diff --git a/example/ios/Podfile.lock b/example/ios/Podfile.lock
index 85e5c9c..d23ae50 100644
--- a/example/ios/Podfile.lock
+++ b/example/ios/Podfile.lock
@@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ PODS:
     - React-jsi (= 0.72.7)
     - React-logger (= 0.72.7)
     - React-perflogger (= 0.72.7)
-  - rive-react-native (6.1.1):
+  - rive-react-native (6.2.2):
     - React-Core
     - RiveRuntime (= 5.5.1)
   - RiveRuntime (5.5.1)
@@ -744,7 +744,7 @@ SPEC CHECKSUMS:
   React-runtimescheduler: 7649c3b46c8dee1853691ecf60146a16ae59253c
   React-utils: 56838edeaaf651220d1e53cd0b8934fb8ce68415
   ReactCommon: 5f704096ccf7733b390f59043b6fa9cc180ee4f6
-  rive-react-native: 112e318d564488e79cef71ed192f13b5768e196b
+  rive-react-native: 201f67cb0ef9d59958cfffc078ec386d9854a8ac
   RiveRuntime: b57830ff73f406f3b4022f457b16690535ca4d05
   RNCMaskedView: 949696f25ec596bfc697fc88e6f95cf0c79669b6
   RNCPicker: 0991c56da7815c0cf946d6f63cf920b25296e5f6
@@ -755,6 +755,6 @@ SPEC CHECKSUMS:
   Yoga: 4c3aa327e4a6a23eeacd71f61c81df1bcdf677d5
   YogaKit: f782866e155069a2cca2517aafea43200b01fd5a
 
-PODFILE CHECKSUM: 165985228018ffc684f730a5317d5c648394975e
+PODFILE CHECKSUM: 2e1de35b032a6e591da83a5975df1059c489c1d8
 
-COCOAPODS: 1.11.2
+COCOAPODS: 1.11.3
diff --git a/example/ios/RiveReactNativeExample.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj b/example/ios/RiveReactNativeExample.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
index 1f01461..08ef685 100644
--- a/example/ios/RiveReactNativeExample.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
+++ b/example/ios/RiveReactNativeExample.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
@@ -907,11 +907,7 @@
 				ONLY_ACTIVE_ARCH = YES;
 				OTHER_CFLAGS = "$(inherited)";
 				OTHER_CPLUSPLUSFLAGS = "$(inherited)";
-				OTHER_LDFLAGS = (
-					"$(inherited)",
-					"-Wl",
-					"-ld_classic",
-				);
+				OTHER_LDFLAGS = "$(inherited)";
 				REACT_NATIVE_PATH = "${PODS_ROOT}/../../node_modules/react-native";
 				SDKROOT = iphoneos;
 			};
@@ -968,11 +964,7 @@
 				MTL_ENABLE_DEBUG_INFO = NO;
 				OTHER_CFLAGS = "$(inherited)";
 				OTHER_CPLUSPLUSFLAGS = "$(inherited)";
-				OTHER_LDFLAGS = (
-					"$(inherited)",
-					"-Wl",
-					"-ld_classic",
-				);
+				OTHER_LDFLAGS = "$(inherited)";
 				REACT_NATIVE_PATH = "${PODS_ROOT}/../../node_modules/react-native";
 				SDKROOT = iphoneos;
 				VALIDATE_PRODUCT = YES;
diff --git a/ios/RiveReactNative-Bridging-Header.h b/ios/RiveReactNative-Bridging-Header.h
index 373b1d7..4c94f2b 100644
--- a/ios/RiveReactNative-Bridging-Header.h
+++ b/ios/RiveReactNative-Bridging-Header.h
@@ -5,5 +5,3 @@
 #import <React/RCTUtils.h>
 #import "React/RCTExceptionsManager.h"
 #import <React/RCTView.h>
-
-
diff --git a/ios/RiveReactNativeView.swift b/ios/RiveReactNativeView.swift
index 868fdc2..7422236 100644
--- a/ios/RiveReactNativeView.swift
+++ b/ios/RiveReactNativeView.swift
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ class RiveReactNativeView: RCTView, RivePlayerDelegate, RiveStateMachineDelegate
     // MARK: - Text Runs
     func setTextRunValue(textRunName: String, textRunValue: String) throws {
         do {
-            try viewModel.setTextRunValue(textRunName, textValue: textRunValue)
+            try viewModel?.setTextRunValue(textRunName, textValue: textRunValue)
         } catch let error as NSError {
             handleRiveError(error: error)
         }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 2d313d7..4c8d91e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "rive-react-native",
-  "version": "6.2.2",
+  "version": "6.2.3",
   "description": "Rive React Native",
   "main": "lib/commonjs/index",
   "module": "lib/module/index",
@@ -149,4 +149,4 @@
       ]
     ]
   }
-}
+}
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