diff --git a/packages/react-native-reanimated/android/build.gradle b/packages/react-native-reanimated/android/build.gradle
index 86bace765ea9..f7bec9097187 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-reanimated/android/build.gradle
+++ b/packages/react-native-reanimated/android/build.gradle
@@ -217,13 +217,6 @@ android {
             path "CMakeLists.txt"
         }
     }
-    buildTypes {
-        debug {
-            packagingOptions {
-                doNotStrip "**/**/*.so"
-            }
-        }
-    }
     lintOptions {
         abortOnError false
     }
@@ -266,6 +259,12 @@ android {
     }
 }
 
+androidComponents {
+    onVariants(selector().withBuildType("debug")) {
+        packaging.jniLibs.keepDebugSymbols.add("**/**/*.so")
+    }
+}
+
 def validateReactNativeVersionResult = providers.exec {
     workingDir(projectDir.path)
     commandLine("node", "./../scripts/validate-react-native-version.js", REACT_NATIVE_VERSION.toString())
diff --git a/packages/react-native-worklets/android/build.gradle b/packages/react-native-worklets/android/build.gradle
index 2e5ad454afb1..c89134fc286a 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-worklets/android/build.gradle
+++ b/packages/react-native-worklets/android/build.gradle
@@ -227,9 +227,6 @@ android {
                     }
                 }
             }
-            packagingOptions {
-                doNotStrip "**/**/*.so"
-            }
         }
     }
     lintOptions {
@@ -285,6 +282,12 @@ android {
     }
 }
 
+androidComponents {
+    onVariants(selector().withBuildType("debug")) {
+        packaging.jniLibs.keepDebugSymbols.add("**/**/*.so")
+    }
+}
+
 def validateReactNativeVersionResult = providers.exec {
     workingDir(projectDir.path)
     commandLine("node", "./../scripts/validate-react-native-version.js", REACT_NATIVE_VERSION.toString())