diff --git a/ios/native/NativeProxy.mm b/ios/native/NativeProxy.mm
index 0b9779eb785..682093f376e 100644
--- a/ios/native/NativeProxy.mm
+++ b/ios/native/NativeProxy.mm
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ static id convertJSIValueToObjCObject(jsi::Runtime &runtime, const jsi::Value &v
 
 
 #if __has_include(<reacthermes/HermesExecutorFactory.h>)
-  std::shared_ptr<jsi::Runtime> animatedRuntime = facebook::hermes::makeHermesRuntime();
+  std::unique_ptr<jsi::Runtime> animatedRuntime = facebook::hermes::makeHermesRuntime();
 #elif __has_include(<hermes/hermes.h>)
   std::unique_ptr<jsi::Runtime> animatedRuntime = facebook::hermes::makeHermesRuntime();
 #else