diff --git a/FabricExample/App.tsx b/FabricExample/App.tsx
index e5d153146f..1f3c1d79b1 100644
--- a/FabricExample/App.tsx
+++ b/FabricExample/App.tsx
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import App from '../apps';
 import { featureFlags } from 'react-native-screens';
 
 featureFlags.experiment.synchronousScreenUpdatesEnabled = false;
-featureFlags.experiment.synchronousHeaderConfigUpdatesEnabled = false;
+featureFlags.experiment.synchronousHeaderConfigUpdatesEnabled = true;
 featureFlags.experiment.synchronousHeaderSubviewUpdatesEnabled = false;
 featureFlags.experiment.androidResetScreenShadowStateOnOrientationChangeEnabled =
   true;
diff --git a/ios/RNSScreenStackHeaderConfig.mm b/ios/RNSScreenStackHeaderConfig.mm
index 5970e3e3a6..253d7d5fbd 100644
--- a/ios/RNSScreenStackHeaderConfig.mm
+++ b/ios/RNSScreenStackHeaderConfig.mm
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ - (void)initProps
   _reactSubviews = [NSMutableArray new];
   _backTitleVisible = YES;
   _blurEffect = RNSBlurEffectStyleNone;
+  _synchronousShadowStateUpdatesEnabled = YES;
 }
 
 RNS_IGNORE_SUPER_CALL_BEGIN
@@ -281,11 +282,10 @@ - (UIImage *)loadBackButtonImageInViewController:(UIViewController *)vc
         // in the image attribute not being updated. We manually set frame to the size of an image
         // in order to trigger proper reload that'd update the image attribute.
         RCTImageSource *imageSource = [RNSScreenStackHeaderConfig imageSourceFromImageView:imageView];
-        [imageView reactSetFrame:CGRectMake(
-                                     imageView.frame.origin.x,
-                                     imageView.frame.origin.y,
-                                     imageSource.size.width,
-                                     imageSource.size.height)];
+        [imageView reactSetFrame:CGRectMake(imageView.frame.origin.x,
+                                            imageView.frame.origin.y,
+                                            imageSource.size.width,
+                                            imageSource.size.height)];
       }
 
       UIImage *image = imageView.image;
@@ -847,13 +847,12 @@ - (void)mountChildComponentView:(UIView<RCTComponentViewProtocol> *)childCompone
     return;
   }
 
-  RCTAssert(
-      childComponentView.superview == nil,
-      @"Attempt to mount already mounted component view. (parent: %@, child: %@, index: %@, existing parent: %@)",
-      self,
-      childComponentView,
-      @(index),
-      @([childComponentView.superview tag]));
+  RCTAssert(childComponentView.superview == nil,
+            @"Attempt to mount already mounted component view. (parent: %@, child: %@, index: %@, existing parent: %@)",
+            self,
+            childComponentView,
+            @(index),
+            @([childComponentView.superview tag]));
 
   //  [_reactSubviews insertObject:(RNSScreenStackHeaderSubview *)childComponentView atIndex:index];
   [self insertReactSubview:(RNSScreenStackHeaderSubview *)childComponentView atIndex:index];
@@ -1130,23 +1129,21 @@ @implementation RNSScreenStackHeaderConfigManager
 
 @implementation RCTConvert (RNSScreenStackHeader)
 
-RCT_ENUM_CONVERTER(
-    UISemanticContentAttribute,
-    (@{
-      @"ltr" : @(UISemanticContentAttributeForceLeftToRight),
-      @"rtl" : @(UISemanticContentAttributeForceRightToLeft),
-    }),
-    UISemanticContentAttributeUnspecified,
-    integerValue)
-
-RCT_ENUM_CONVERTER(
-    UINavigationItemBackButtonDisplayMode,
-    (@{
-      @"default" : @(UINavigationItemBackButtonDisplayModeDefault),
-      @"generic" : @(UINavigationItemBackButtonDisplayModeGeneric),
-      @"minimal" : @(UINavigationItemBackButtonDisplayModeMinimal),
-    }),
-    UINavigationItemBackButtonDisplayModeDefault,
-    integerValue)
+RCT_ENUM_CONVERTER(UISemanticContentAttribute,
+                   (@{
+                     @"ltr" : @(UISemanticContentAttributeForceLeftToRight),
+                     @"rtl" : @(UISemanticContentAttributeForceRightToLeft),
+                   }),
+                   UISemanticContentAttributeUnspecified,
+                   integerValue)
+
+RCT_ENUM_CONVERTER(UINavigationItemBackButtonDisplayMode,
+                   (@{
+                     @"default" : @(UINavigationItemBackButtonDisplayModeDefault),
+                     @"generic" : @(UINavigationItemBackButtonDisplayModeGeneric),
+                     @"minimal" : @(UINavigationItemBackButtonDisplayModeMinimal),
+                   }),
+                   UINavigationItemBackButtonDisplayModeDefault,
+                   integerValue)
 
 @end
diff --git a/src/fabric/ScreenStackHeaderConfigNativeComponent.ts b/src/fabric/ScreenStackHeaderConfigNativeComponent.ts
index ba2479de0f..66388ce8cb 100644
--- a/src/fabric/ScreenStackHeaderConfigNativeComponent.ts
+++ b/src/fabric/ScreenStackHeaderConfigNativeComponent.ts
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ export interface NativeProps extends ViewProps {
   onPressHeaderBarButtonMenuItem?:
     | CT.DirectEventHandler<OnPressHeaderBarButtonMenuItemEvent>
     | undefined;
-  synchronousShadowStateUpdatesEnabled?: CT.WithDefault<boolean, false>;
+  synchronousShadowStateUpdatesEnabled?: CT.WithDefault<boolean, true>;
 
   // Experimental
   userInterfaceStyle?: CT.WithDefault<UserInterfaceStyle, 'unspecified'>;
diff --git a/src/flags.ts b/src/flags.ts
index 731b70c141..b6b2b50d8e 100644
--- a/src/flags.ts
+++ b/src/flags.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 const RNS_SYNCHRONOUS_SCREEN_STATE_UPDATES_DEFAULT = false;
-const RNS_SYNCHRONOUS_HEADER_CONFIG_STATE_UPDATES_DEFAULT = false;
+const RNS_SYNCHRONOUS_HEADER_CONFIG_STATE_UPDATES_DEFAULT = true;
 const RNS_SYNCHRONOUS_HEADER_SUBVIEW_STATE_UPDATES_DEFAULT = false;
 const RNS_ANDROID_LEGACY_TOP_INSET_BEHAVIOR_DEFAULT = false;
 const RNS_ANDROID_RESET_SCREEN_SHADOW_STATE_ON_ORIENTATION_CHANGE_DEFAULT =