diff --git a/ios/chrome/browser/ui/table_view/cells/table_view_text_item.h b/ios/chrome/browser/ui/table_view/cells/table_view_text_item.h
index 8768ff14077f..a9606d5ea018 100644
--- a/ios/chrome/browser/ui/table_view/cells/table_view_text_item.h
+++ b/ios/chrome/browser/ui/table_view/cells/table_view_text_item.h
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 // UIColor for the cell's textLabel. Default is
 // kTableViewTextLabelColorLightGrey. ChromeTableViewStyler's |cellTitleColor|
 // takes precedence over the default color, but not over |textColor|.
-@property(nonatomic, assign) UIColor* textColor;
+@property(nonatomic, strong) UIColor* textColor;
 
 @property(nonatomic, strong) NSString* text;