diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/hermes/executor/HermesExecutorFactory.cpp b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/hermes/executor/HermesExecutorFactory.cpp
index 951979499427..d83803fc4274 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/hermes/executor/HermesExecutorFactory.cpp
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/hermes/executor/HermesExecutorFactory.cpp
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ HermesExecutor::getRuntimeTargetDelegate() {
   if (!targetDelegate_) {
     targetDelegate_ =
         std::make_unique<jsinspector_modern::HermesRuntimeTargetDelegate>(
-            hermesRuntime_);
+            hermesRuntime_, *hermesRuntime_);
   }
   return *targetDelegate_;
 }
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/hermes/inspector-modern/chrome/HermesRuntimeTargetDelegate.cpp b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/hermes/inspector-modern/chrome/HermesRuntimeTargetDelegate.cpp
index 493a786518e0..3fdedaa1c9e9 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/hermes/inspector-modern/chrome/HermesRuntimeTargetDelegate.cpp
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/hermes/inspector-modern/chrome/HermesRuntimeTargetDelegate.cpp
@@ -36,8 +36,9 @@ const uint16_t HERMES_SAMPLING_FREQUENCY_HZ = 10000;
 class HermesRuntimeSamplingProfileDelegate {
  public:
   explicit HermesRuntimeSamplingProfileDelegate(
-      std::shared_ptr<HermesRuntime> hermesRuntime)
-      : hermesRuntime_(std::move(hermesRuntime)) {}
+      std::shared_ptr<jsi::Runtime> runtime,
+      hermes::HermesRuntime& hermesRuntime)
+      : runtime_(std::move(runtime)), hermesRuntime_(hermesRuntime) {}
 
   void startSampling() {
     auto* hermesAPI = jsi::castInterface<IHermesRootAPI>(makeHermesRootAPI());
@@ -52,11 +53,12 @@ class HermesRuntimeSamplingProfileDelegate {
   tracing::RuntimeSamplingProfile collectSamplingProfile() {
     return tracing::HermesRuntimeSamplingProfileSerializer::
         serializeToTracingSamplingProfile(
-            hermesRuntime_->dumpSampledTraceToProfile());
+            hermesRuntime_.dumpSampledTraceToProfile());
   }
 
  private:
-  std::shared_ptr<HermesRuntime> hermesRuntime_;
+  std::shared_ptr<jsi::Runtime> runtime_;
+  HermesRuntime& hermesRuntime_;
 };
 
 } // namespace
@@ -93,13 +95,16 @@ class HermesRuntimeTargetDelegate::Impl final : public RuntimeTargetDelegate {
  public:
   explicit Impl(
       HermesRuntimeTargetDelegate& delegate,
-      std::shared_ptr<HermesRuntime> hermesRuntime)
+      std::shared_ptr<jsi::Runtime> runtime,
+      HermesRuntime& hermesRuntime)
       : delegate_(delegate),
-        runtime_(hermesRuntime),
-        cdpDebugAPI_(CDPDebugAPI::create(*runtime_)),
+        runtime_(runtime),
+        hermesRuntime_(hermesRuntime),
+        cdpDebugAPI_(CDPDebugAPI::create(hermesRuntime_)),
         samplingProfileDelegate_(
             std::make_unique<HermesRuntimeSamplingProfileDelegate>(
-                std::move(hermesRuntime))) {}
+                std::move(runtime),
+                hermesRuntime_)) {}
 
   CDPDebugAPI& getCDPDebugAPI() {
     return *cdpDebugAPI_;
@@ -119,7 +124,7 @@ class HermesRuntimeTargetDelegate::Impl final : public RuntimeTargetDelegate {
         sessionState,
         std::move(previouslyExportedState),
         executionContextDescription,
-        *runtime_,
+        hermesRuntime_,
         delegate_,
         std::move(runtimeExecutor)));
   }
@@ -209,7 +214,7 @@ class HermesRuntimeTargetDelegate::Impl final : public RuntimeTargetDelegate {
     // properly representing the stack trace in other use cases, where native
     // frames aren't stripped on serialisation.
     return std::make_unique<HermesStackTraceWrapper>(
-        runtime_->getDebugger().captureStackTrace());
+        hermesRuntime_.getDebugger().captureStackTrace());
   }
 
   void enableSamplingProfiler() override {
@@ -267,7 +272,8 @@ class HermesRuntimeTargetDelegate::Impl final : public RuntimeTargetDelegate {
 
  private:
   HermesRuntimeTargetDelegate& delegate_;
-  std::shared_ptr<HermesRuntime> runtime_;
+  std::shared_ptr<jsi::Runtime> runtime_;
+  HermesRuntime& hermesRuntime_;
   const std::unique_ptr<CDPDebugAPI> cdpDebugAPI_;
   std::unique_ptr<HermesRuntimeSamplingProfileDelegate>
       samplingProfileDelegate_;
@@ -284,11 +290,13 @@ class HermesRuntimeTargetDelegate::Impl final
  public:
   explicit Impl(
       HermesRuntimeTargetDelegate&,
-      std::shared_ptr<HermesRuntime> hermesRuntime)
-      : FallbackRuntimeTargetDelegate{hermesRuntime->description()},
+      std::shared_ptr<jsi::Runtime> runtime,
+      HermesRuntime& hermesRuntime)
+      : FallbackRuntimeTargetDelegate{hermesRuntime.description()},
         samplingProfileDelegate_(
             std::make_unique<HermesRuntimeSamplingProfileDelegate>(
-                std::move(hermesRuntime))) {}
+                std::move(runtime),
+                hermesRuntime)) {}
 
   void enableSamplingProfiler() override {
     samplingProfileDelegate_->startSampling();
@@ -310,8 +318,9 @@ class HermesRuntimeTargetDelegate::Impl final
 #endif // HERMES_ENABLE_DEBUGGER
 
