diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index eee8f789..b3020f72 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@
     "@react-native/jest-preset": "0.86.3",
     "@react-native/metro-config": "0.86.3",
     "@release-it/conventional-changelog": "10.0.1",
-    "@tailwindcss/postcss": "^4.1.12",
+    "@tailwindcss/node": "^4.1.12",
     "@testing-library/react-native": "^13.3.3",
     "@tsconfig/react-native": "^3.0.6",
     "@types/babel__core": "^7",
@@ -266,7 +266,6 @@
     "lefthook": "^2.1.5",
     "lightningcss": "^1.30.1",
     "metro-runtime": "^0.84.2",
-    "postcss": "^8.5.6",
     "prettier": "^3.6.2",
     "react": "19.2.3",
     "react-native": "0.86.3",
diff --git a/src/__tests__/vendor/tailwind/_tailwind.tsx b/src/__tests__/vendor/tailwind/_tailwind.tsx
index 3ba5db5e..9f5a6e56 100644
--- a/src/__tests__/vendor/tailwind/_tailwind.tsx
+++ b/src/__tests__/vendor/tailwind/_tailwind.tsx
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 import type { PropsWithChildren, ReactElement } from "react";
 
-import tailwind from "@tailwindcss/postcss";
+import { compile as compileTailwindCss } from "@tailwindcss/node";
 import {
   screen,
   render as tlRender,
   type RenderOptions,
 } from "@testing-library/react-native";
-import postcss from "postcss";
 import type { compile } from "react-native-css/compiler";
 import { View } from "react-native-css/components";
 import { registerCSS } from "react-native-css/jest";
@@ -74,13 +73,7 @@ export async function render(
     console.log(`Input CSS:\n---\n${css}\n---\n`);
   }
 
-  // Process the TailwindCSS
-  const { css: output } = await postcss([
-    /* Tailwind seems to internally cache things, so we need a random value to cache bust */
-    tailwind({ base: Date.now().toString() }),
-  ]).process(css, {
-    from: __dirname,
-  });
+  const output = await compileTailwind(css);
 
   if (debug) {
     console.log(`Output CSS:\n---\n${output}\n---\n`);
@@ -97,6 +90,28 @@ export async function render(
   );
 }
 
