diff --git a/ReactAndroid/build.gradle b/ReactAndroid/build.gradle
index b44202593ecda0..0990a1a6780f0f 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/build.gradle
+++ b/ReactAndroid/build.gradle
@@ -528,9 +528,7 @@ android {
     if (rootProject.hasProperty("ndkPath")) {
         ndkPath rootProject.ext.ndkPath
     }
-    if (rootProject.hasProperty("ndkVersion")) {
-        ndkVersion rootProject.ext.ndkVersion
-    }
+    ndkVersion = "24.0.8215888"
 
     defaultConfig {
         minSdkVersion(21)
diff --git a/template/android/build.gradle b/template/android/build.gradle
index 34ea71819406f6..9abfe0d4eef403 100644
--- a/template/android/build.gradle
+++ b/template/android/build.gradle
@@ -7,8 +7,7 @@ buildscript {
         compileSdkVersion = 33
         targetSdkVersion = 33
 
-        // We use NDK 23 which has both M1 support and is the side-by-side NDK version from AGP.
-        ndkVersion = "23.1.7779620"
+        ndkVersion = "24.0.8215888"
     }
     repositories {
         google()