diff --git a/ios/MarkdownTextInputDecoratorView.mm b/ios/MarkdownTextInputDecoratorView.mm
index 0cec2191..eaa8a59b 100644
--- a/ios/MarkdownTextInputDecoratorView.mm
+++ b/ios/MarkdownTextInputDecoratorView.mm
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ @implementation MarkdownTextInputDecoratorView {
 #else
   __weak RCTBaseTextInputView *_textInput;
 #endif /* RCT_NEW_ARCH_ENABLED */
+  __weak UIView<RCTBackedTextInputViewProtocol> *_backedTextInputView;
   __weak RCTBackedTextFieldDelegateAdapter *_adapter;
   __weak RCTUITextView *_textView;
 }
@@ -51,11 +52,11 @@ - (void)didMoveToWindow {
 #ifdef RCT_NEW_ARCH_ENABLED
   react_native_assert([view isKindOfClass:[RCTTextInputComponentView class]] && "Previous sibling component is not an instance of RCTTextInputComponentView.");
   _textInput = (RCTTextInputComponentView *)view;
-  UIView<RCTBackedTextInputViewProtocol> *backedTextInputView = [_textInput valueForKey:@"_backedTextInputView"];
+  _backedTextInputView = [_textInput valueForKey:@"_backedTextInputView"];
 #else
   react_native_assert([view isKindOfClass:[RCTBaseTextInputView class]] && "Previous sibling component is not an instance of RCTBaseTextInputView.");
   _textInput = (RCTBaseTextInputView *)view;
-  UIView<RCTBackedTextInputViewProtocol> *backedTextInputView = _textInput.backedTextInputView;
+  _backedTextInputView = _textInput.backedTextInputView;
 #endif /* RCT_NEW_ARCH_ENABLED */
 
   _markdownUtils = [[RCTMarkdownUtils alloc] init];
@@ -63,12 +64,12 @@ - (void)didMoveToWindow {
   [_markdownUtils setMarkdownStyle:_markdownStyle];
 
   [_textInput setMarkdownUtils:_markdownUtils];
-  if ([backedTextInputView isKindOfClass:[RCTUITextField class]]) {
-    RCTUITextField *textField = (RCTUITextField *)backedTextInputView;
+  if ([_backedTextInputView isKindOfClass:[RCTUITextField class]]) {
+    RCTUITextField *textField = (RCTUITextField *)_backedTextInputView;
     _adapter = [textField valueForKey:@"textInputDelegateAdapter"];
     [_adapter setMarkdownUtils:_markdownUtils];
-  } else if ([backedTextInputView isKindOfClass:[RCTUITextView class]]) {
-    _textView = (RCTUITextView *)backedTextInputView;
+  } else if ([_backedTextInputView isKindOfClass:[RCTUITextView class]]) {
+    _textView = (RCTUITextView *)_backedTextInputView;
     [_textView setMarkdownUtils:_markdownUtils];
     NSLayoutManager *layoutManager = _textView.layoutManager; // switching to TextKit 1 compatibility mode
     layoutManager.allowsNonContiguousLayout = NO; // workaround for onScroll issue
@@ -100,11 +101,13 @@ - (void)setMarkdownStyle:(RCTMarkdownStyle *)markdownStyle
 {
   _markdownStyle = markdownStyle;
   [_markdownUtils setMarkdownStyle:markdownStyle];
+
+  // apply new styles
 #ifdef RCT_NEW_ARCH_ENABLED
-  [_textInput textInputDidChange]; // apply new styles
+  [_textInput _setAttributedString:_backedTextInputView.attributedText];
 #else
-  [_textInput setAttributedText:_textInput.attributedText]; // apply new styles
-#endif
+  [_textInput setAttributedText:_textInput.attributedText];
+#endif /* RCT_NEW_ARCH_ENABLED */
 }
 
 @end
diff --git a/ios/RCTBaseTextInputView+Markdown.h b/ios/RCTBaseTextInputView+Markdown.h
index 982a41fa..3d37adb2 100644
--- a/ios/RCTBaseTextInputView+Markdown.h
+++ b/ios/RCTBaseTextInputView+Markdown.h
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ NS_ASSUME_NONNULL_BEGIN
 
 - (void)markdown_setAttributedText:(NSAttributedString *)attributedText;
 
+- (BOOL)markdown_textOf:(NSAttributedString *)newText equals:(NSAttributedString *)oldText;
+
 - (void)markdown_updateLocalData;
 
