diff --git a/packages/react-router/src/ReactRouter/ReactRouterViewStack.tsx b/packages/react-router/src/ReactRouter/ReactRouterViewStack.tsx
index b823c458599..b7e448977ad 100644
--- a/packages/react-router/src/ReactRouter/ReactRouterViewStack.tsx
+++ b/packages/react-router/src/ReactRouter/ReactRouterViewStack.tsx
@@ -643,21 +643,19 @@ export class ReactRouterViewStack extends ViewStacks {
       this.outletParentPaths.delete(outletId);
     }
 
-    // Sync child elements with stored viewItems (e.g. to reflect new props)
-    React.Children.forEach(ionRouterOutlet.props.children, (child: React.ReactElement) => {
-      // Ensure the child is a valid React element since we
-      // might have whitespace strings or other non-element children
-      if (React.isValidElement(child)) {
-        // Find view item by exact path match to avoid wildcard routes overwriting specific routes
-        const childPath = (child.props as any).path;
-        const viewItem = viewItems.find((v) => {
-          const viewItemPath = v.reactElement?.props?.path;
-          // Only update if paths match exactly (prevents wildcard routes from overwriting specific routes)
-          return viewItemPath === childPath;
-        });
-        if (viewItem) {
-          viewItem.reactElement = child;
-        }
+    // Re-sync each route element onto its stored viewItem so prop changes from a
+    // parent re-render reach the child. extractRouteChildren unwraps the <Routes>
+    // wrapper, which has no path of its own. Without it we'd iterate props.children
+    // directly, never match a viewItem, and the child's props would go stale.
+    extractRouteChildren(ionRouterOutlet.props.children).forEach((child) => {
+      // Match on exact path so a wildcard route doesn't overwrite a specific one.
+      const childPath = (child.props as any).path;
+      const viewItem = viewItems.find((v) => {
+        const viewItemPath = v.reactElement?.props?.path;
+        return viewItemPath === childPath;
+      });
+      if (viewItem) {
+        viewItem.reactElement = child;
       }
     });
 
diff --git a/packages/react-router/test/base/src/App.tsx b/packages/react-router/test/base/src/App.tsx
index 354900fec17..cc22a9e158d 100644
--- a/packages/react-router/test/base/src/App.tsx
+++ b/packages/react-router/test/base/src/App.tsx
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ import TabLifecycleOutside from './pages/tab-lifecycle/TabLifecycleOutside';
 import { RouterLinkModifierClick, RouterLinkModifierClickTarget } from './pages/router-link-modifier-click/RouterLinkModifierClick';
 import { NavigateRootPageA, NavigateRootPageB, NavigateRootPageC } from './pages/navigate-root/NavigateRoot';
 import SuspenseOutlet from './pages/suspense-outlet/SuspenseOutlet';
+import { PropsUpdateDirect, PropsUpdateRoutesWrapper } from './pages/props-update/PropsUpdate';
 
 setupIonicReact();
 
