diff --git a/packages/gradle-plugin/react-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/com/facebook/react/tasks/internal/BuildCodegenCLITask.kt b/packages/gradle-plugin/react-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/com/facebook/react/tasks/internal/BuildCodegenCLITask.kt
index 622a660a282..72f507de6fa 100644
--- a/packages/gradle-plugin/react-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/com/facebook/react/tasks/internal/BuildCodegenCLITask.kt
+++ b/packages/gradle-plugin/react-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/com/facebook/react/tasks/internal/BuildCodegenCLITask.kt
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ abstract class BuildCodegenCLITask : Exec() {
       }
 
   override fun exec() {
-    val logfile = "${project.layout.buildDirectory}/build-cli.log"
+    val logfile = "${project.layout.buildDirectory.getAsFile().get()}/build-cli.log"
     File(logfile).apply {
       parentFile.mkdirs()
       if (exists()) {