diff --git a/android/build.gradle b/android/build.gradle
index 1eb91727e016..2e762d7e6437 100644
--- a/android/build.gradle
+++ b/android/build.gradle
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ allprojects {
             // Manually set the react-native version to resolve this upstream issue: https://github.com/facebook/react-native/issues/35210
             def REACT_NATIVE_VERSION = new File(['node', '--print',"JSON.parse(require('fs').readFileSync(require.resolve('react-native/package.json'), 'utf-8')).version"].execute(null, rootDir).text.trim())
             force "com.facebook.react:react-native:" + REACT_NATIVE_VERSION
+            force "com.facebook.react:hermes-engine:" + REACT_NATIVE_VERSION
         }
     }
     repositories {