diff --git a/template/android/app/build.gradle b/template/android/app/build.gradle
index 56a8363293d710..1215ed78d324f2 100644
--- a/template/android/app/build.gradle
+++ b/template/android/app/build.gradle
@@ -193,6 +193,7 @@ dependencies {
 
     debugImplementation("com.facebook.flipper:flipper-network-plugin:${FLIPPER_VERSION}") {
         exclude group:'com.facebook.flipper'
+        exclude group:'com.squareup.okhttp3', module:'okhttp'
     }
 
     debugImplementation("com.facebook.flipper:flipper-fresco-plugin:${FLIPPER_VERSION}") {