diff --git a/packages/ferric-example/Cargo.toml b/packages/ferric-example/Cargo.toml
index 2524a0e8..a301bce0 100644
--- a/packages/ferric-example/Cargo.toml
+++ b/packages/ferric-example/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,17 +8,21 @@ license = "MIT"
 crate-type = ["cdylib"]
 
 [dependencies.napi]
-version = "3.1"
-default-features = false
+version = "=3.4.0"
 # see https://nodejs.org/api/n-api.html#node-api-version-matrix
+default-features = false
 features = ["napi3"]
 
 [dependencies.napi-derive]
-version = "3.1"
+version = "3.3.0"
 features = ["type-def"]
 
+# See https://github.com/callstackincubator/react-native-node-api/issues/331
+[dependencies.napi-sys]
+version = "=3.0.1"
+
 [build-dependencies]
-napi-build = "2"
+napi-build = "2.2.4"
 
 [profile.release]
 lto = true
diff --git a/packages/ferric/src/cargo.ts b/packages/ferric/src/cargo.ts
index 4eee45b2..d3fc8ae7 100644
--- a/packages/ferric/src/cargo.ts
+++ b/packages/ferric/src/cargo.ts
@@ -219,8 +219,9 @@ export function getTargetEnvironmentVariables({
       CARGO_ENCODED_RUSTFLAGS: [
         "-L",
         weakNodeApiPath,
-        "-l",
-        "weak-node-api",
+        "-C",
+        // Passing --no-as-needed to prevent weak-node-api from being optimized away
+        "link-arg=-Wl,--push-state,--no-as-needed,-lweak-node-api,--pop-state",
       ].join(String.fromCharCode(0x1f)),
       CARGO_TARGET_AARCH64_LINUX_ANDROID_LINKER: joinPathAndAssertExistence(
         toolchainBinPath,