 HermesRuntimeTargetDelegate::HermesRuntimeTargetDelegate(
-    std::shared_ptr<HermesRuntime> hermesRuntime)
-    : impl_(std::make_unique<Impl>(*this, std::move(hermesRuntime))) {}
+    std::shared_ptr<jsi::Runtime> runtime,
+    HermesRuntime& hermesRuntime)
+    : impl_(std::make_unique<Impl>(*this, std::move(runtime), hermesRuntime)) {}
 
 HermesRuntimeTargetDelegate::~HermesRuntimeTargetDelegate() = default;
 
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/hermes/inspector-modern/chrome/HermesRuntimeTargetDelegate.h b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/hermes/inspector-modern/chrome/HermesRuntimeTargetDelegate.h
index 07a63f2c47e4..7edb1bd14272 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/hermes/inspector-modern/chrome/HermesRuntimeTargetDelegate.h
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/hermes/inspector-modern/chrome/HermesRuntimeTargetDelegate.h
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ class HermesRuntimeTargetDelegate : public RuntimeTargetDelegate {
   /**
    * Creates a HermesRuntimeTargetDelegate for the given runtime.
    */
-  explicit HermesRuntimeTargetDelegate(std::shared_ptr<hermes::HermesRuntime> hermesRuntime);
+  explicit HermesRuntimeTargetDelegate(std::shared_ptr<jsi::Runtime> runtime, hermes::HermesRuntime &hermesRuntime);
 
   ~HermesRuntimeTargetDelegate() override;
 
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/jsinspector-modern/tests/engines/JsiIntegrationTestHermesEngineAdapter.cpp b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/jsinspector-modern/tests/engines/JsiIntegrationTestHermesEngineAdapter.cpp
index 19a8af8c5c61..fa7f10a2f36e 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/jsinspector-modern/tests/engines/JsiIntegrationTestHermesEngineAdapter.cpp
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/jsinspector-modern/tests/engines/JsiIntegrationTestHermesEngineAdapter.cpp
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ JsiIntegrationTestHermesEngineAdapter::JsiIntegrationTestHermesEngineAdapter(
                   ::hermes::vm::CompilationMode::ForceLazyCompilation)
               .build())},
       jsExecutor_{jsExecutor},
-      runtimeTargetDelegate_{runtime_} {
+      runtimeTargetDelegate_{runtime_, *runtime_} {
   // NOTE: In React Native, registerForProfiling is called by
   // HermesInstance::unstable_initializeOnJsThread, called from
   // ReactInstance::initializeRuntime. Ideally, we should figure out how to
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/runtime/hermes/HermesInstance.cpp b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/runtime/hermes/HermesInstance.cpp
index 4e12be7a6a90..b308cfd42082 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/runtime/hermes/HermesInstance.cpp
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/runtime/hermes/HermesInstance.cpp
@@ -98,8 +98,10 @@ class DecoratedRuntime : public jsi::RuntimeDecorator<jsi::Runtime> {
 
 class HermesJSRuntime : public JSRuntime {
  public:
-  HermesJSRuntime(std::unique_ptr<HermesRuntime> runtime)
-      : runtime_(std::move(runtime)) {}
+  HermesJSRuntime(
+      std::shared_ptr<jsi::Runtime> runtime,
+      HermesRuntime& hermesRuntime)
+      : runtime_(std::move(runtime)), hermesRuntime_(hermesRuntime) {}
 
   jsi::Runtime& getRuntime() noexcept override {
     return *runtime_;
@@ -108,17 +110,18 @@ class HermesJSRuntime : public JSRuntime {
   jsinspector_modern::RuntimeTargetDelegate& getRuntimeTargetDelegate()
       override {
     if (!targetDelegate_) {
-      targetDelegate_.emplace(runtime_);
+      targetDelegate_.emplace(runtime_, hermesRuntime_);
     }
     return *targetDelegate_;
   }
 
   void unstable_initializeOnJsThread() override {
-    runtime_->registerForProfiling();
+    hermesRuntime_.registerForProfiling();
   }
 
  private:
-  std::shared_ptr<HermesRuntime> runtime_;
+  std::shared_ptr<jsi::Runtime> runtime_;
+  HermesRuntime& hermesRuntime_;
   std::optional<jsinspector_modern::HermesRuntimeTargetDelegate>
       targetDelegate_;
 };
@@ -173,7 +176,9 @@ std::unique_ptr<JSRuntime> HermesInstance::createJSRuntime(
   (void)msgQueueThread;
 #endif
 
-  return std::make_unique<HermesJSRuntime>(std::move(hermesRuntime));
+  HermesRuntime& hermesRuntimeRef = *hermesRuntime;
+  return std::make_unique<HermesJSRuntime>(
+      std::move(hermesRuntime), hermesRuntimeRef);
 }
 
 } // namespace facebook::react