diff --git a/.ado/ado-test-setup.sh b/.ado/ado-test-setup.sh
index 0e64adbebb..8f7d11d173 100755
--- a/.ado/ado-test-setup.sh
+++ b/.ado/ado-test-setup.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,43 @@ set -ex
 
 # Script used by the Azure DevOps build agent to start the packager and web socket server
 
+# Wait for the package to start
+waitForPackager() {
+  local -i max_attempts=60
+  local -i attempt_num=1
+
+  until curl -s http://localhost:8081/status | grep "packager-status:running" -q; do
+    if (( attempt_num == max_attempts )); then
+      echo "Packager did not respond in time. No more attempts left."
+      exit 1
+    else
+      (( attempt_num++ ))
+      echo "Packager did not respond. Retrying for attempt number $attempt_num..."
+      sleep 1
+    fi
+  done
+
+  echo "Packager is ready!"
+}
+
+waitForWebSocketServer() {
+  local -i max_attempts=60
+  local -i attempt_num=1
+
+  until curl -s http://localhost:5555 | grep "Upgrade Required" -q; do
+    if (( attempt_num == max_attempts )); then
+      echo "WebSocket Server did not respond in time. No more attempts left."
+      exit 1
+    else
+      (( attempt_num++ ))
+      echo "WebSocket Server did not respond. Retrying for attempt number $attempt_num..."
+      sleep 1
+    fi
+  done
+
+  echo "WebSocket Server is ready!"
+}
+
 THIS_DIR=$PWD
 
 # AppleScript can't be invoked from Azure DevOps Mojave agents until the following ticket is resolved: https://dev.azure.com/mseng/AzureDevOps/_workitems/edit/1513729
@@ -17,8 +54,10 @@ COMMAND="$TMPDIR/launchPackager.command"
 echo "cd ${THIS_DIR}; export SERVERS_NO_WAIT=1; ./scripts/launchPackager.command" > "$COMMAND"
 chmod +x "$COMMAND"
 open "$COMMAND"
+waitForPackager
 
 COMMAND="$TMPDIR/launchWebSocketServer.command"
 echo "cd ${THIS_DIR}; export SERVERS_NO_WAIT=1; ./IntegrationTests/launchWebSocketServer.command" > "$COMMAND"
 chmod +x "$COMMAND"
 open "$COMMAND"
+waitForWebSocketServer
diff --git a/.ado/apple-integration.yml b/.ado/apple-integration.yml
index 7f53c5f1c6..110c5334ab 100644
--- a/.ado/apple-integration.yml
+++ b/.ado/apple-integration.yml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ jobs:
     timeoutInMinutes: 60
     cancelTimeoutInMinutes: 5
     steps:
-      - template: templates/apple-node-setup.yml
+      - template: templates/apple-tools-setup.yml
       - template: templates/apple-xcode-select.yml
         parameters:
           slice_name: $(slice_name)
diff --git a/.ado/publish.yml b/.ado/publish.yml
index 78fa05fdd7..f5c2e1d69f 100644
--- a/.ado/publish.yml
+++ b/.ado/publish.yml
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ jobs:
         displayName: Set dist-tag to v0.x-stable
         condition: and(ne(variables['Build.SourceBranchName'], 'main'), ne(variables['Build.SourceBranchName'], variables.latestStableBranch))
 
-      - template: templates/apple-node-setup.yml
+      - template: templates/apple-tools-setup.yml
 
       - task: CmdLine@2
         displayName: yarn install
diff --git a/.ado/templates/apple-job-javascript.yml b/.ado/templates/apple-job-javascript.yml
index 9a741d6349..c6be655291 100644
--- a/.ado/templates/apple-job-javascript.yml
+++ b/.ado/templates/apple-job-javascript.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ parameters:
   xcode_version: ''
 
 steps:
-  - template: apple-node-setup.yml
+  - template: apple-tools-setup.yml
 
   # Task Group: Xcode select proper version
   - template: apple-xcode-select.yml
diff --git a/.ado/templates/apple-job-react-native.yml b/.ado/templates/apple-job-react-native.yml
index cd6f11fd31..743c476ee6 100644
--- a/.ado/templates/apple-job-react-native.yml
+++ b/.ado/templates/apple-job-react-native.yml
@@ -10,11 +10,7 @@ parameters:
   use_fabric: ''
 
 steps:
-  - script: |
-      rm -rf $(Build.Repository.LocalPath)/DerivedData
-    displayName: 'Clean DerivedData'
-
-  - template: apple-node-setup.yml
+  - template: apple-tools-setup.yml
 
