diff --git a/ReactAndroid/build.gradle b/ReactAndroid/build.gradle
index a0484a9f6f36e8..c339b9d13616af 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/build.gradle
+++ b/ReactAndroid/build.gradle
@@ -86,6 +86,10 @@ final def preparePrefab = tasks.register("preparePrefab", PreparePrefabHeadersTa
                 "react_render_componentregistry",
                 new Pair("../ReactCommon/react/renderer/componentregistry/", "react/renderer/componentregistry/")
             ),
+            new PrefabPreprocessingEntry(
+                "react_newarchdefaults",
+                new Pair("src/main/jni/react/newarchdefaults", "")
+            )
         ]
     )
     it.outputDir.set(prefabHeadersDir)
@@ -338,7 +342,6 @@ android {
                     "jsijniprofiler",
                     "reactnativeblob",
                     "reactperfloggerjni",
-                    "react_newarchdefaults",
                     "fabricjni",
                     // prefab targets
                     "react_render_debug",
@@ -346,7 +349,8 @@ android {
                     "runtimeexecutor",
                     "react_codegen_rncore",
                     "react_debug",
-                    "react_render_componentregistry"
+                    "react_render_componentregistry",
+                    "react_newarchdefaults"
             }
         }
         ndk {
@@ -435,6 +439,9 @@ android {
         react_render_componentregistry {
             headers(new File(prefabHeadersDir, "react_render_componentregistry").absolutePath)
         }
+        react_newarchdefaults {
+            headers(new File(prefabHeadersDir, "react_newarchdefaults").absolutePath)
+        }
     }
 
     publishing {
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/cmake-utils/Android-prebuilt.cmake b/ReactAndroid/cmake-utils/Android-prebuilt.cmake
index 18ee6bd6ad9e9c..d9331596f6c4b8 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/cmake-utils/Android-prebuilt.cmake
+++ b/ReactAndroid/cmake-utils/Android-prebuilt.cmake
@@ -168,14 +168,6 @@ set_target_properties(fabricjni
         ${REACT_NDK_EXPORT_DIR}/${ANDROID_ABI}/libfabricjni.so)
 target_include_directories(fabricjni INTERFACE ${REACT_ANDROID_SRC_DIR}/jni/react/fabric)
 
-## react_newarchdefaults
-add_library(react_newarchdefaults SHARED IMPORTED GLOBAL)
-set_target_properties(react_newarchdefaults
-        PROPERTIES
-        IMPORTED_LOCATION
-        ${REACT_NDK_EXPORT_DIR}/${ANDROID_ABI}/libreact_newarchdefaults.so)
-target_include_directories(react_newarchdefaults INTERFACE ${REACT_ANDROID_SRC_DIR}/jni/react/newarchdefaults)
-
 ## jsi
 add_library(jsi SHARED IMPORTED GLOBAL)
 set_target_properties(jsi
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/cmake-utils/ReactNative-application.cmake b/ReactAndroid/cmake-utils/ReactNative-application.cmake
index dfcbfd7dd73340..57bcc3d6a32699 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/cmake-utils/ReactNative-application.cmake
+++ b/ReactAndroid/cmake-utils/ReactNative-application.cmake
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ add_library(runtimeexecutor ALIAS ReactAndroid::runtimeexecutor)
 add_library(react_codegen_rncore ALIAS ReactAndroid::react_codegen_rncore)
 add_library(react_debug ALIAS ReactAndroid::react_debug)
 add_library(react_render_componentregistry ALIAS ReactAndroid::react_render_componentregistry)
+add_library(react_newarchdefaults ALIAS ReactAndroid::react_newarchdefaults)
 
 target_link_libraries(${CMAKE_PROJECT_NAME}
         fabricjni
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@ target_link_libraries(${CMAKE_PROJECT_NAME}
         react_codegen_rncore                # prefab ready
         react_debug                         # prefab ready
         react_nativemodule_core
-        react_newarchdefaults
+        react_newarchdefaults               # prefab ready
         react_render_componentregistry      # prefab ready
         react_render_core
         react_render_debug                  # prefab ready