diff --git a/posthog-react-native/CHANGELOG.md b/posthog-react-native/CHANGELOG.md
index 384deeb5..9a064bda 100644
--- a/posthog-react-native/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/posthog-react-native/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Next
 
+# 3.3.5 - 2024-10-15
+
+1. fix: only tries to read device context from react-native-device-info if expo libs are not available
+
 # 3.3.4 - 2024-10-14
 
 1. fix: only log messages if debug is enabled
diff --git a/posthog-react-native/package.json b/posthog-react-native/package.json
index 763c2aad..caf65ce1 100644
--- a/posthog-react-native/package.json
+++ b/posthog-react-native/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "posthog-react-native",
-  "version": "3.3.4",
+  "version": "3.3.5",
   "main": "lib/posthog-react-native/index.js",
   "files": [
     "lib/"
diff --git a/posthog-react-native/src/native-deps.tsx b/posthog-react-native/src/native-deps.tsx
index 6046f1f5..21b2f9a1 100644
--- a/posthog-react-native/src/native-deps.tsx
+++ b/posthog-react-native/src/native-deps.tsx
@@ -25,6 +25,11 @@ export const getAppProperties = (): PostHogCustomAppProperties => {
     properties.$app_name = OptionalExpoApplication.applicationName
     properties.$app_namespace = OptionalExpoApplication.applicationId
     properties.$app_version = OptionalExpoApplication.nativeApplicationVersion
+  } else if (OptionalReactNativeDeviceInfo) {
+    properties.$app_build = returnPropertyIfNotUnknown(OptionalReactNativeDeviceInfo.getBuildNumber())
+    properties.$app_name = returnPropertyIfNotUnknown(OptionalReactNativeDeviceInfo.getApplicationName())
+    properties.$app_namespace = returnPropertyIfNotUnknown(OptionalReactNativeDeviceInfo.getBundleId())
+    properties.$app_version = returnPropertyIfNotUnknown(OptionalReactNativeDeviceInfo.getVersion())
   }
 
   if (OptionalExpoDevice) {
@@ -33,18 +38,7 @@ export const getAppProperties = (): PostHogCustomAppProperties => {
     properties.$device_name = OptionalExpoDevice.modelName
     properties.$os_name = OptionalExpoDevice.osName
     properties.$os_version = OptionalExpoDevice.osVersion
-  }
-
-  if (OptionalExpoLocalization) {
-    properties.$locale = OptionalExpoLocalization.locale
-    properties.$timezone = OptionalExpoLocalization.timezone
-  }
-
-  if (OptionalReactNativeDeviceInfo) {
-    properties.$app_build = returnPropertyIfNotUnknown(OptionalReactNativeDeviceInfo.getBuildNumber())
-    properties.$app_name = returnPropertyIfNotUnknown(OptionalReactNativeDeviceInfo.getApplicationName())
-    properties.$app_namespace = returnPropertyIfNotUnknown(OptionalReactNativeDeviceInfo.getBundleId())
-    properties.$app_version = returnPropertyIfNotUnknown(OptionalReactNativeDeviceInfo.getVersion())
+  } else if (OptionalReactNativeDeviceInfo) {
     properties.$device_manufacturer = returnPropertyIfNotUnknown(OptionalReactNativeDeviceInfo.getManufacturerSync())
     // react-native-device-info already maps the device model identifier to a human readable name
     properties.$device_name = returnPropertyIfNotUnknown(OptionalReactNativeDeviceInfo.getModel())
@@ -52,6 +46,11 @@ export const getAppProperties = (): PostHogCustomAppProperties => {
     properties.$os_version = returnPropertyIfNotUnknown(OptionalReactNativeDeviceInfo.getSystemVersion())
   }
 
+  if (OptionalExpoLocalization) {
+    properties.$locale = OptionalExpoLocalization.locale
+    properties.$timezone = OptionalExpoLocalization.timezone
+  }
+
   return properties
 }