.h'],