diff --git a/ios/MarkdownTextInputDecoratorView.mm b/ios/MarkdownTextInputDecoratorView.mm
index a77d7d53..c6ae82fb 100644
--- a/ios/MarkdownTextInputDecoratorView.mm
+++ b/ios/MarkdownTextInputDecoratorView.mm
@@ -110,12 +110,17 @@ - (void)setMarkdownStyle:(RCTMarkdownStyle *)markdownStyle
   _markdownStyle = markdownStyle;
   [_markdownUtils setMarkdownStyle:markdownStyle];
 
-  // apply new styles
+  if (_textView != nil) {
+    // We want to use `textStorage` for applying markdown when possible. Currently it's only available for UITextView
+    [_textView textDidChange];
+  } else {
+    // apply new styles
 #ifdef RCT_NEW_ARCH_ENABLED
-  [_textInput _setAttributedString:_backedTextInputView.attributedText];
+    [_textInput _setAttributedString:_backedTextInputView.attributedText];
 #else
-  [_textInput setAttributedText:_textInput.attributedText];
+    [_textInput setAttributedText:_textInput.attributedText];
 #endif /* RCT_NEW_ARCH_ENABLED */
+  }
 }
 
 @end
diff --git a/ios/RCTUITextView+Markdown.h b/ios/RCTUITextView+Markdown.h
index f792140e..40deedad 100644
--- a/ios/RCTUITextView+Markdown.h
+++ b/ios/RCTUITextView+Markdown.h
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@
 
 NS_ASSUME_NONNULL_BEGIN
 
+@interface RCTUITextView (Private)
+- (void)textDidChange;
+@end
+
 @interface RCTUITextView (Markdown)
 
 @property(nonatomic, nullable, getter=getMarkdownUtils) RCTMarkdownUtils *markdownUtils;