diff --git a/examples/react-native/v12/TestApp/babel.config.cjs b/examples/react-native/v12/TestApp/babel.config.cjs
index d7f011f121..1e1584f26e 100644
--- a/examples/react-native/v12/TestApp/babel.config.cjs
+++ b/examples/react-native/v12/TestApp/babel.config.cjs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 module.exports = {
   presets: [
     ['@babel/preset-env', {targets: {node: 'current'}}],
-    // 'module:metro-react-native-babel-preset',
+    'module:metro-react-native-babel-preset',
     '@babel/preset-typescript',
   ],
   plugins: ['react-native-reanimated/plugin'],
diff --git a/examples/react-native/v12/TestApp/jest.config.ts b/examples/react-native/v12/TestApp/jest.config.ts
index dd3871dd68..33c36e3364 100644
--- a/examples/react-native/v12/TestApp/jest.config.ts
+++ b/examples/react-native/v12/TestApp/jest.config.ts
@@ -8,8 +8,10 @@ const config: Config = {
   preset: 'react-native',
   testTimeout: 30000,
   roots: ['<rootDir>/src/'],
-  setupFiles: ['./testSetup.ts'],
-  setupFilesAfterEnv: ['@testing-library/jest-native/extend-expect'],
+  setupFilesAfterEnv: [
+    '@testing-library/jest-native/extend-expect',
+    './testSetup.ts',
+  ],
   transform: {
     '^.+\\.(js|jsx|ts|tsx)$': 'babel-jest',
   },
diff --git a/examples/react-native/v12/TestApp/src/components/authentication/login/Login.test.tsx b/examples/react-native/v12/TestApp/src/components/authentication/login/Login.test.tsx
index 0b51a1271c..8577709ce6 100644
--- a/examples/react-native/v12/TestApp/src/components/authentication/login/Login.test.tsx
+++ b/examples/react-native/v12/TestApp/src/components/authentication/login/Login.test.tsx
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import {render, screen, userEvent, within} from '@testing-library/react-native';
 
 describe('Log in with App Services auth providers', () => {
   // Make sure the same user isn't persisted across tests.
-  beforeEach(async () => {
+  afterEach(async () => {
     render(<LoginExample />);
 
     const user = userEvent.setup();
@@ -22,9 +22,8 @@ describe('Log in with App Services auth providers', () => {
     }
 
     // <Login> component should render because there's no auth'd user
-    const newLoginAnonymousButton = await screen.findByTestId(
-      'log-in-anonymous',
-    );
+    const newLoginAnonymousButton =
+      await screen.findByTestId('log-in-anonymous');
     expect(newLoginAnonymousButton).toBeInTheDocument;
   });
 
@@ -97,9 +96,8 @@ describe('Log in with App Services auth providers', () => {
     const emailInput = await screen.findByTestId('email-input');
     const passwordInput = await screen.findByTestId('password-input');
     const registerButton = await screen.findByTestId('register-button');
-    const sendResetPasswordEmailButton = await screen.findByTestId(
-      'send-reset-email',
-    );
+    const sendResetPasswordEmailButton =
+      await screen.findByTestId('send-reset-email');
 
     // Register user with email and password
     await user.type(emailInput, userEmail);
diff --git a/examples/react-native/v12/TestApp/src/components/subscribe-api/SubscribeApi.test.tsx b/examples/react-native/v12/TestApp/src/components/subscribe-api/SubscribeApi.test.tsx
index 63745325ca..ac629d199b 100644
--- a/examples/react-native/v12/TestApp/src/components/subscribe-api/SubscribeApi.test.tsx
+++ b/examples/react-native/v12/TestApp/src/components/subscribe-api/SubscribeApi.test.tsx
@@ -8,11 +8,6 @@ import {render, screen, userEvent} from '@testing-library/react-native';
 // pass.
 
 describe('Subscribe API behavior tests', () => {
-  beforeEach(async () => {
-    // Close and remove all realms in the default directory.
-    Realm.clearTestState();
-  });
-
   test('Basic subscription with a name', async () => {
     // This test consistently fails in CI. For whatever reason, the
     // initial sync takes more than 10 seconds, which is the max
diff --git a/examples/react-native/v12/TestApp/testSetup.ts b/examples/react-native/v12/TestApp/testSetup.ts
index fe5eb54730..35c0a9e085 100644
--- a/examples/react-native/v12/TestApp/testSetup.ts
+++ b/examples/react-native/v12/TestApp/testSetup.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-import {jest} from '@jest/globals';
+import {jest, beforeEach} from '@jest/globals';
 
 // Needed to clear the test state.
-import {flags} from 'realm';
+import Realm, {flags} from 'realm';
 flags.ALLOW_CLEAR_TEST_STATE = true;
 
 // avoid error: Cannot find module 'NativeAnimatedHelper'
@@ -13,3 +13,11 @@ global.console = {
   error: jest.fn(),
   warn: jest.fn(),
 };
+
+beforeEach(async () => {
+  // Close and remove all realms in the default directory.
+  Realm.clearTestState();
+
+  // Use promise hack to wait realm to clear
+  await new Promise(r => setTimeout(r, 100));
+});