diff --git a/packages/react-native-web/src/exports/Text/__tests__/__snapshots__/index-test.js.snap b/packages/react-native-web/src/exports/Text/__tests__/__snapshots__/index-test.js.snap
index 183f3775..0b8e3bd0 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-web/src/exports/Text/__tests__/__snapshots__/index-test.js.snap
+++ b/packages/react-native-web/src/exports/Text/__tests__/__snapshots__/index-test.js.snap
@@ -107,6 +107,15 @@ exports[`components/Text prop "hrefAttrs" requires "href" 1`] = `
 />
 `;
 
+exports[`components/Text prop "hrefAttrs" target variant is set 1`] = `
+<a
+  class="css-reset-4rbku5 css-text-901oao"
+  dir="auto"
+  href="https://example.com"
+  target="_blank"
+/>
+`;
+
 exports[`components/Text prop "hrefAttrs" value is set 1`] = `
 <a
   class="css-reset-4rbku5 css-text-901oao"
diff --git a/packages/react-native-web/src/exports/Text/__tests__/index-test.js b/packages/react-native-web/src/exports/Text/__tests__/index-test.js
index e3306a47..01fec90c 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-web/src/exports/Text/__tests__/index-test.js
+++ b/packages/react-native-web/src/exports/Text/__tests__/index-test.js
@@ -83,6 +83,14 @@ describe('components/Text', () => {
       const hrefAttrs = {
         download: 'filename.jpg',
         rel: 'nofollow',
+        target: '_blank'
+      };
+      const { container } = render(<Text href="https://example.com" hrefAttrs={hrefAttrs} />);
+      expect(container.firstChild).toMatchSnapshot();
+    });
+
+    test('target variant is set', () => {
+      const hrefAttrs = {
         target: 'blank'
       };
       const { container } = render(<Text href="https://example.com" hrefAttrs={hrefAttrs} />);
diff --git a/packages/react-native-web/src/exports/Text/index.js b/packages/react-native-web/src/exports/Text/index.js
index ca0e5157..1a84ad6f 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-web/src/exports/Text/index.js
+++ b/packages/react-native-web/src/exports/Text/index.js
@@ -131,8 +131,8 @@ const Text = forwardRef<TextProps, *>((props, forwardedRef) => {
     if (rel != null) {
       supportedProps.rel = rel;
     }
-    if (typeof target === 'string' && target.charAt(0) !== '_') {
-      supportedProps.target = '_' + target;
+    if (typeof target === 'string') {
+      supportedProps.target = target.charAt(0) !== '_' ? '_' + target : target;
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/react-native-web/src/exports/View/__tests__/__snapshots__/index-test.js.snap b/packages/react-native-web/src/exports/View/__tests__/__snapshots__/index-test.js.snap
index 7e35f278..d630684f 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-web/src/exports/View/__tests__/__snapshots__/index-test.js.snap
+++ b/packages/react-native-web/src/exports/View/__tests__/__snapshots__/index-test.js.snap
@@ -95,6 +95,14 @@ exports[`components/View prop "hrefAttrs" requires "href" 1`] = `
 />
 `;
 
+exports[`components/View prop "hrefAttrs" target variant is set 1`] = `
+<a
+  class="css-reset-4rbku5 css-view-1dbjc4n"
+  href="https://example.com"
+  target="_blank"
+/>
+`;
+
 exports[`components/View prop "hrefAttrs" value is set 1`] = `
 <a
   class="css-reset-4rbku5 css-view-1dbjc4n"
diff --git a/packages/react-native-web/src/exports/View/__tests__/index-test.js b/packages/react-native-web/src/exports/View/__tests__/index-test.js
index da9d91ce..4968702d 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-web/src/exports/View/__tests__/index-test.js
+++ b/packages/react-native-web/src/exports/View/__tests__/index-test.js
@@ -116,6 +116,14 @@ describe('components/View', () => {
       expect(container.firstChild).toMatchSnapshot();
     });
 
+    test('target variant is set', () => {
+      const hrefAttrs = {
+        target: 'blank'
+      };
+      const { container } = render(<View href="https://example.com" hrefAttrs={hrefAttrs} />);
+      expect(container.firstChild).toMatchSnapshot();
+    });
+
     test('null values are excluded', () => {
       const hrefAttrs = {
         download: null,