diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/api/ReactAndroid.api b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/api/ReactAndroid.api
index 62fa18eb249..fb02f33c4eb 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/api/ReactAndroid.api
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/api/ReactAndroid.api
@@ -8247,6 +8247,7 @@ public class com/facebook/react/views/view/ReactViewGroup : android/view/ViewGro
 	public fun setOpacityIfPossible (F)V
 	public fun setOverflow (Ljava/lang/String;)V
 	public fun setOverflowInset (IIII)V
+	public fun setPointerEvents (Lcom/facebook/react/uimanager/PointerEvents;)V
 	public fun setRemoveClippedSubviews (Z)V
 	public fun setTranslucentBackgroundDrawable (Landroid/graphics/drawable/Drawable;)V
 	public fun updateClippingRect ()V
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/view/ReactViewGroup.java b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/view/ReactViewGroup.java
index edaba93365d..66f666a261e 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/view/ReactViewGroup.java
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/view/ReactViewGroup.java
@@ -673,7 +673,7 @@ public class ReactViewGroup extends ViewGroup
     // to it's children.
   }
 
-  /*package*/ void setPointerEvents(PointerEvents pointerEvents) {
+  public void setPointerEvents(PointerEvents pointerEvents) {
     mPointerEvents = pointerEvents;
   }