diff --git a/packages/sdk/react-native/__tests__/provider/LDProvider.test.tsx b/packages/sdk/react-native/__tests__/provider/LDProvider.test.tsx
index fb208b947..771aef2cd 100644
--- a/packages/sdk/react-native/__tests__/provider/LDProvider.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/sdk/react-native/__tests__/provider/LDProvider.test.tsx
@@ -1,14 +1,13 @@
 import { render } from '@testing-library/react';
+import React from 'react';
 
 import { AutoEnvAttributes, LDContext, LDOptions } from '@launchdarkly/js-client-sdk-common';
 
 import { useLDClient } from '../../src/hooks';
 import LDProvider from '../../src/provider/LDProvider';
-import setupListeners from '../../src/provider/setupListeners';
 import ReactNativeLDClient from '../../src/ReactNativeLDClient';
 
 jest.mock('../../src/ReactNativeLDClient');
-jest.mock('../../src/provider/setupListeners');
 
 const TestApp = () => {
   const ldClient = useLDClient();
@@ -22,7 +21,6 @@ const TestApp = () => {
 };
 describe('LDProvider', () => {
   let ldc: ReactNativeLDClient;
-  const mockSetupListeners = setupListeners as jest.Mock;
 
   beforeEach(() => {
     jest.useFakeTimers();
@@ -45,9 +43,7 @@ describe('LDProvider', () => {
         };
       },
     );
-    mockSetupListeners.mockImplementation((client: ReactNativeLDClient, setState: any) => {
-      setState({ client });
-    });
+
     ldc = new ReactNativeLDClient('mobile-key', AutoEnvAttributes.Enabled);
   });
 
diff --git a/packages/sdk/react-native/__tests__/provider/setupListeners.test.ts b/packages/sdk/react-native/__tests__/provider/setupListeners.test.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 98a45a990..000000000
--- a/packages/sdk/react-native/__tests__/provider/setupListeners.test.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-import { AutoEnvAttributes } from '@launchdarkly/js-client-sdk-common';
-
-import setupListeners from '../../src/provider/setupListeners';
-import ReactNativeLDClient from '../../src/ReactNativeLDClient';
-
-import resetAllMocks = jest.resetAllMocks;
-
-jest.mock('../../src/ReactNativeLDClient');
-
-describe('setupListeners', () => {
-  let ldc: ReactNativeLDClient;
-  let mockSetState: jest.Mock;
-
-  beforeEach(() => {
-    mockSetState = jest.fn();
-    ldc = new ReactNativeLDClient('mob-test-key', AutoEnvAttributes.Enabled);
-  });
-
-  afterEach(() => resetAllMocks());
-
-  test('change listener is setup', () => {
-    setupListeners(ldc, mockSetState);
-    expect(ldc.on).toHaveBeenCalledWith('change', expect.any(Function));
-  });
-
-  test('client is set on change event', () => {
-    setupListeners(ldc, mockSetState);
-
-    const changeHandler = (ldc.on as jest.Mock).mock.calls[0][1];
-    changeHandler();
-
-    expect(mockSetState).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ client: ldc });
-  });
-});
diff --git a/packages/sdk/react-native/src/hooks/variation/useTypedVariation.ts b/packages/sdk/react-native/src/hooks/variation/useTypedVariation.ts
index cfa1ef965..c9825b797 100644
--- a/packages/sdk/react-native/src/hooks/variation/useTypedVariation.ts
+++ b/packages/sdk/react-native/src/hooks/variation/useTypedVariation.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,29 @@
+import { useEffect, useRef, useState } from 'react';
+
+import type ReactNativeLDClient from '../../ReactNativeLDClient';
 import useLDClient from '../useLDClient';
 import { LDEvaluationDetailTyped } from './LDEvaluationDetail';
 