 @end
diff --git a/ios/RCTBaseTextInputView+Markdown.mm b/ios/RCTBaseTextInputView+Markdown.mm
index e5d5bacc..209dc6bb 100644
--- a/ios/RCTBaseTextInputView+Markdown.mm
+++ b/ios/RCTBaseTextInputView+Markdown.mm
@@ -23,6 +23,16 @@ - (void)markdown_setAttributedText:(NSAttributedString *)attributedText
   [self markdown_setAttributedText:attributedText];
 }
 
+- (BOOL)markdown_textOf:(NSAttributedString *)newText equals:(NSAttributedString *)oldText
+{
+  RCTMarkdownUtils *markdownUtils = [self getMarkdownUtils];
+  if (markdownUtils != nil) {
+    return [newText isEqualToAttributedString:oldText];
+  }
+
+  return [self markdown_textOf:newText equals:oldText];
+}
+
 - (void)markdown_updateLocalData
 {
   RCTMarkdownUtils *markdownUtils = [self getMarkdownUtils];
@@ -69,6 +79,15 @@ + (void)load
       Method swizzledMethod = class_getInstanceMethod(cls, swizzledSelector);
       method_exchangeImplementations(originalMethod, swizzledMethod);
     }
+
+    {
+      // swizzle textOf
+      SEL originalSelector = @selector(textOf:equals:);
+      SEL swizzledSelector = @selector(markdown_textOf:equals:);
+      Method originalMethod = class_getInstanceMethod(cls, originalSelector);
+      Method swizzledMethod = class_getInstanceMethod(cls, swizzledSelector);
+      method_exchangeImplementations(originalMethod, swizzledMethod);
+    }
   });
 }
 
diff --git a/ios/RCTTextInputComponentView+Markdown.h b/ios/RCTTextInputComponentView+Markdown.h
index 32f8d237..346bc711 100644
--- a/ios/RCTTextInputComponentView+Markdown.h
+++ b/ios/RCTTextInputComponentView+Markdown.h
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ NS_ASSUME_NONNULL_BEGIN
 
 - (void)markdown__setAttributedString:(NSAttributedString *)attributedString;
 
-- (void)textInputDidChange;
+- (BOOL)markdown__textOf:(NSAttributedString *)newText equals:(NSAttributedString *)oldText;
+
+- (void)_setAttributedString:(NSAttributedString *)attributedString;
 
 @end
 
diff --git a/ios/RCTTextInputComponentView+Markdown.mm b/ios/RCTTextInputComponentView+Markdown.mm
index 7c79cfed..1a4581f3 100644
--- a/ios/RCTTextInputComponentView+Markdown.mm
+++ b/ios/RCTTextInputComponentView+Markdown.mm
@@ -47,16 +47,39 @@ - (void)markdown__setAttributedString:(NSAttributedString *)attributedString
   [self markdown__setAttributedString:attributedString];
 }
 
+- (BOOL)markdown__textOf:(NSAttributedString *)newText equals:(NSAttributedString *)oldText
+{
+  RCTMarkdownUtils *markdownUtils = [self getMarkdownUtils];
+  if (markdownUtils != nil) {
+    return [newText isEqualToAttributedString:oldText];
+  }
+
+  return [self markdown__textOf:newText equals:oldText];
+}
+
 + (void)load
 {
   static dispatch_once_t onceToken;
   dispatch_once(&onceToken, ^{
-    Class cls = [self class];
-    SEL originalSelector = @selector(_setAttributedString:);
-    SEL swizzledSelector = @selector(markdown__setAttributedString:);
-    Method originalMethod = class_getInstanceMethod(cls, originalSelector);
-    Method swizzledMethod = class_getInstanceMethod(cls, swizzledSelector);
-    method_exchangeImplementations(originalMethod, swizzledMethod);
+    {
+      // swizzle _setAttributedString
+      Class cls = [self class];
+      SEL originalSelector = @selector(_setAttributedString:);
+      SEL swizzledSelector = @selector(markdown__setAttributedString:);
+      Method originalMethod = class_getInstanceMethod(cls, originalSelector);
+      Method swizzledMethod = class_getInstanceMethod(cls, swizzledSelector);
+      method_exchangeImplementations(originalMethod, swizzledMethod);
+    }
+
+    {
+      // swizzle _textOf
+      Class cls = [self class];
+      SEL originalSelector = @selector(_textOf:equals:);
+      SEL swizzledSelector = @selector(markdown__textOf:equals:);
+      Method originalMethod = class_getInstanceMethod(cls, originalSelector);
+      Method swizzledMethod = class_getInstanceMethod(cls, swizzledSelector);
+      method_exchangeImplementations(originalMethod, swizzledMethod);
+    }
   });
 }