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 38f3da01ca769c..d06b0aa8d1c2bf 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/View/RCTViewComponentView.mm
+++ b/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/View/RCTViewComponentView.mm
@@ -371,6 +371,11 @@ - (void)updateProps:(const Props::Shared &)props oldProps:(const Props::Shared &
     self.accessibilityIdentifier = RCTNSStringFromString(newViewProps.testId);
   }
 
+  // `zIndex`
+  if (oldViewProps.zIndex != newViewProps.zIndex) {
+    self.layer.zPosition = newViewProps.zIndex.value_or(0);
+  }
+
   _needsInvalidateLayer = _needsInvalidateLayer || needsInvalidateLayer;
 
   _props = std::static_pointer_cast<const ViewProps>(props);
diff --git a/packages/rn-tester/js/examples/Transform/TransformExample.js b/packages/rn-tester/js/examples/Transform/TransformExample.js
index d0a2e7113c5e79..48ac0e0e4be6ee 100644
--- a/packages/rn-tester/js/examples/Transform/TransformExample.js
+++ b/packages/rn-tester/js/examples/Transform/TransformExample.js
@@ -255,6 +255,7 @@ const styles = StyleSheet.create({
     justifyContent: 'center',
     backgroundColor: 'blue',
     backfaceVisibility: 'hidden',
+    zIndex: 1024,
   },
   flipCard1: {
     position: 'absolute',