   # Task Group: Xcode select proper version
   - template: apple-xcode-select.yml
@@ -32,7 +28,8 @@ steps:
     inputs:
       script: |
         cd packages/rn-tester
-        pod install
+        bundle install
+        bundle exec pod install
     env:
       USE_FABRIC: $(use_fabric)
 
@@ -45,21 +42,31 @@ steps:
 
   - bash: |
       echo Preparing the packager for platform $PLATFORM
+      curl --retry-connrefused --connect-timeout 5 --max-time 10 --retry 10 --retry-delay 5 --retry-max-time 120 "http://localhost:8081/packages/rn-tester/js/RNTesterApp.${PLATFORM}.bundle?platform=${PLATFORM}&dev=true" -o /dev/null
+      curl --retry-connrefused --connect-timeout 5 --max-time 10 --retry 10 --retry-delay 5 --retry-max-time 120 "http://localhost:8081/packages/rn-tester/js/RNTesterApp.${PLATFORM}.bundle?platform=${PLATFORM}&dev=true&minify=false" -o /dev/null
       curl --retry-connrefused --connect-timeout 5 --max-time 10 --retry 10 --retry-delay 5 --retry-max-time 120 "http://localhost:8081/IntegrationTests/IntegrationTestsApp.bundle?platform=${PLATFORM}&dev=true" -o /dev/null
+      curl --retry-connrefused --connect-timeout 5 --max-time 10 --retry 10 --retry-delay 5 --retry-max-time 120 "http://localhost:8081/IntegrationTests/RCTRootViewIntegrationTestApp.bundle?platform=${PLATFORM}&dev=true" -o /dev/null
     env:
       PLATFORM: ${{ parameters.packager_platform }}
     displayName: 'curl the packager'
 
-  - template: apple-xcode-build.yml
-    parameters:
-      xcode_sdk: ${{ parameters.xcode_sdk }}
-      xcode_configuration: ${{ parameters.xcode_configuration }}
-      xcode_workspacePath: packages/rn-tester/RNTesterPods.xcworkspace
-      xcode_scheme: ${{ parameters.xcode_scheme }}
-      xcode_actions: ${{ parameters.xcode_actions }}
-      xcode_useXcpretty: true
-      xcode_destination: ${{ parameters.xcode_destination }}
-      xcode_extraArgs: -retry-tests-on-failure -test-iterations 2
+  - task: Xcode@5
+    displayName: 'Xcode ${{ parameters.xcode_actions }} ${{ parameters.xcode_configuration }} ${{ parameters.xcode_sdk }} ${{ parameters.xcode_scheme }}'
+    inputs:
+      actions: '${{ parameters.xcode_actions }}'
+      configuration: ${{ parameters.xcode_configuration }}
+      sdk: ${{ parameters.xcode_sdk }}
+      xcWorkspacePath: packages/rn-tester/RNTesterPods.xcworkspace
+      scheme: ${{ parameters.xcode_scheme }}
+      xcodeVersion: default
+      signingOption: auto
+      packageApp: false
+      teamId: '$(XCodeSigningMicrosoftTeamID)'
+      args: '-destination "${{ parameters.xcode_destination }}" ONLY_ACTIVE_ARCH=YES -verbose -derivedDataPath DerivedData ${{ parameters.xcode_extraArgs }}'
+      exportPath: '$(agent.builddirectory)/output/${{ parameters.xcode_sdk }}/${{ parameters.xcode_configuration }}'
+      useXcpretty: ${{ parameters.xcode_useXcpretty }}
+      publishJUnitResults: ${{ parameters.xcode_useXcpretty }}
+      xctoolReporter: 'junit:test-results.xml'
 
