Upgrade your React Native to the latest version

Outdated React Native versions increase maintenance cost and limit what your team can build. We’ll upgrade your app safely—across JS, native, and build systems—so it stays reliable and easy to extend.

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React Native Upgrades
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Why React Native
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At Scale

Why you should always keep your React Native up to date

Every new React Native version includes improvements that impact your users, your developers, and your product velocity. Staying current helps you ship faster and avoid problems that pile up over time.

Latest features

Modern React Native versions unlock new APIs, better tooling, and smoother DX. Staying current gives your team access to the tools the ecosystem is already building around.

Latest features

Modern React Native versions unlock new APIs, better tooling, and smoother DX. Staying current gives your team access to the tools the ecosystem is already building around.

Better performance

Each release includes performance improvements across platforms, from core rendering to Hermes engine enhancements and bundling efficiency.

Better performance

Each release includes performance improvements across platforms, from core rendering to Hermes engine enhancements and bundling efficiency.

Security vulnerabilities

Older versions accumulate unresolved issues, outdated transitive deps, and security risks. Upgrading reduces technical debt and simplifies future work.

Security vulnerabilities

Older versions accumulate unresolved issues, outdated transitive deps, and security risks. Upgrading reduces technical debt and simplifies future work.

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Case study

Upgraded React Native application for a global coffee brand

A global coffee brand brought their React Native stack up to date after years without upgrades. The project covered RN core, dependencies, navigation, and in-house modules—without breaking feature delivery along the way.

2 years

Age of current React Native version

52

Breaking changes addressed

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COMMON CHALLENGES

What can go wrong during a React Native upgrade?

React Native upgrades are often delayed due to concerns about regressions, build failures, or integration debt. Here are the things to watch out for.

Breaking changes

Third-party libraries often introduce breaking changes between versions. When left unaddressed during the upgrade, they can silently break features.

Deprecated features

Some dependencies are no longer maintained or compatible with newer versions. We help replace them with stable, supported options.

New Architecture

Some libraries don’t yet support Fabric or TurboModules. Enable the New Architecture can cause crashes, or prevent builds from completing.

Duplicated packages

Upgrading dependencies can result in multiple versions of the same library being installed, causing inconsistent runtime behavior, crashes, or native build conflicts.

Modular codebase

Newer React Native versions require higher Android and iOS SDK targets. If your app or its dependencies don’t support the required versions, it may fail to build or crash at runtime on certain OS versions.

Regressions

Seemingly unrelated parts of the app can break after an upgrade, even if tests pass. These often appear as layout glitches, navigation issues, or degraded performance during user interactions.

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Expert Insight

Learn how to upgrade React Native in existing brownfield applications

This is a comprehensive guide to upgrading React Native in brownfield applications, detailing the process from preparation to testing.

  • Step-by-step guide to upgrading React Native and its dependencies
  • Handling breaking changes on both JavaScript and Native side
  • Measuring performance and avoiding regressions
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React Native Upgrades

Upgrade your application to latest React Native

Upgrade React Native and all dependencies to the latest versions

We work with your teams to shift new feature development toward shared components and logic, enabling faster rollout without requiring changes to legacy areas of the app.

Enable the latest React Native features

Newer versions unlock improvements in performance, developer tools, and native integration. We ensure your app is ready to adopt features like New Architecture, C++ TurboModules, React Native Factory, and more.

Remove deprecated features and reduce technical debt

We work with your teams to shift new feature development toward shared components and logic, enabling faster rollout without requiring changes to legacy areas of the app.

Adapt to market and platform requirements

App stores and platforms regularly raise minimum SDK requirements and enforce new policies. We update your project configuration and dependencies to meet those requirements, so you can stay compliant and avoid release delays.

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Why leading companies work with Callstack

Meta Official Partners

We are official Meta partner for React Native, co-organizers of React Conf and hosts of React Universe Conf.

Working at scale

We know how to make React Native work at enterprise scale, both technically and organizationally.

React Native Core Contributors

We don’t just use React Native to build cross-platform apps, we help shape it for millions of developers.

Team at scale

We’re a team of 200+ engineers ready to start fast and scale with your needs.

Enterprise-friendly

We hold ISO certifications and follow strict security standards to make onboarding smooth and compliant.

Wide range of services

As a partner for your full application lifecycle, we offer a full range of services around React and React Native.

FAQs

Upgrading React Native often comes with a long list of questions—from technical risks to timelines and tooling. Here are answers to the most common ones, so you know what to expect before, during, and after your upgrade.

How far behind can we be before an upgrade becomes risky?

The longer you wait, the more breaking changes and unsupported libraries you accumulate. If you're more than a year behind, expect multiple manual migrations and possible rewrites of native integrations.

How long does a typical upgrade take?

Most upgrades take 1–3 weeks, depending on how outdated the stack is, how many custom native modules you use, and whether New Architecture adoption is part of the scope.

Can we skip versions and jump straight to the latest?

Yes, but some versions require step-by-step migration (e.g., for Gradle, Flipper, or Hermes changes). We help you assess whether a direct jump is possible or if a staged upgrade is safer.

Will the upgrade affect our current release cycle?

We tailor the content to your team’s level, ranging from fundamentals for new joiners to deep dives into performance, architecture, and custom native integrations.

Do we need to upgrade all our libraries too?

Yes. With full support for Windows and macOS, React Native can deliver desktop apps that feel native, because they are.

Can we adopt the new architecture during the upgrade?

If you're ready for Fabric, TurboModules, or Bridgeless mode, we can include that as part of the process, but we’ll validate support across your dependencies before flipping the switch.

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React Native Core Contributors
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We don't follow best practices, we set them
React Native Core Contributors
Trusted by Meta, Microsoft, and the community
We don't follow best practices, we set them
React Native Core Contributors
Trusted by Meta, Microsoft, and the community
We don't follow best practices, we set them
React Native Core Contributors
Trusted by Meta, Microsoft, and the community
We don't follow best practices, we set them
React Native Core Contributors
Trusted by Meta, Microsoft, and the community
We don't follow best practices, we set them
React Native Core Contributors
Trusted by Meta, Microsoft, and the community
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Hire Us

Running an old version of React Native?

Upgrade isn't optional—it's required to stay compatible with platforms, libraries, and tooling. We’ll help you update your app safely and unlock everything recent versions have to offer.

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