diff --git a/packages/react-native/Libraries/Animated/AnimatedImplementation.js b/packages/react-native/Libraries/Animated/AnimatedImplementation.js
index a11574478a35ce..0677cc0fd4b280 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/Libraries/Animated/AnimatedImplementation.js
+++ b/packages/react-native/Libraries/Animated/AnimatedImplementation.js
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ import AnimatedValue from './nodes/AnimatedValue';
 import AnimatedValueXY from './nodes/AnimatedValueXY';
 
 export type CompositeAnimation = {
-  start: (callback?: ?EndCallback) => void,
+  start: (callback?: ?EndCallback, isLooping?: boolean) => void,
   stop: () => void,
   reset: () => void,
   _startNativeLoop: (iterations?: number) => void,
@@ -234,8 +234,8 @@ const timing = function (
 
   return (
     maybeVectorAnim(value, config, timing) || {
-      start: function (callback?: ?EndCallback): void {
-        start(value, config, callback);
+      start: function (callback?: ?EndCallback, isLooping?: boolean): void {
+        start(value, {...config, isLooping}, callback);
       },
 
       stop: function (): void {
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ const sequence = function (
 ): CompositeAnimation {
   let current = 0;
   return {
-    start: function (callback?: ?EndCallback) {
+    start: function (callback?: ?EndCallback, isLooping?: boolean) {
       const onComplete = function (result: EndResult) {
         if (!result.finished) {
           callback && callback(result);
@@ -321,13 +321,13 @@ const sequence = function (
           return;
         }
 
-        animations[current].start(onComplete);
+        animations[current].start(onComplete, isLooping);
       };
 
       if (animations.length === 0) {
         callback && callback({finished: true});
       } else {
-        animations[current].start(onComplete);
+        animations[current].start(onComplete, isLooping);
       }
     },
 
@@ -477,7 +477,7 @@ const loop = function (
         } else {
           iterationsSoFar++;
           resetBeforeIteration && animation.reset();
-          animation.start(restart);
+          animation.start(restart, iterations === -1);
         }
       };
       if (!animation || iterations === 0) {
diff --git a/packages/react-native/Libraries/Animated/animations/Animation.js b/packages/react-native/Libraries/Animated/animations/Animation.js
index c93dc21f58b7b0..357af8c30fb107 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/Libraries/Animated/animations/Animation.js
+++ b/packages/react-native/Libraries/Animated/animations/Animation.js
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import type {PlatformConfig} from '../AnimatedPlatformConfig';
 import type AnimatedNode from '../nodes/AnimatedNode';
 import type AnimatedValue from '../nodes/AnimatedValue';
 
+import * as ReactNativeFeatureFlags from '../../../src/private/featureflags/ReactNativeFeatureFlags';
 import NativeAnimatedHelper from '../NativeAnimatedHelper';
 import AnimatedProps from '../nodes/AnimatedProps';
 
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ export type AnimationConfig = {
   platformConfig?: PlatformConfig,
   onComplete?: ?EndCallback,
   iterations?: number,
+  isLooping?: boolean,
 };
 
 let startNativeAnimationNextId = 1;
@@ -38,6 +40,7 @@ export default class Animation {
   __isInteraction: boolean;
   __onEnd: ?EndCallback;
   __iterations: number;
+  __isLooping: ?boolean;
 
   _nativeId: number;
 
@@ -107,6 +110,13 @@ export default class Animation {
           if (value != null) {
             animatedValue.__onAnimatedValueUpdateReceived(value);
 
+            if (
+              ReactNativeFeatureFlags.shouldSkipStateUpdatesForLoopingAnimations() &&
+              this.__isLooping
+            ) {
+              return;
+            }
+
             // Once the JS side node is synced with the updated values, trigger an
             // update on the AnimatedProps nodes to call any registered callbacks.
             this.__findAnimatedPropsNodes(animatedValue).forEach(node =>
diff --git a/packages/react-native/Libraries/Animated/animations/TimingAnimation.js b/packages/react-native/Libraries/Animated/animations/TimingAnimation.js
index a32c7543c68ba4..cbcc81629c42ad 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/Libraries/Animated/animations/TimingAnimation.js
+++ b/packages/react-native/Libraries/Animated/animations/TimingAnimation.js
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ export default class TimingAnimation extends Animation {
     this._useNativeDriver = NativeAnimatedHelper.shouldUseNativeDriver(config);
     this._platformConfig = config.platformConfig;
     this.__isInteraction = config.isInteraction ?? !this._useNativeDriver;
+    this.__isLooping = config.isLooping;
   }
 
