diff --git a/driver/js/packages/hippy-react/src/dom/element-node.ts b/driver/js/packages/hippy-react/src/dom/element-node.ts
index a52d788f0..f74d283d5 100644
--- a/driver/js/packages/hippy-react/src/dom/element-node.ts
+++ b/driver/js/packages/hippy-react/src/dom/element-node.ts
@@ -390,6 +390,8 @@ class ElementNode extends ViewNode {
         (this.style as any)[styleKey] = colorArrayParse((styleValue as Color[]));
       } else if (styleKey.toLowerCase().indexOf('color') > -1) {
         (this.style as any)[styleKey] = colorParse((styleValue as Color));
+      } else if (styleKey === 'fontWeight' && styleValue) {
+        (this.style as any)[styleKey] = typeof styleValue !== 'string' ? styleValue.toString() : styleValue;
       } else if (styleKey === 'backgroundImage' && styleValue) {
         this.style = parseBackgroundImage(styleKey, styleValue, this.style);
       } else if (styleKey === 'textShadowOffset') {