diff --git a/packages/react-native-codegen/.babelrc b/packages/react-native-codegen/.babelrc
index 92e8086a151..48f52627f8b 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-codegen/.babelrc
+++ b/packages/react-native-codegen/.babelrc
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {
   "plugins": [
+    "babel-plugin-syntax-hermes-parser",
     "@babel/plugin-transform-flow-strip-types",
     "@babel/plugin-syntax-dynamic-import",
     "@babel/plugin-transform-class-properties",
diff --git a/packages/react-native-codegen/package.json b/packages/react-native-codegen/package.json
index 10457667a2d..f31337c81cb 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-codegen/package.json
+++ b/packages/react-native-codegen/package.json
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
     "@babel/plugin-transform-nullish-coalescing-operator": "^7.24.7",
     "@babel/plugin-transform-optional-chaining": "^7.24.8",
     "@babel/preset-env": "^7.25.3",
+    "babel-plugin-syntax-hermes-parser": "0.33.3",
     "hermes-estree": "0.33.3",
     "micromatch": "^4.0.4",
     "prettier": "3.6.2",