diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 6d9aabf5c7e292..d9fafd447a25f9 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -683,7 +683,16 @@ jobs:
       - run_yarn
       - attach_workspace:
           at: .
-
+      - *attach_hermes_workspace
+      - run:
+          name: Set USE_HERMES=1
+          command: echo "export USE_HERMES=1" >> $BASH_ENV
+      - run:
+          name: Set HERMES_ENGINE_TARBALL_PATH
+          command: echo "export HERMES_ENGINE_TARBALL_PATH=$HERMES_WS_DIR/hermes-runtime-darwin/hermes-runtime-darwin-$CIRCLE_TAG.tar.gz" >> $BASH_ENV
+      - run:
+          name: Set RCT_VERBOSE_POD_INSTALL=1
+          command: echo "export RCT_VERBOSE_POD_INSTALL=1" >> $BASH_ENV
       - run:
           name: Create iOS template project
           command: |
@@ -992,6 +1001,9 @@ jobs:
             cp LICENSE /tmp/cocoapods-package-root
 
             tar -C /tmp/cocoapods-package-root/ -czvf /tmp/hermes/output/hermes-runtime-darwin-v$(get_release_version).tar.gz .
+
+            mkdir -p /tmp/hermes/hermes-runtime-darwin
+            cp /tmp/hermes/output/hermes-runtime-darwin-v$(get_release_version).tar.gz /tmp/hermes/hermes-runtime-darwin/.
       - save_cache:
           key: *hermes_cache_key
           paths:
@@ -1002,12 +1014,13 @@ jobs:
             - ~/react-native/hermes/build_macosx
             - ~/react-native/hermes/destroot
       - store_artifacts:
-          path: /tmp/hermes/output/
+          path: /tmp/hermes/hermes-runtime-darwin/
       - store_artifacts:
           path: /tmp/hermes/osx-bin/
       - persist_to_workspace:
           root: /tmp/hermes/
           paths:
+            - hermes-runtime-darwin
             - osx-bin
 
   build_hermesc_windows:
diff --git a/scripts/react_native_pods.rb b/scripts/react_native_pods.rb
index 5040c90c03cf3f..e9f6f98e8bc7cb 100644
--- a/scripts/react_native_pods.rb
+++ b/scripts/react_native_pods.rb
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ def use_react_native! (options={})
   pod 'RCT-Folly', :podspec => "#{prefix}/third-party-podspecs/RCT-Folly.podspec", :modular_headers => true
 
   if new_arch_enabled
+    puts_verbose("Using New Architecture.")
     app_path = options[:app_path]
     config_file_dir = options[:config_file_dir]
     use_react_native_codegen_discovery!({
@@ -101,11 +102,13 @@ def use_react_native! (options={})
   pod 'React-Codegen', :path => $CODEGEN_OUTPUT_DIR, :modular_headers => true
 
   if fabric_enabled
+    puts_verbose("Fabric is enabled.")
     checkAndGenerateEmptyThirdPartyProvider!(prefix, new_arch_enabled, $CODEGEN_OUTPUT_DIR)
     setup_fabric!(prefix)
   end
 
   if hermes_enabled
+    puts_verbose("Hermes is enabled.")
     prepare_hermes = 'node scripts/hermes/prepare-hermes-for-build'
     react_native_dir = Pod::Config.instance.installation_root.join(prefix)
     prep_output, prep_status = Open3.capture2e(prepare_hermes, :chdir => react_native_dir)
@@ -122,6 +125,7 @@ def use_react_native! (options={})
   # Flipper doesn't currently compile for release https://github.com/facebook/react-native/issues/33764
   # Setting the production flag to true when build for production make sure that we don't install Flipper in the app in the first place.
   if flipper_configuration.flipper_enabled && !production
+    puts_verbose("Flipper is enabled.")
     install_flipper_dependencies(prefix)
     use_flipper_pods(flipper_configuration.versions, :configurations => flipper_configuration.configurations)
   end
@@ -148,6 +152,10 @@ def get_default_flags()
     flags[:hermes_enabled] = true
   end
 
+  if ENV['USE_HERMES'] == '1'
+    flags[:hermes_enabled] = true
+  end
+
   return flags
 end
 
@@ -654,3 +662,7 @@ def detect_changes_with_podfile(podfile)
     changes
   end
 end
+
+def puts_verbose(msg)
+  Pod::UI.puts(msg) if ENV['RCT_VERBOSE_POD_INSTALL']
+end