diff --git a/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/com/facebook/react/utils/ProjectUtils.kt b/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/com/facebook/react/utils/ProjectUtils.kt
index 17a0982ad83..f70e14cbcca 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/com/facebook/react/utils/ProjectUtils.kt
+++ b/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/com/facebook/react/utils/ProjectUtils.kt
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ internal object ProjectUtils {
 
   internal val Project.isHermesEnabled: Boolean
     get() =
-        if (project.hasProperty("enableHermes")) {
-          project.property("enableHermes").toString().lowercase().toBooleanStrictOrNull() ?: true
+        if (project.hasProperty("hermesEnabled")) {
+          project.property("hermesEnabled").toString().lowercase().toBooleanStrictOrNull() ?: true
         } else if (project.extensions.extraProperties.has("react")) {
           @Suppress("UNCHECKED_CAST")
           val reactMap = project.extensions.extraProperties.get("react") as? Map<String, Any?>
diff --git a/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/src/test/kotlin/com/facebook/react/utils/ProjectUtilsTest.kt b/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/src/test/kotlin/com/facebook/react/utils/ProjectUtilsTest.kt
index 495715416f7..c41cc65a27c 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/src/test/kotlin/com/facebook/react/utils/ProjectUtilsTest.kt
+++ b/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/src/test/kotlin/com/facebook/react/utils/ProjectUtilsTest.kt
@@ -50,21 +50,21 @@ class ProjectUtilsTest {
   @Test
   fun isNewArchEnabled_withDisabledViaProperty_returnsFalse() {
     val project = createProject()
-    project.extensions.extraProperties.set("enableHermes", "false")
+    project.extensions.extraProperties.set("hermesEnabled", "false")
     assertFalse(project.isHermesEnabled)
   }
 
   @Test
   fun isHermesEnabled_withEnabledViaProperty_returnsTrue() {
     val project = createProject()
-    project.extensions.extraProperties.set("enableHermes", "true")
+    project.extensions.extraProperties.set("hermesEnabled", "true")
     assertTrue(project.isHermesEnabled)
   }
 
   @Test
   fun isHermesEnabled_withInvalidViaProperty_returnsTrue() {
     val project = createProject()
-    project.extensions.extraProperties.set("enableHermes", "¯\\_(ツ)_/¯")
+    project.extensions.extraProperties.set("hermesEnabled", "¯\\_(ツ)_/¯")
     assertTrue(project.isHermesEnabled)
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/rn-tester/android/app/gradle.properties b/packages/rn-tester/android/app/gradle.properties
index 159049803a6..18b9871789b 100644
--- a/packages/rn-tester/android/app/gradle.properties
+++ b/packages/rn-tester/android/app/gradle.properties
@@ -14,3 +14,5 @@ FLIPPER_VERSION=0.125.0
 
 # RN-Tester is building with NewArch always enabled
 newArchEnabled=true
+# RN-Tester is running with Hermes enabled and filtering variants with enableHermesOnlyInVariants
+hermesEnabled=true