diff --git a/lib/ios/RNNTabBarItemCreator.m b/lib/ios/RNNTabBarItemCreator.m
index d313bfc7ee0..10d4b615a4e 100644
--- a/lib/ios/RNNTabBarItemCreator.m
+++ b/lib/ios/RNNTabBarItemCreator.m
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ - (void)appendTitleAttributes:(UITabBarItem *)tabItem
                     fontSize:fontSize
                   fontWeight:fontWeight
                        color:textColor
-                    centered:NO];
+                    centered:YES];
     [self setTitleAttributes:tabItem titleAttributes:normalAttributes];
 
     NSDictionary *selectedAttributes = [RNNFontAttributesCreator
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ - (void)appendTitleAttributes:(UITabBarItem *)tabItem
                     fontSize:fontSize
                   fontWeight:fontWeight
                        color:selectedTextColor
-                    centered:NO];
+                    centered:YES];
     [self setSelectedTitleAttributes:tabItem selectedTitleAttributes:selectedAttributes];
 }