@@ -136,6 +137,8 @@ const App: React.FC = () => {
           <Route path="/navigate-root/page-b" element={<NavigateRootPageB />} />
           <Route path="/navigate-root/page-c" element={<NavigateRootPageC />} />
           <Route path="/suspense-outlet/*" element={<SuspenseOutlet />} />
+          <Route path="/props-update-routes/*" element={<PropsUpdateRoutesWrapper />} />
+          <Route path="/props-update-direct/*" element={<PropsUpdateDirect />} />
         </IonRouterOutlet>
       </IonReactRouter>
     </IonApp>
diff --git a/packages/react-router/test/base/src/pages/Main.tsx b/packages/react-router/test/base/src/pages/Main.tsx
index 9888bf40d91..08ea63ed64d 100644
--- a/packages/react-router/test/base/src/pages/Main.tsx
+++ b/packages/react-router/test/base/src/pages/Main.tsx
@@ -186,6 +186,12 @@ const Main: React.FC = () => {
           <IonItem routerLink="/route-context-shape">
             <IonLabel>Route Context Shape</IonLabel>
           </IonItem>
+          <IonItem routerLink="/props-update-routes/child">
+            <IonLabel>Props Update (Routes wrapper)</IonLabel>
+          </IonItem>
+          <IonItem routerLink="/props-update-direct/child">
+            <IonLabel>Props Update (direct)</IonLabel>
+          </IonItem>
         </IonList>
       </IonContent>
     </IonPage>
diff --git a/packages/react-router/test/base/src/pages/props-update/PropsUpdate.tsx b/packages/react-router/test/base/src/pages/props-update/PropsUpdate.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6ab23c2d600
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react-router/test/base/src/pages/props-update/PropsUpdate.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+/**
+ * Reproduces https://github.com/ionic-team/ionic-framework/issues/31157
+ * (and the original https://github.com/ionic-team/ionic-framework/issues/19986).
+ *
+ * A parent passes state to a child rendered inside an IonRouterOutlet. Clicking the
+ * button updates that state, and the child should re-render with the new prop value.
+ *
+ * Two variants:
+ * - `routes-wrapper`: routes wrapped in <Routes>, the RR6 equivalent of the issue's <Switch>
+ * - `direct`: routes as direct <Route> children of the outlet (the #19986 shape)
+ */
+
+import { IonButton, IonContent, IonHeader, IonPage, IonRouterOutlet, IonTitle, IonToolbar } from '@ionic/react';
+import React, { useState } from 'react';
+import { Navigate, Route, Routes } from 'react-router-dom';
+
+import TestDescription from '../../components/TestDescription';
+
+interface ChildProps {
+  name: string;
+  setName: (name: string) => void;
+}
+
+const ChildPage: React.FC<ChildProps> = ({ name, setName }) => {
+  return (
+    <IonPage data-pageid="props-update-child">
+      <IonHeader>
+        <IonToolbar>
+          <IonTitle>Props Update</IonTitle>
+        </IonToolbar>
+      </IonHeader>
+      <IonContent>
+        <TestDescription>
+          Tap the button. Its label should change from "Viktor" to "another", confirming the child
+          re-renders with the updated parent prop.
+        </TestDescription>
+        <IonButton data-testid="name-button" onClick={() => setName('another')}>
+          {name}
+        </IonButton>
+      </IonContent>
+    </IonPage>
+  );
+};
+
+/** Routes wrapped in <Routes> - the RR6 equivalent of the <Switch> shape in #31157. */
+export const PropsUpdateRoutesWrapper: React.FC = () => {
+  const [name, setName] = useState('Viktor');
+  return (
+    <IonRouterOutlet>
+      <Routes>
+        <Route path="child" element={<ChildPage name={name} setName={setName} />} />
+        <Route index element={<Navigate to="child" replace />} />
+      </Routes>
+    </IonRouterOutlet>
+  );
+};
+
+/** Routes as direct <Route> children of the outlet - the original #19986 shape. */
+export const PropsUpdateDirect: React.FC = () => {
+  const [name, setName] = useState('Viktor');
+  return (
+    <IonRouterOutlet>
+      <Route path="child" element={<ChildPage name={name} setName={setName} />} />
+      <Route index element={<Navigate to="child" replace />} />
+    </IonRouterOutlet>
+  );
+};
diff --git a/packages/react-router/test/base/tests/e2e/playwright/props-update.spec.ts b/packages/react-router/test/base/tests/e2e/playwright/props-update.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2b4e28df6f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react-router/test/base/tests/e2e/playwright/props-update.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+import { test, expect } from '@playwright/test';
+import { ionPageVisible, withTestingMode } from './utils/test-utils';
+
+/**
+ * Reproduces https://github.com/ionic-team/ionic-framework/issues/31157
+ * (and the original https://github.com/ionic-team/ionic-framework/issues/19986).
+ *
+ * A parent passes state to a child rendered inside an IonRouterOutlet. Clicking the
+ * button updates that state, and the child should re-render with the new value
+ * ("Viktor" -> "another").
+ */
+test.describe('Props Update inside IonRouterOutlet', () => {
+  test('routes wrapped in <Routes> should update child props on parent state change', async ({ page }, testInfo) => {
+    testInfo.annotations.push({
+      type: 'issue',
+      description: 'https://github.com/ionic-team/ionic-framework/issues/31157',
+    });
+    await page.goto(withTestingMode('/props-update-routes/child'));
+    await ionPageVisible(page, 'props-update-child');
+
+    const button = page.locator('[data-testid="name-button"]');
+    await expect(button).toHaveText('Viktor');
+
+    await button.click();
+    await expect(button).toHaveText('another');
+  });
+
+  test('routes as direct children should update child props on parent state change', async ({ page }, testInfo) => {
+    testInfo.annotations.push({
+      type: 'issue',
+      description: 'https://github.com/ionic-team/ionic-framework/issues/19986',
+    });
+    await page.goto(withTestingMode('/props-update-direct/child'));
+    await ionPageVisible(page, 'props-update-child');
+
+    const button = page.locator('[data-testid="name-button"]');
+    await expect(button).toHaveText('Viktor');
+
+    await button.click();
+    await expect(button).toHaveText('another');
+  });
+});