diff --git a/Libraries/Text/TextInput/RCTBackedTextInputDelegate.h b/Libraries/Text/TextInput/RCTBackedTextInputDelegate.h
index 2b9fce99056462..c0f69295848ba4 100644
--- a/Libraries/Text/TextInput/RCTBackedTextInputDelegate.h
+++ b/Libraries/Text/TextInput/RCTBackedTextInputDelegate.h
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ NS_ASSUME_NONNULL_BEGIN
 - (BOOL)textInputShouldHandleDeleteBackward:(id<RCTBackedTextInputViewProtocol>)sender; // Return `YES` to have the deleteBackward event handled normally. Return `NO` to disallow it and handle it yourself. TODO(OSS Candidate ISS#2710739)
 #if TARGET_OS_OSX // [TODO(macOS GH#774)
 - (BOOL)textInputShouldHandleDeleteForward:(id<RCTBackedTextInputViewProtocol>)sender; // Return `YES` to have the deleteForward event handled normally. Return `NO` to disallow it and handle it yourself.
+
+- (void)textInputDidCancel;  // Handle `Escape` key press.
 #endif // ]TODO(macOS GH#774)
 
 @optional
diff --git a/Libraries/Text/TextInput/RCTBackedTextInputDelegateAdapter.m b/Libraries/Text/TextInput/RCTBackedTextInputDelegateAdapter.m
index 962aec932cfc93..7fd0e462b5310f 100644
--- a/Libraries/Text/TextInput/RCTBackedTextInputDelegateAdapter.m
+++ b/Libraries/Text/TextInput/RCTBackedTextInputDelegateAdapter.m
@@ -187,17 +187,17 @@ - (BOOL)control:(NSControl *)control textShouldEndEditing:(NSText *)fieldEditor
 
 - (BOOL)control:(NSControl *)control textView:(NSTextView *)fieldEditor doCommandBySelector:(SEL)commandSelector
 {
+  id<RCTBackedTextInputDelegate> textInputDelegate = [_backedTextInputView textInputDelegate];
   BOOL commandHandled = NO;
   // enter/return
   if (commandSelector == @selector(insertNewline:) || commandSelector == @selector(insertNewlineIgnoringFieldEditor:)) {
     [self textFieldDidEndEditingOnExit];
-    if ([[_backedTextInputView textInputDelegate] textInputShouldReturn]) {
+    if ([textInputDelegate textInputShouldReturn]) {
       [[_backedTextInputView window] makeFirstResponder:nil];
     }
     commandHandled = YES;
     //backspace
   } else if (commandSelector == @selector(deleteBackward:)) {
-    id<RCTBackedTextInputDelegate> textInputDelegate = [_backedTextInputView textInputDelegate];
     if (textInputDelegate != nil && ![textInputDelegate textInputShouldHandleDeleteBackward:_backedTextInputView]) {
       commandHandled = YES;
     } else {
@@ -214,7 +214,13 @@ - (BOOL)control:(NSControl *)control textView:(NSTextView *)fieldEditor doComman
     //paste
   } else if (commandSelector == @selector(paste:)) {
     _backedTextInputView.textWasPasted = YES;
-  }
+    //escape
+  } else if (commandSelector == @selector(cancelOperation:)) {
+    [textInputDelegate textInputDidCancel];
+    [[_backedTextInputView window] makeFirstResponder:nil];
+    commandHandled = YES;
+}
+
   return commandHandled;
 }
 
@@ -411,6 +417,12 @@ - (BOOL)textView:(NSTextView *)textView doCommandBySelector:(SEL)commandSelector
     //deleteForward
   } else if (commandSelector == @selector(deleteForward:)) {
     commandHandled = textInputDelegate != nil && ![textInputDelegate textInputShouldHandleDeleteForward:_backedTextInputView];
+    //escape
+  } else if (commandSelector == @selector(cancelOperation:)) {
+    [textInputDelegate textInputDidCancel];
+    [_backedTextInputView.window makeFirstResponder:nil];
+    commandHandled = YES;
+    
   }
 
   return commandHandled;
diff --git a/Libraries/Text/TextInput/RCTBaseTextInputView.m b/Libraries/Text/TextInput/RCTBaseTextInputView.m
index 1b0255dabd4cba..4e43e5591d0658 100644
--- a/Libraries/Text/TextInput/RCTBaseTextInputView.m
+++ b/Libraries/Text/TextInput/RCTBaseTextInputView.m
@@ -569,6 +569,15 @@ - (BOOL)textInputShouldHandleDeleteBackward:(__unused id)sender {
 - (BOOL)textInputShouldHandleDeleteForward:(__unused id)sender {
   return YES;
 }
+
+- (void)textInputDidCancel {
+  [_eventDispatcher sendTextEventWithType:RCTTextEventTypeKeyPress
+                                 reactTag:self.reactTag
+                                     text:nil
+                                      key:@"Escape"
+                               eventCount:_nativeEventCount];
+  [self textInputDidEndEditing];
+}
 #endif // ]TODO(macOS GH#774)
 
