diff --git a/template/android/app/build.gradle b/template/android/app/build.gradle
index 506dca121113d4..bb24740f14a052 100644
--- a/template/android/app/build.gradle
+++ b/template/android/app/build.gradle
@@ -238,14 +238,8 @@ android {
 dependencies {
     implementation fileTree(dir: "libs", include: ["*.jar"])
 
-    // If new architecture is enabled, we let you build RN from source
-    // Otherwise we fallback to a prebuilt .aar bundled in the NPM package.
-    if (isNewArchitectureEnabled()) {
-        implementation project(":ReactAndroid")
-    } else {
-        //noinspection GradleDynamicVersion
-        implementation "com.facebook.react:react-native:+"  // From node_modules
-    }
+    //noinspection GradleDynamicVersion
+    implementation "com.facebook.react:react-native:+"  // From node_modules
 
     implementation "androidx.swiperefreshlayout:swiperefreshlayout:1.0.0"
 
@@ -271,6 +265,18 @@ dependencies {
     }
 }
 
+if (isNewArchitectureEnabled()) {
+    // If new architecture is enabled, we let you build RN from source
+    // Otherwise we fallback to a prebuilt .aar bundled in the NPM package.
+    // This will be applied to all the imported transtitive dependency.
+    configurations.all {
+        resolutionStrategy.dependencySubstitution {
+            substitute(module("com.facebook.react:react-native"))
+                    .using(project(":ReactAndroid")).because("On New Architecture we're building React Native from source")
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 // Run this once to be able to run the application with BUCK
 // puts all compile dependencies into folder libs for BUCK to use
 task copyDownloadableDepsToLibs(type: Copy) {