diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ecf8495d94..9b0bcd6de5 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -88,8 +88,8 @@
     "@bsky.app/expo-image-crop-tool": "^0.5.0",
     "@bsky.app/expo-translate-text": "^0.2.9",
     "@bsky.app/react-native-mmkv": "2.12.5",
-    "@bsky.app/sift": "^0.2.9",
-    "@bsky.app/tapper": "^0.4.2",
+    "@bsky.app/sift": "^0.2.11",
+    "@bsky.app/tapper": "^0.4.3",
     "@discord/bottom-sheet": "bluesky-social/react-native-bottom-sheet",
     "@emoji-mart/data": "^1.2.1",
     "@emoji-mart/react": "^1.1.1",
diff --git a/src/components/Composer/index.tsx b/src/components/Composer/index.tsx
index ab97f88065..91095c990e 100644
--- a/src/components/Composer/index.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Composer/index.tsx
@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@ export function Composer({
     placement: autocompletePlacement,
     dynamicWidth: IS_WEB,
     insets,
+    anchorRef: autocompleteAnchorRef,
   })
 
   /*
@@ -178,12 +179,6 @@ export function Composer({
     [tapper.input, tapper.insert, inputScrollSharedValue],
   )
 
-  useEffect(() => {
-    if (autocompleteAnchorRef) {
-      sift.refs.setAnchor(autocompleteAnchorRef.current)
-    }
-  }, [sift.refs])
-
   /*
    * Skip the initial mount to avoid an unnecessary re-render — the parent
    * already knows the initial value since it passed `initialText`.
@@ -294,42 +289,48 @@ export function Composer({
   useOnKeyboard('keyboardDidShow', updateAutocompletePosition)
   useOnKeyboard('keyboardDidHide', updateAutocompletePosition)
 
+  const textContent = (
+    <Text style={[textStyle, web({whiteSpace: 'pre-wrap'})]}>
+      {tapper.state.nodes.map((node, i) => {
+        switch (node.type) {
+          case 'text':
+            return <Span key={i}>{node.value}</Span>
+          case 'trigger':
+          case 'facet':
+            return (
+              <Span
+                key={i}
+                ref={IS_WEB ? sift.refs.setAnchor : undefined}
+                style={
+                  node.type === 'facet' && {
+                    color: t.palette.primary_500,
+                  }
+                }>
+                {node.raw}
+              </Span>
+            )
+        }
+      })}
+    </Text>
+  )
+
   return (
     <>
       <View style={[a.relative, outerStyle]}>
-        <View
-          pointerEvents="none"
-          style={[a.absolute, a.inset_0, a.z_10, {overflow: 'hidden'}]}>
-          <Animated.View
-            style={[
-              contentPaddingStyle,
-              {position: 'absolute', left: 0, right: 0},
-              previewScrollStyle,
-            ]}>
-            <Text style={[textStyle, web({whiteSpace: 'pre-wrap'})]}>
-              {tapper.state.nodes.map((node, i) => {
-                switch (node.type) {
-                  case 'text':
-                    return <Span key={i}>{node.value}</Span>
-                  case 'trigger':
-                  case 'facet':
-                    return (
-                      <Span
-                        key={i}
-                        ref={IS_WEB ? sift.refs.setAnchor : undefined}
-                        style={
-                          node.type === 'facet' && {
-                            color: t.palette.primary_500,
-                          }
-                        }>
-                        {node.raw}
-                      </Span>
-                    )
-                }
-              })}
-            </Text>
-          </Animated.View>
-        </View>
+        {IS_WEB && (
+          <View
+            pointerEvents="none"
+            style={[a.absolute, a.inset_0, a.z_10, {overflow: 'hidden'}]}>
+            <Animated.View
+              style={[
+                contentPaddingStyle,
+                {position: 'absolute', left: 0, right: 0},
+                previewScrollStyle,
+              ]}>
+              {textContent}
+            </Animated.View>
+          </View>
+        )}
         <AutosizedTextarea
           placeholderTextColor={t.palette.contrast_500}
           accessibilityLabel={label}
@@ -374,8 +375,9 @@ export function Composer({
           onCompositionEnd={() => {
             isComposing.current = false
           }}
-          onUpdateHeight={updateAutocompletePosition}
-        />
+          onUpdateHeight={updateAutocompletePosition}>
+          {IS_WEB ? null : textContent}
+        </AutosizedTextarea>
       </View>
 
       {activeFacet && activeFacet.type !== 'url' && (
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 8255b66f06..d4dc66636e 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -2413,15 +2413,15 @@
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@bsky.app/react-native-mmkv/-/react-native-mmkv-2.12.5.tgz#eb17d31a6158c74393f617a1763ac223ff3f83a6"
   integrity sha512-3vUz1nQY1DiKIPAWRkpp5ZGxH5f2G6Ui0UuQuEYjYv81xx1qFcSzS9KQ2sHcOKYdkOM9amWV2Q8TQCxt1lrAHg==
 
-"@bsky.app/sift@^0.2.9":
-  version "0.2.9"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@bsky.app/sift/-/sift-0.2.9.tgz#517710b850551846482e68c201750d1dfd549792"
-  integrity sha512-6eQzQ+xKkc0HcGzs96HaadKx+YfaCQwWO52S5VReyxuSii4Xz+bFZ4pjtHnH0NU/lB9W3llMLmjrV+Y5hGozhA==
+"@bsky.app/sift@^0.2.11":
+  version "0.2.11"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@bsky.app/sift/-/sift-0.2.11.tgz#ea5f7b3eaa6314b6eab331fba966f5ada6744d00"
+  integrity sha512-aQMNwZ78ot4oYMtLPVGOaPn7DQ1y+MeVKRXqLP0dfGNDgw/BKWIaTi/73IcIeM7x41/2J1ncIGKUbAj1vzIoLQ==
 
-"@bsky.app/tapper@^0.4.2":
-  version "0.4.2"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@bsky.app/tapper/-/tapper-0.4.2.tgz#a01355f87bb17c4767cb66930a9d1e65904b298a"
-  integrity sha512-64+EI5zzIFAMnLFlHFRuS0L26ANCLnMQS1Q4GszOo6/vhWko6opQA0yYowizEFHCQ73uiquaup2Oc8m7pDSxTA==
+"@bsky.app/tapper@^0.4.3":
+  version "0.4.3"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@bsky.app/tapper/-/tapper-0.4.3.tgz#969e3bc33dfd5221d8b74ee9c854e554c51e6db0"
+  integrity sha512-7nW0EW/SBycX6EpSLYgHNjJd22gGGnutv3hyRKpS0rS9mt9Jtm8qhgkTxpajS338au/KiQRRQGUo8rqdAn7Lfw==
 
 "@crowdin/cli@^4.14.1":
   version "4.14.1"