 - (void)updateLocalData
diff --git a/packages/rn-tester/Podfile.lock b/packages/rn-tester/Podfile.lock
index 560ff108c002f1..5d7be0985c9f61 100644
--- a/packages/rn-tester/Podfile.lock
+++ b/packages/rn-tester/Podfile.lock
@@ -542,8 +542,8 @@ SPEC CHECKSUMS:
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   CocoaAsyncSocket: 065fd1e645c7abab64f7a6a2007a48038fdc6a99
   DoubleConversion: ed15e075aa758ac0e4c1f8b830bd4e4d40d669e8
-  FBLazyVector: 11bc87f472827a73ff114494b2e80e0b805a32d7
-  FBReactNativeSpec: f58c30a99b669cb145e7a8c0c0c721de83951240
+  FBLazyVector: c6aa9a9619d963282360abc4bb47d2712717504e
+  FBReactNativeSpec: 0ca7ec65c7f09ab67e221ac5f0532b8385bc2138
   Flipper: 30e8eeeed6abdc98edaf32af0cda2f198be4b733
   Flipper-Boost-iOSX: fd1e2b8cbef7e662a122412d7ac5f5bea715403c
   Flipper-DoubleConversion: 57ffbe81ef95306cc9e69c4aa3aeeeeb58a6a28c
@@ -557,35 +557,35 @@ SPEC CHECKSUMS:
   glog: 42c4bf47024808486e90b25ea9e5ac3959047641
   libevent: 4049cae6c81cdb3654a443be001fb9bdceff7913
   OpenSSL-Universal: 1aa4f6a6ee7256b83db99ec1ccdaa80d10f9af9b
-  RCT-Folly: 5c589d0de10e841479ad79352fae591dc0e9533a
-  RCTRequired: 2eb1355625e25d08081cfe239db7d3874d77d208
-  RCTTypeSafety: 9f298b5aa98b080b67792676b6243f1ca032520c
-  React: 3cd3b5138e36d870bfefaf4a9f0e8d4d658cf499
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-  React-RCTPushNotification: 899e34163eb7e632fa5164f2c1a2b8e7fb02e7a3
-  React-RCTSettings: 8049c8ffdd76393479d731ab350d6fd0550a7549
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-  React-runtimeexecutor: c433f9ba42e6bcc0bd5e42d2710538f3591edc02
+  RCT-Folly: 43adc9ce880eb76792f88c011773cb5c664c1419
+  RCTRequired: 633fe8690af80ea0d6d1743ea0fbeee6a8de0978
+  RCTTypeSafety: 2a1aa8c0ffa214900ea5e96dd1ce844be196decc
+  React: 4f7007b4f9f59b3d935cfc415e0b3e3dd03d2021
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+  React-cxxreact: 3d44d388b2feccc0d6b2f0735cf4ac78f71c26be
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+  React-jsiexecutor: cc19fe20e9f6c261c8f1eed5727f2b724f945494
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+  React-logger: 4f94752a4d8e071ac861865ea5f1d341650b6d70
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+  React-RCTLinking: 1e0f88ba8ecc3e36fe7f4ca89e3a7bb8ba9b033d
+  React-RCTNetwork: c9ac771311a39f42c43ad5633f090e2d01d2710d
+  React-RCTPushNotification: 9398208d33368b68b6afb3887c04e3f5ae1c7049
+  React-RCTSettings: 99d2d69f4183c6e9ef89ba589a8dc77c6465a2c8
+  React-RCTTest: a57ea516520309b75fc9c152847beedf26c7926e
+  React-RCTText: 0732843b7d073ae2dd7687b95774a534c0fae0fb
+  React-RCTVibration: 8a50e8ddd4402a7b123fcfe41efd1220d1b23798
+  React-runtimeexecutor: 8993403523caba788cd6483b26a6e67384ec2224
   React-TurboModuleCxx-RNW: f2e32cbfced49190a61d66c993a8975de79a158a
-  React-TurboModuleCxx-WinRTPort: 523c514e00e9136f0d048fdce302e976e24357f1
-  ReactCommon: 57264a0de7cd051c3495c78775056e8582988388
-  Yoga: a4c667843470ecfe7ed3a1bc546889f4730534c7
+  React-TurboModuleCxx-WinRTPort: e7647958397b6cdafa0deb18f9db886d6acf6fcf
+  ReactCommon: 90d5510f055f513dd4f1123ef1883062903b56b8
+  Yoga: d7d6de52ed443bd01bfa17cb314b95e86876289b
   YogaKit: f782866e155069a2cca2517aafea43200b01fd5a
 
 PODFILE CHECKSUM: c7a7110b242497f2bf323ba74caedb9ee61ee05e
diff --git a/packages/rn-tester/RNTesterPods.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj b/packages/rn-tester/RNTesterPods.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
index ce89eabdcd82c5..68f293fe8d6ee5 100644
--- a/packages/rn-tester/RNTesterPods.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
+++ b/packages/rn-tester/RNTesterPods.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
@@ -1869,7 +1869,7 @@
 				ENABLE_BITCODE = NO;
 				ENABLE_STRICT_OBJC_MSGSEND = YES;
 				ENABLE_TESTABILITY = YES;
-				"EXCLUDED_ARCHS[sdk=iphonesimulator*]" = "arm64";
+				"EXCLUDED_ARCHS[sdk=iphonesimulator*]" = "";
 				GCC_C_LANGUAGE_STANDARD = gnu11;
 				GCC_DYNAMIC_NO_PIC = NO;
 				GCC_NO_COMMON_BLOCKS = YES;
@@ -1953,7 +1953,7 @@
 				ENABLE_BITCODE = NO;
 				ENABLE_NS_ASSERTIONS = NO;
 				ENABLE_STRICT_OBJC_MSGSEND = YES;
-				"EXCLUDED_ARCHS[sdk=iphonesimulator*]" = "arm64";
+				"EXCLUDED_ARCHS[sdk=iphonesimulator*]" = "";
 				GCC_C_LANGUAGE_STANDARD = gnu11;
 				GCC_NO_COMMON_BLOCKS = YES;
 				GCC_TREAT_INCOMPATIBLE_POINTER_TYPE_WARNINGS_AS_ERRORS = YES;