diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/modules/network/NetworkingModule.java b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/modules/network/NetworkingModule.java
index 344c452836f..22eb4ea1bb8 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/modules/network/NetworkingModule.java
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/modules/network/NetworkingModule.java
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ import okhttp3.Call;
 import okhttp3.Callback;
 import okhttp3.CookieJar;
 import okhttp3.Headers;
-import okhttp3.Interceptor;
 import okhttp3.JavaNetCookieJar;
 import okhttp3.MediaType;
 import okhttp3.MultipartBody;
@@ -174,7 +173,7 @@ public final class NetworkingModule extends NativeNetworkingAndroidSpec {
    *     https://github.com/facebook/react-native/pull/37798#pullrequestreview-1518338914
    */
   @Deprecated
-  public static interface CustomClientBuilder
+  public interface CustomClientBuilder
       extends com.facebook.react.modules.network.CustomClientBuilder {}
 
   private static void applyCustomBuilder(OkHttpClient.Builder builder) {
@@ -311,36 +310,32 @@ public final class NetworkingModule extends NativeNetworkingAndroidSpec {
     // response and counts bytes received.
     if (useIncrementalUpdates) {
       clientBuilder.addNetworkInterceptor(
-          new Interceptor() {
-            @Override
-            public Response intercept(Interceptor.Chain chain) throws IOException {
-              Response originalResponse = chain.proceed(chain.request());
-              ProgressResponseBody responseBody =
-                  new ProgressResponseBody(
-                      originalResponse.body(),
-                      new ProgressListener() {
-                        long last = System.nanoTime();
+          chain -> {
+            Response originalResponse = chain.proceed(chain.request());
+            ProgressResponseBody responseBody =
+                new ProgressResponseBody(
+                    originalResponse.body(),
+                    new ProgressListener() {
+                      long last = System.nanoTime();
 
-                        @Override
-                        public void onProgress(
-                            long bytesWritten, long contentLength, boolean done) {
-                          long now = System.nanoTime();
-                          if (!done && !shouldDispatch(now, last)) {
-                            return;
-                          }
-                          if (responseType.equals("text")) {
-                            // For 'text' responses we continuously send response data with progress
-                            // info to
-                            // JS below, so no need to do anything here.
-                            return;
-                          }
-                          ResponseUtil.onDataReceivedProgress(
-                              reactApplicationContext, requestId, bytesWritten, contentLength);
-                          last = now;
+                      @Override
+                      public void onProgress(long bytesWritten, long contentLength, boolean done) {
+                        long now = System.nanoTime();
+                        if (!done && !shouldDispatch(now, last)) {
+                          return;
                         }
-                      });
-              return originalResponse.newBuilder().body(responseBody).build();
-            }
+                        if (responseType.equals("text")) {
+                          // For 'text' responses we continuously send response data with progress
+                          // info to
+                          // JS below, so no need to do anything here.
+                          return;
+                        }
+                        ResponseUtil.onDataReceivedProgress(
+                            reactApplicationContext, requestId, bytesWritten, contentLength);
+                        last = now;
+                      }
+                    });
+            return originalResponse.newBuilder().body(responseBody).build();
           });
     }