diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/textinput/ReactEditText.kt b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/textinput/ReactEditText.kt
index 5858f865273f..205d5ccdb5bc 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/textinput/ReactEditText.kt
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/textinput/ReactEditText.kt
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ import android.text.TextUtils
 import android.text.TextWatcher
 import android.text.method.KeyListener
 import android.text.method.QwertyKeyListener
+import android.text.style.CharacterStyle
+import android.text.style.ParagraphStyle
 import android.util.TypedValue
 import android.view.ActionMode
 import android.view.DragEvent
@@ -1242,6 +1244,10 @@ public open class ReactEditText public constructor(context: Context) : AppCompat
       } catch (e: IndexOutOfBoundsException) {
         logSoftException(TAG, e)
       }
+      // Drop editor spans like PasswordTransformationMethod.Visible, which hold on to this view
+      stripSpansOfKind(sb, Any::class.java) { span ->
+        span !is CharacterStyle && span !is ParagraphStyle && span !is ReactSpan
+      }
     }
 
     // If we don't have text, make sure we have *something* to measure.
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/test/java/com/facebook/react/views/textinput/ReactEditTextCachedSpannableTest.kt b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/test/java/com/facebook/react/views/textinput/ReactEditTextCachedSpannableTest.kt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f4a93e116f79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/test/java/com/facebook/react/views/textinput/ReactEditTextCachedSpannableTest.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ */
+
+package com.facebook.react.views.textinput
+
+import android.provider.Settings
+import android.text.Spannable
+import android.text.method.PasswordTransformationMethod
+import android.util.DisplayMetrics
+import androidx.core.content.res.ResourcesCompat.ID_NULL
+import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReactTestHelper.createTestReactApplicationContext
+import com.facebook.react.internal.featureflags.ReactNativeFeatureFlagsForTests
+import com.facebook.react.uimanager.DisplayMetricsHolder
+import com.facebook.react.uimanager.StateWrapper
+import com.facebook.react.uimanager.ThemedReactContext
+import com.facebook.react.views.text.TextLayoutManager
+import com.facebook.testutils.shadows.ShadowSoLoader
+import org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat
+import org.junit.Before
+import org.junit.Test
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith
+import org.mockito.kotlin.mock
+import org.robolectric.RobolectricTestRunner
+import org.robolectric.RuntimeEnvironment
+import org.robolectric.annotation.Config
+
+@RunWith(RobolectricTestRunner::class)
+@Config(shadows = [ShadowSoLoader::class])
+class ReactEditTextCachedSpannableTest {
+
+  private lateinit var view: ReactEditText
+
+  @Before
+  fun setup() {
+    ReactNativeFeatureFlagsForTests.setUp()
+    val context = createTestReactApplicationContext(RuntimeEnvironment.getApplication())
+    val themedContext = ThemedReactContext(context, context.baseContext, null, ID_NULL)
+    DisplayMetricsHolder.setScreenDisplayMetrics(DisplayMetrics())
+    view = ReactTextInputManager().createViewInstance(themedContext)
+    view.id = 42
+    view.stateWrapper = mock<StateWrapper>()
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  fun testCachedSpannableDoesNotKeepPasswordSpans() {
+    Settings.System.putInt(
+        RuntimeEnvironment.getApplication().contentResolver,
+        Settings.System.TEXT_SHOW_PASSWORD,
+        1,
+    )
+    view.transformationMethod = PasswordTransformationMethod.getInstance()
+
+    view.text?.append("a")
+    view.text?.append("b")
+
+    assertThat(spanOwners(checkNotNull(view.text)))
+        .contains(PasswordTransformationMethod::class.java)
+    assertThat(spanOwners(getCachedSpannable(view.id)))
+        .doesNotContain(PasswordTransformationMethod::class.java)
+  }
+
+  private fun spanOwners(text: Spannable): List<Class<*>?> =
+      text.getSpans(0, text.length, Any::class.java).map { it.javaClass.enclosingClass }
+
+  @Suppress("UNCHECKED_CAST")
+  private fun getCachedSpannable(tag: Int): Spannable {
+    val cache =
+        TextLayoutManager::class
+            .java
+            .getDeclaredField("tagToSpannableCache")
+            .apply { isAccessible = true }
+            .get(null) as Map<Int, Spannable>
+    return checkNotNull(cache[tag])
+  }
+}