+function getTypedVariation<T extends boolean | number | string | unknown>(
+  ldClient: ReactNativeLDClient,
+  key: string,
+  defaultValue: T,
+): T {
+  switch (typeof defaultValue) {
+    case 'boolean':
+      return ldClient.boolVariation(key, defaultValue as boolean) as T;
+    case 'number':
+      return ldClient.numberVariation(key, defaultValue as number) as T;
+    case 'string':
+      return ldClient.stringVariation(key, defaultValue as string) as T;
+    case 'undefined':
+    case 'object':
+      return ldClient.jsonVariation(key, defaultValue) as T;
+    default:
+      return ldClient.variation(key, defaultValue);
+  }
+}
+
 /**
  * Determines the strongly typed variation of a feature flag.
  *
@@ -15,21 +38,72 @@ export const useTypedVariation = <T extends boolean | number | string | unknown>
   defaultValue: T,
 ): T => {
   const ldClient = useLDClient();
+  const [value, setValue] = useState<T>(() =>
+    ldClient ? getTypedVariation(ldClient, key, defaultValue) : defaultValue,
+  );
+  const valueRef = useRef<T>(value);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    valueRef.current = value;
+  }, [value]);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    setValue(getTypedVariation(ldClient, key, defaultValue));
+    const handleChange = (): void => {
+      const newValue = getTypedVariation(ldClient, key, defaultValue);
+      if (newValue !== valueRef.current) {
+        setValue(newValue);
+      }
+    };
+    ldClient.on('change', handleChange);
+    return () => {
+      ldClient.off('change', handleChange);
+    };
+  }, [key]);
 
+  return value;
+};
+
+function getTypedVariationDetail<T extends boolean | number | string | unknown>(
+  ldClient: ReactNativeLDClient,
+  key: string,
+  defaultValue: T,
+): LDEvaluationDetailTyped<T> {
+  let detail: LDEvaluationDetailTyped<T>;
   switch (typeof defaultValue) {
-    case 'boolean':
-      return ldClient.boolVariation(key, defaultValue as boolean) as T;
-    case 'number':
-      return ldClient.numberVariation(key, defaultValue as number) as T;
-    case 'string':
-      return ldClient.stringVariation(key, defaultValue as string) as T;
+    case 'boolean': {
+      detail = ldClient.boolVariationDetail(
+        key,
+        defaultValue as boolean,
+      ) as LDEvaluationDetailTyped<T>;
+      break;
+    }
+    case 'number': {
+      detail = ldClient.numberVariationDetail(
+        key,
+        defaultValue as number,
+      ) as LDEvaluationDetailTyped<T>;
+      break;
+    }
+    case 'string': {
+      detail = ldClient.stringVariationDetail(
+        key,
+        defaultValue as string,
+      ) as LDEvaluationDetailTyped<T>;
+      break;
+    }
     case 'undefined':
-    case 'object':
-      return ldClient.jsonVariation(key, defaultValue) as T;
-    default:
-      return ldClient.variation(key, defaultValue);
+    case 'object': {
+      detail = ldClient.jsonVariationDetail(key, defaultValue) as LDEvaluationDetailTyped<T>;
+      break;
+    }
+    default: {
+      detail = ldClient.variationDetail(key, defaultValue) as LDEvaluationDetailTyped<T>;
+      break;
+    }
   }
-};
+  return { ...detail, reason: detail.reason ?? null };
+}
 
 /**
  * Determines the strongly typed variation of a feature flag for a context, along with information about
@@ -55,48 +129,30 @@ export const useTypedVariationDetail = <T extends boolean | number | string | un
   defaultValue: T,
 ): LDEvaluationDetailTyped<T> => {
   const ldClient = useLDClient();
+  const [detail, setDetail] = useState<LDEvaluationDetailTyped<T>>(() =>
+    ldClient
+      ? getTypedVariationDetail(ldClient, key, defaultValue)
+      : { value: defaultValue, reason: null },
+  );
+  const detailRef = useRef<LDEvaluationDetailTyped<T>>(detail);
 