+// @tailwindcss/postcss keeps one compiler per from and base and reuses it for other CSS until a file it read changes, and only logs a failed compile, so each render compiles with the compiler it wraps
+// https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss/blob/v4.1.13/packages/@tailwindcss-postcss/src/index.ts#L32-L33
+// https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss/blob/v4.1.13/packages/@tailwindcss-postcss/src/index.ts#L182-L196
+// https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss/blob/v4.1.13/packages/@tailwindcss-postcss/src/index.ts#L334-L352
+async function compileTailwind(css: string): Promise<string> {
+  const compiler = await compileTailwindCss(css, {
+    base: __dirname,
+    onDependency: () => undefined,
+  });
+
+  if (
+    compiler.sources.some((source) => !source.negated) ||
+    (compiler.root !== null && compiler.root !== "none")
+  ) {
+    throw new Error(
+      `The harness builds only the classes of @source inline(), and this CSS names a file source: ${JSON.stringify({ sources: compiler.sources, root: compiler.root })}`,
+    );
+  }
+
+  return compiler.build([]);
+}
+
 render.debug = (
   component: ReactElement<PropsWithChildren>,
   options: RenderOptions = {},
diff --git a/src/__tests__/vendor/tailwind/harness.test.tsx b/src/__tests__/vendor/tailwind/harness.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8f6cc40b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/__tests__/vendor/tailwind/harness.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+import { View } from "react-native-css/components";
+
+import { render } from "./_tailwind";
+
+test("renders that read the same millisecond compile and apply their own classes", async () => {
+  const now = jest.spyOn(Date, "now").mockReturnValue(0);
+
+  try {
+    for (const [className, style] of [
+      ["left-0", { left: 0 }],
+      ["left-1", { left: 3.5 }],
+    ] as const) {
+      const { stylesheet, getByTestId } = await render(
+        <View testID={className} className={className} />,
+      );
+
+      expect(stylesheet().s?.map(([name]) => name)).toStrictEqual([className]);
+      expect(getByTestId(className).props.style).toStrictEqual(style);
+    }
+  } finally {
+    now.mockRestore();
+  }
+});
+
+test("a render whose CSS fails to compile rejects", async () => {
+  await expect(
+    render(<View className="left-0" />, { css: '@import "./missing.css";' }),
+  ).rejects.toThrow("Can't resolve './missing.css'");
+});
+
+test("a render after one whose CSS uses no Tailwind feature compiles its own classes", async () => {
+  // A millisecond no other case reads, so only this case's renders could share a compiler
+  const now = jest.spyOn(Date, "now").mockReturnValue(1);
+
+  try {
+    await render(<View className="left-0" />, {
+      css: "@theme { --color-brand: red; }",
+    });
+    const { stylesheet } = await render(<View className="left-1" />);
+
+    expect(stylesheet().s?.map(([name]) => name)).toStrictEqual(["left-1"]);
+  } finally {
+    now.mockRestore();
+  }
+});
+
+test.each([
+  ["an @source path", { extraCss: '@source "./";' }],
+  [
+    "a source() root",
+    {
+      css: '@import "tailwindcss/utilities.css" layer(utilities) source("./");',
+    },
+  ],
+])(
+  "a render whose CSS names a file source through %s rejects",
+  async (_sourceKind, options) => {
+    await expect(render(<View className="left-0" />, options)).rejects.toThrow(
+      "names a file source",
+    );
+  },
+);
+
+test("a render whose CSS only excludes a path compiles its classes", async () => {
+  const { stylesheet } = await render(<View className="left-0" />, {
+    extraCss: '@source not "./";',
+  });
+
+  expect(stylesheet().s?.map(([name]) => name)).toStrictEqual(["left-0"]);
+});
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index ced6f69e..c4641044 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -4501,7 +4501,7 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"@tailwindcss/node@npm:4.1.13":
+"@tailwindcss/node@npm:4.1.13, @tailwindcss/node@npm:^4.1.12":
   version: 4.1.13
   resolution: "@tailwindcss/node@npm:4.1.13"
   dependencies:
@@ -4654,7 +4654,7 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"@tailwindcss/postcss@npm:^4.1.11, @tailwindcss/postcss@npm:^4.1.12":
+"@tailwindcss/postcss@npm:^4.1.11":
   version: 4.1.13
   resolution: "@tailwindcss/postcss@npm:4.1.13"
   dependencies:
@@ -11824,7 +11824,7 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"postcss@npm:^8.4.41, postcss@npm:^8.5.6":
+"postcss@npm:^8.4.41":
   version: 8.5.19
   resolution: "postcss@npm:8.5.19"
   dependencies:
@@ -12171,7 +12171,7 @@ __metadata:
     "@react-native/jest-preset": "npm:0.86.3"
     "@react-native/metro-config": "npm:0.86.3"
     "@release-it/conventional-changelog": "npm:10.0.1"
-    "@tailwindcss/postcss": "npm:^4.1.12"
+    "@tailwindcss/node": "npm:^4.1.12"
     "@testing-library/react-native": "npm:^13.3.3"
     "@tsconfig/react-native": "npm:^3.0.6"
     "@types/babel__core": "npm:^7"
@@ -12196,7 +12196,6 @@ __metadata:
     lefthook: "npm:^2.1.5"
     lightningcss: "npm:^1.30.1"
     metro-runtime: "npm:^0.84.2"
-    postcss: "npm:^8.5.6"
     prettier: "npm:^3.6.2"
     react: "npm:19.2.3"
     react-native: "npm:0.86.3"