diff --git a/packages/rn-tester/android/app/gradle.properties b/packages/rn-tester/android/app/gradle.properties
index b6ce28ca151ced..838ca18c4c1caa 100644
--- a/packages/rn-tester/android/app/gradle.properties
+++ b/packages/rn-tester/android/app/gradle.properties
@@ -13,6 +13,6 @@ android.enableJetifier=true
 FLIPPER_VERSION=0.182.0
 
 # RN-Tester is building with NewArch always enabled
-newArchEnabled=false
+newArchEnabled=true
 # RN-Tester is running with Hermes enabled and filtering variants with enableHermesOnlyInVariants
 hermesEnabled=true