diff --git a/packages/react-native/scripts/spm/__tests__/swiftpm-config-test.js b/packages/react-native/scripts/spm/__tests__/swiftpm-config-test.js
index b514a8adda4..84d7a05de42 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/scripts/spm/__tests__/swiftpm-config-test.js
+++ b/packages/react-native/scripts/spm/__tests__/swiftpm-config-test.js
@@ -173,6 +173,59 @@ describe('readSwiftpmConfig', () => {
       warnSpy.mockRestore();
     }
   });
+
+  it('says nothing when swiftpmConfig mirrors every field of the spm block', () => {
+    const warnSpy = jest.spyOn(console, 'warn').mockImplementation(() => {});
+    try {
+      const settings = {
+        name: 'RNSentry',
+        dependencies: ['react-native-worklets'],
+      };
+      const root = makeRoot({name: 'lib', swiftpmConfig: settings});
+      const config = readSwiftpmConfig(root, {
+        spm: {name: 'RNSentry', dependencies: ['react-native-worklets']},
+      });
+      expect(config).toEqual(settings);
+      expect(warnSpy).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    } finally {
+      warnSpy.mockRestore();
+    }
+  });
+
+  it('still warns about a field the two places disagree on', () => {
+    const warnSpy = jest.spyOn(console, 'warn').mockImplementation(() => {});
+    try {
+      const root = makeRoot({
+        name: 'lib',
+        swiftpmConfig: {name: 'RNSVG', dependencies: ['a']},
+      });
+      const config = readSwiftpmConfig(root, {
+        spm: {name: 'OldName', dependencies: ['a']},
+      });
+      expect(config).toEqual({name: 'RNSVG', dependencies: ['a']});
+      expect(warnSpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+      const message = warnSpy.mock.calls[0].join(' ');
+      expect(message).toContain("deprecated 'spm' block (name)");
+    } finally {
+      warnSpy.mockRestore();
+    }
+  });
+
+  it('names only the fields the spm block alone declares', () => {
+    const warnSpy = jest.spyOn(console, 'warn').mockImplementation(() => {});
+    try {
+      const root = makeRoot({name: 'lib', swiftpmConfig: {name: 'RNSVG'}});
+      const config = readSwiftpmConfig(root, {
+        spm: {name: 'RNSVG', dependencies: ['a']},
+      });
+      expect(config).toEqual({name: 'RNSVG', dependencies: ['a']});
+      expect(warnSpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+      const message = warnSpy.mock.calls[0].join(' ');
+      expect(message).toContain("deprecated 'spm' block (dependencies)");
+    } finally {
+      warnSpy.mockRestore();
+    }
+  });
 });
 
 describe('readSwiftpmConfig (unknown keys)', () => {
diff --git a/packages/react-native/scripts/spm/swiftpm-config.js b/packages/react-native/scripts/spm/swiftpm-config.js
index 109fa3bde38..0b2d879bff0 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/scripts/spm/swiftpm-config.js
+++ b/packages/react-native/scripts/spm/swiftpm-config.js
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 'use strict';
 
 const {isValidSwiftName, makeLogger} = require('./spm-utils');
+const assert = require('node:assert');
 const fs = require('node:fs');
 const path = require('node:path');
 
@@ -100,6 +101,20 @@ function declaredFields(
     : SWIFTPM_FIELDS.filter(field => config[field] !== undefined);
 }
 
+// util.isDeepStrictEqual is missing from the Flow library definitions.
+function sameField(
+  a /*: ?{readonly [string]: unknown} */,
+  b /*: ?{readonly [string]: unknown} */,
+  field /*: string */,
+) /*: boolean */ {
+  try {
+    assert.deepStrictEqual(a?.[field], b?.[field]);
+    return true;
+  } catch {
+    return false;
+  }
+}
+
 function stringList(value /*: unknown */) /*: Array<string> */ {
   return Array.isArray(value) ? value.filter(v => typeof v === 'string') : [];
 }
@@ -155,8 +170,14 @@ function readSwiftpmConfig(
   }
   const deprecated = objectField(rnConfig, 'spm');
   const deprecatedFields = declaredFields(deprecated);
-  if (deprecatedFields.length > 0) {
-    reportDeprecation(root, deprecatedFields);
+  // A library that supports React Native versions reading only the `spm`
+  // block must declare a field in both places, so an identical copy is not
+  // something it can act on.
+  const unmirroredFields = deprecatedFields.filter(
+    field => !sameField(fromPackageJson, deprecated, field),
+  );
+  if (unmirroredFields.length > 0) {
+    reportDeprecation(root, unmirroredFields);
   }
   if (fromPackageJson == null) {
     return deprecatedFields.length > 0 ? deprecated : null;