diff --git a/Libraries/NativeAnimation/RCTNativeAnimatedNodesManager.h b/Libraries/NativeAnimation/RCTNativeAnimatedNodesManager.h
index ae2176684007d6..c66de0e1dd411f 100644
--- a/Libraries/NativeAnimation/RCTNativeAnimatedNodesManager.h
+++ b/Libraries/NativeAnimation/RCTNativeAnimatedNodesManager.h
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@
  */
 
 #import <Foundation/Foundation.h>
-
-#import <RCTAnimation/RCTValueAnimatedNode.h>
 #import <React/RCTBridgeModule.h>
 #import <React/RCTUIManager.h>
 
+@protocol RCTValueAnimatedNodeObserver;
+
 @interface RCTNativeAnimatedNodesManager : NSObject
 
 - (nonnull instancetype)initWithUIManager:(nonnull RCTUIManager *)uiManager;