-  switch (typeof defaultValue) {
-    case 'boolean': {
-      const detail = ldClient.boolVariationDetail(key, defaultValue as boolean);
-
-      return {
-        ...detail,
-        reason: detail.reason ?? null,
-      } as LDEvaluationDetailTyped<T>;
-    }
-    case 'number': {
-      const detail = ldClient.numberVariationDetail(key, defaultValue as number);
+  useEffect(() => {
+    detailRef.current = detail;
+  }, [detail]);
 
-      return {
-        ...detail,
-        reason: detail.reason ?? null,
-      } as LDEvaluationDetailTyped<T>;
-    }
-    case 'string': {
-      const detail = ldClient.stringVariationDetail(key, defaultValue as string);
+  useEffect(() => {
+    setDetail(getTypedVariationDetail(ldClient, key, defaultValue));
+    const handleChange = () => {
+      const newDetail = getTypedVariationDetail(ldClient, key, defaultValue);
+      if (newDetail.value !== detailRef.current.value) {
+        setDetail(newDetail);
+      }
+    };
+    ldClient.on('change', handleChange);
+    return () => {
+      ldClient.off('change', handleChange);
+    };
+  }, [key]);
 
-      return {
-        ...detail,
-        reason: detail.reason ?? null,
-      } as LDEvaluationDetailTyped<T>;
-    }
-    case 'undefined':
-    case 'object': {
-      const detail = ldClient.jsonVariationDetail(key, defaultValue);
-
-      return {
-        ...detail,
-        reason: detail.reason ?? null,
-      } as LDEvaluationDetailTyped<T>;
-    }
-    default: {
-      const detail = ldClient.variationDetail(key, defaultValue);
-
-      return {
-        ...detail,
-        reason: detail.reason ?? null,
-      } as LDEvaluationDetailTyped<T>;
-    }
-  }
+  return detail;
 };
diff --git a/packages/sdk/react-native/src/provider/LDProvider.tsx b/packages/sdk/react-native/src/provider/LDProvider.tsx
index 652b84f4a..5a8c433e6 100644
--- a/packages/sdk/react-native/src/provider/LDProvider.tsx
+++ b/packages/sdk/react-native/src/provider/LDProvider.tsx
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
-import React, { PropsWithChildren, useEffect, useState } from 'react';
+import { PropsWithChildren, useMemo } from 'react';
 
 import ReactNativeLDClient from '../ReactNativeLDClient';
-import { Provider, ReactContext } from './reactContext';
-import setupListeners from './setupListeners';
+import { Provider } from './reactContext';
 
 type LDProps = {
   client: ReactNativeLDClient;
@@ -19,13 +18,12 @@ type LDProps = {
  * @constructor
  */
 const LDProvider = ({ client, children }: PropsWithChildren<LDProps>) => {
-  const [state, setState] = useState<ReactContext>({ client });
+  // NOTE: this could only provide marginal benefits, if the provider is
+  // a child component of a parent that is re-rendering then this
+  // may still re-render the context value.
+  const clientContext = useMemo(() => ({ client }), [client]);
 
-  useEffect(() => {
-    setupListeners(client, setState);
-  }, []);
-
-  return <Provider value={state}>{children}</Provider>;
+  return <Provider value={clientContext}>{children}</Provider>;
 };
 
 export default LDProvider;
diff --git a/packages/sdk/react-native/src/provider/setupListeners.ts b/packages/sdk/react-native/src/provider/setupListeners.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 111e30ce6..000000000
--- a/packages/sdk/react-native/src/provider/setupListeners.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-import type { Dispatch, SetStateAction } from 'react';
-
-import ReactNativeLDClient from '../ReactNativeLDClient';
-import { ReactContext } from './reactContext';
-
-const setupListeners = (
-  client: ReactNativeLDClient,
-  setState: Dispatch<SetStateAction<ReactContext>>,
-) => {
-  client.on('change', () => {
-    setState({ client });
-  });
-};
-
-export default setupListeners;