   - task: ShellScript@2
     displayName: 'Cleanup packager and WebSocket test server'
diff --git a/.ado/templates/apple-node-setup.yml b/.ado/templates/apple-node-setup.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 26586dae06..0000000000
--- a/.ado/templates/apple-node-setup.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-#
-# Task Group: Brew install node version
-#
-steps:
-  - script: 'brew bundle'
-    displayName: 'brew bundle'
-
-  # Brew can't access user data for node
-  - script: sudo chown -R $(whoami) /usr/local/*
-    displayName: 'fix node permissions'
-
-  - script: brew link node@16 --overwrite --force
-    displayName: 'ensure node 16'
diff --git a/.ado/templates/apple-tools-setup.yml b/.ado/templates/apple-tools-setup.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..603626fa1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.ado/templates/apple-tools-setup.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+steps:
+  - task: NodeTool@0
+    inputs:
+      versionSource: 'fromFile' # 'spec' | 'fromFile'. Required. Source of version. Default: spec.
+      versionFilePath: '.node-version'
+
+  - task: UseRubyVersion@0
+    inputs:
+      versionSpec: '>= 2.7'
+
+  - script: 'brew bundle'
+    displayName: 'brew bundle'
diff --git a/.ado/templates/apple-xcode-build.yml b/.ado/templates/apple-xcode-build.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index c0ee51376b..0000000000
--- a/.ado/templates/apple-xcode-build.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-parameters:
-  xcode_sdk: ''
-  xcode_configuration: ''
-  xcode_workspacePath: ''
-  xcode_scheme: ''
-  xcode_actions: ''
-  xcode_useXcpretty: false
-  xcode_destination: ''
-  xcode_extraArgs: ''
-
-steps:
-  - task: Xcode@5
-    displayName: 'Xcode ${{ parameters.xcode_actions }} ${{ parameters.xcode_configuration }} ${{ parameters.xcode_sdk }} ${{ parameters.xcode_scheme }}'
-    inputs:
-      actions: '${{ parameters.xcode_actions }}'
-      configuration: ${{ parameters.xcode_configuration }}
-      sdk: ${{ parameters.xcode_sdk }}
-      xcWorkspacePath: ${{ parameters.xcode_workspacePath }}
-      scheme: ${{ parameters.xcode_scheme }}
-      xcodeVersion: default
-      signingOption: auto
-      packageApp: false
-      teamId: '$(XCodeSigningMicrosoftTeamID)'
-      args: '-destination "${{ parameters.xcode_destination }}" ONLY_ACTIVE_ARCH=YES -verbose -derivedDataPath DerivedData ${{ parameters.xcode_extraArgs }}'
-      exportPath: '$(agent.builddirectory)/output/${{ parameters.xcode_sdk }}/${{ parameters.xcode_configuration }}'
-      useXcpretty: ${{ parameters.xcode_useXcpretty }}
-      publishJUnitResults: ${{ parameters.xcode_useXcpretty }}
-      xctoolReporter: 'junit:test-results.xml'
diff --git a/.ado/templates/react-native-macos-init.yml b/.ado/templates/react-native-macos-init.yml
index 34e414a8e4..e2b8c88e54 100644
--- a/.ado/templates/react-native-macos-init.yml
+++ b/.ado/templates/react-native-macos-init.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ steps:
     submodules: false # set to 'true' for a single level of submodules or 'recursive' to get submodules of submodules
     persistCredentials: false # set to 'true' to leave the OAuth token in the Git config after the initial fetch
 
-  - template: apple-node-setup.yml
+  - template: apple-tools-setup.yml
 
   # First do a build of the local package, since we point the cli at the local files, it needs to be pre-built
   - task: CmdLine@2
diff --git a/.ado/variables/vars.yml b/.ado/variables/vars.yml
index 7f7be99215..77104d18c4 100644
--- a/.ado/variables/vars.yml
+++ b/.ado/variables/vars.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 variables:
   VmImageApple: internal-macos12
-  slice_name: 'Xcode_14.0.1'
-  xcode_version: '/Applications/Xcode_14.0.1.app'
+  slice_name: 'Xcode_14.2'
+  xcode_version: '/Applications/Xcode_14.2.app'
diff --git a/Brewfile b/Brewfile
index cf32f503c6..fe9137de4c 100644
--- a/Brewfile
+++ b/Brewfile
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-brew "node@16"
 brew "watchman"
diff --git a/IntegrationTests/launchWebSocketServer.command b/IntegrationTests/launchWebSocketServer.command
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..003a8abdf9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/IntegrationTests/launchWebSocketServer.command
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# 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.
+
+# [macOS] Keep this file around to help Azure Pipelines run the Websocket integration test
+
+# Set terminal title
+echo -en "\033]0;Web Socket Test Server\a"
+clear
+
+THIS_DIR=$(cd -P "$(dirname "$(readlink "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" || echo "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")")" && pwd)
+pushd "$THIS_DIR"
+./websocket_integration_test_server.js
+popd
+
+echo "Process terminated. Press <enter> to close the window"
+read