diff --git a/patches/react-native@0.81.5.patch b/patches/react-native@0.81.5.patch
index 4a04d61383..d7e0d10328 100644
--- a/patches/react-native@0.81.5.patch
+++ b/patches/react-native@0.81.5.patch
@@ -11,6 +11,29 @@ index 914a2494a57923fbf185644b7e2bb8aca8848e56..0deac55f22350f5e8377d8963fb1c243
  @end
  
  NS_ASSUME_NONNULL_END
+diff --git a/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/ScrollView/RCTPullToRefreshViewComponentView.mm b/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/ScrollView/RCTPullToRefreshViewComponentView.mm
+index 0d231bc8aa938da296eb3b981e8ac9595a43b87f..be0a10d9c4de1892fa00bcbf8d63d739b66d8ffe 100644
+--- a/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/ScrollView/RCTPullToRefreshViewComponentView.mm
++++ b/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/ScrollView/RCTPullToRefreshViewComponentView.mm
+@@ -76,7 +76,17 @@ - (void)updateProps:(const Props::Shared &)props oldProps:(const Props::Shared &
+     return;
+   }
+ 
+-  const auto &oldConcreteProps = static_cast<const PullToRefreshViewProps &>(*_props);
++  /*
++   * TODO: Remove after upgrading React Native to 0.82+ (fixed upstream by
++   * facebook/react-native#52615, #52584 and #53231).
++   * Diff against oldProps instead of _props. During the initial-layout replay
++   * from layoutSubviews, _props already holds the new props, so diffing
++   * against it is a no-op and tintColor/progressViewOffset are never applied
++   * on mount (facebook/react-native#56343). oldProps is null-guarded because
++   * the create-mutation path passes nullptr.
++   */
++  const auto &oldConcreteProps = static_cast<const PullToRefreshViewProps &>(
++      oldProps ? *oldProps : *PullToRefreshViewShadowNode::defaultSharedProps());
+   const auto &newConcreteProps = static_cast<const PullToRefreshViewProps &>(*props);
+ 
+   if (newConcreteProps.tintColor != oldConcreteProps.tintColor) {
 diff --git a/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/ScrollView/RCTScrollViewComponentView.mm b/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/ScrollView/RCTScrollViewComponentView.mm
 index 1494fd225aff1fa0429e917404d6b4ca5fc961c5..df643f5c844ad2e684de5161528eba17f4a188d0 100644
 --- a/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/ScrollView/RCTScrollViewComponentView.mm
diff --git a/patches/react-native@0.81.5.patch.md b/patches/react-native@0.81.5.patch.md
index 7b44346c23..adf2e4912d 100644
--- a/patches/react-native@0.81.5.patch.md
+++ b/patches/react-native@0.81.5.patch.md
@@ -12,6 +12,19 @@ Patching `RCTRefreshControl.m` and `RCTRefreshControl.h` to add a new `forwarder
 This method is used by `ExpoScrollForwarder` to initiate a refresh of the underlying `UIScrollView` from inside that
 module.
 
+## RCTPullToRefreshViewComponentView.mm Patch - RefreshControl initial props dropped on New Arch
+
+**TODO: Remove after bumping React Native to 0.82+** (fixed upstream by facebook/react-native#52615, #52584
+and #53231).
+
+On Fabric, `updateProps` diffs against `_props`, but the initial-layout replay in `layoutSubviews` passes
+`_props` as the new props too, so the diff is a no-op and `tintColor`/`progressViewOffset`/`title` are never
+applied on mount. This hides the pull-to-refresh spinner behind the floating home header (it stays at offset
+0 instead of `headerOffset`). We diff against the `oldProps` argument instead, null-guarded with default
+props for the create-mutation path.
+
+Issue: https://github.com/facebook/react-native/issues/56343
+
 ## RCTTextLayoutManager.mm Patch - Text overflows instead of wrapping on the last line
 
 Issue: https://github.com/react/react-native/issues/53450#issuecomment-3298157830