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 0dd52234048f..6e20d03f6438 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/View/RCTViewComponentView.mm
+++ b/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/View/RCTViewComponentView.mm
@@ -1762,7 +1762,9 @@ - (void)focus
 
 - (void)blur
 {
-  [[self window] resignFirstResponder];
+  if ([[self window] firstResponder] == self) {
+    [[self window] makeFirstResponder:nil];
+  }
 }
 
 - (BOOL)needsPanelToBecomeKey
diff --git a/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/VirtualView/RCTVirtualViewComponentView.mm b/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/VirtualView/RCTVirtualViewComponentView.mm
index 20f44da228d1..0a81e6391571 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/VirtualView/RCTVirtualViewComponentView.mm
+++ b/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/VirtualView/RCTVirtualViewComponentView.mm
@@ -171,6 +171,18 @@ - (NSArray *)accessibilityChildren
   [self _unhideIfNeeded];
   return [super accessibilityChildren];
 }
+
+- (BOOL)acceptsFirstResponder
+{
+  [self _unhideIfNeeded];
+  return [super acceptsFirstResponder];
+}
+
+- (id)accessibilityHitTest:(NSPoint)point
+{
+  [self _unhideIfNeeded];
+  return [super accessibilityHitTest:point];
+}
 #endif // macOS]
 
 - (void)prepareForRecycle
diff --git a/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/Mounting/RCTMountingManager.mm b/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/Mounting/RCTMountingManager.mm
index 9f5114766e72..506768a6c1b5 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/Mounting/RCTMountingManager.mm
+++ b/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/Mounting/RCTMountingManager.mm
@@ -346,7 +346,12 @@ - (void)synchronouslyDispatchAccessbilityEventOnUIThread:(ReactTag)reactTag even
     RCTUIView<RCTComponentViewProtocol> *componentView = [_componentViewRegistry findComponentViewWithTag:reactTag]; // [macOS]
 #if !TARGET_OS_OSX // [macOS]
     UIAccessibilityPostNotification(UIAccessibilityLayoutChangedNotification, componentView);
-#endif // [macOS]
+#else // [macOS
+    if (componentView != nil) {
+      [[componentView window] makeFirstResponder:componentView];
+      NSAccessibilityPostNotification(componentView, NSAccessibilityFocusedUIElementChangedNotification);
+    }
+#endif // macOS]
   }
 }