   __getNativeAnimationConfig(): any {
diff --git a/packages/react-native/Libraries/__tests__/__snapshots__/public-api-test.js.snap b/packages/react-native/Libraries/__tests__/__snapshots__/public-api-test.js.snap
index fdcb485b26abca..910d0b3f0f4fd3 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/Libraries/__tests__/__snapshots__/public-api-test.js.snap
+++ b/packages/react-native/Libraries/__tests__/__snapshots__/public-api-test.js.snap
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ declare export class AnimatedEvent {
 
 exports[`public API should not change unintentionally Libraries/Animated/AnimatedImplementation.js 1`] = `
 "export type CompositeAnimation = {
-  start: (callback?: ?EndCallback) => void,
+  start: (callback?: ?EndCallback, isLooping?: boolean) => void,
   stop: () => void,
   reset: () => void,
   _startNativeLoop: (iterations?: number) => void,
@@ -521,12 +521,14 @@ export type AnimationConfig = {
   platformConfig?: PlatformConfig,
   onComplete?: ?EndCallback,
   iterations?: number,
+  isLooping?: boolean,
 };
 declare export default class Animation {
   __active: boolean;
   __isInteraction: boolean;
   __onEnd: ?EndCallback;
   __iterations: number;
+  __isLooping: ?boolean;
   _nativeId: number;
   start(
     fromValue: number,
diff --git a/packages/react-native/scripts/featureflags/ReactNativeFeatureFlags.config.js b/packages/react-native/scripts/featureflags/ReactNativeFeatureFlags.config.js
index 7b6893b3693e11..f092601a56ad1d 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/scripts/featureflags/ReactNativeFeatureFlags.config.js
+++ b/packages/react-native/scripts/featureflags/ReactNativeFeatureFlags.config.js
@@ -242,6 +242,11 @@ const definitions: FeatureFlagDefinitions = {
       description:
         'Function used to enable / disabled Layout Animations in React Native.',
     },
+    shouldSkipStateUpdatesForLoopingAnimations: {
+      defaultValue: false,
+      description:
+        'If the animation is within Animated.loop, we do not send state updates to React.',
+    },
     shouldUseAnimatedObjectForTransform: {
       defaultValue: false,
       description:
diff --git a/packages/react-native/src/private/featureflags/ReactNativeFeatureFlags.js b/packages/react-native/src/private/featureflags/ReactNativeFeatureFlags.js
index ebbdb13b3a03c1..f396bc2e38f85b 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/src/private/featureflags/ReactNativeFeatureFlags.js
+++ b/packages/react-native/src/private/featureflags/ReactNativeFeatureFlags.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
  * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
  *
- * @generated SignedSource<<f734c5d2afd065af224c5051ac3e737f>>
+ * @generated SignedSource<<b914ca36b2ab729f1262384d83b684b7>>
  * @flow strict-local
  */
 
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ export type ReactNativeFeatureFlagsJsOnly = {
   animatedShouldUseSingleOp: Getter<boolean>,
   enableAccessToHostTreeInFabric: Getter<boolean>,
   isLayoutAnimationEnabled: Getter<boolean>,
+  shouldSkipStateUpdatesForLoopingAnimations: Getter<boolean>,
   shouldUseAnimatedObjectForTransform: Getter<boolean>,
   shouldUseRemoveClippedSubviewsAsDefaultOnIOS: Getter<boolean>,
   shouldUseSetNativePropsInFabric: Getter<boolean>,
@@ -107,6 +108,11 @@ export const enableAccessToHostTreeInFabric: Getter<boolean> = createJavaScriptF
  */
 export const isLayoutAnimationEnabled: Getter<boolean> = createJavaScriptFlagGetter('isLayoutAnimationEnabled', true);
 
+/**
+ * If the animation is within Animated.loop, we do not send state updates to React.
+ */
+export const shouldSkipStateUpdatesForLoopingAnimations: Getter<boolean> = createJavaScriptFlagGetter('shouldSkipStateUpdatesForLoopingAnimations', false);
+
 /**
  * Enables use of AnimatedObject for animating transform values.
  */