diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/modules/network/NetworkEventUtil.kt b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/modules/network/NetworkEventUtil.kt
index 997b446b7de36a..05ca5e8edf9048 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/modules/network/NetworkEventUtil.kt
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/modules/network/NetworkEventUtil.kt
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import com.facebook.react.bridge.WritableMap
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.buildReadableArray
 import com.facebook.react.common.build.ReactBuildConfig
 import com.facebook.react.internal.featureflags.ReactNativeFeatureFlags
+import java.io.InterruptedIOException
 import java.net.SocketTimeoutException
 import okhttp3.Headers
 import okhttp3.Protocol
@@ -197,7 +198,7 @@ internal object NetworkEventUtil {
         buildReadableArray {
           add(requestId)
           add(error)
-          if (e?.javaClass == SocketTimeoutException::class.java) {
+          if (e?.javaClass == SocketTimeoutException::class.java || e?.javaClass === InterruptedIOException::class.java) {
             add(true) // last argument is a time out boolean
           }
         },