diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/api/ReactAndroid.api b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/api/ReactAndroid.api
index 116179370c2..2293c1b601d 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/api/ReactAndroid.api
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/api/ReactAndroid.api
@@ -7334,6 +7334,7 @@ public final class com/facebook/react/views/scroll/ScrollEventType$Companion {
 
 public class com/facebook/react/views/swiperefresh/ReactSwipeRefreshLayout : androidx/swiperefreshlayout/widget/SwipeRefreshLayout {
 	public fun <init> (Lcom/facebook/react/bridge/ReactContext;)V
+	public fun canChildScrollUp ()Z
 	public fun onInterceptTouchEvent (Landroid/view/MotionEvent;)Z
 	public fun onLayout (ZIIII)V
 	public fun onTouchEvent (Landroid/view/MotionEvent;)Z
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/swiperefresh/ReactSwipeRefreshLayout.java b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/swiperefresh/ReactSwipeRefreshLayout.java
index b42143f3c12..5fe3af15fa0 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/swiperefresh/ReactSwipeRefreshLayout.java
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/swiperefresh/ReactSwipeRefreshLayout.java
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 package com.facebook.react.views.swiperefresh;
 
 import android.view.MotionEvent;
+import android.view.View;
 import android.view.ViewConfiguration;
 import androidx.swiperefreshlayout.widget.SwipeRefreshLayout;
 import com.facebook.infer.annotation.Nullsafe;
@@ -72,6 +73,16 @@ public class ReactSwipeRefreshLayout extends SwipeRefreshLayout {
     }
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public boolean canChildScrollUp() {
+    View firstChild = getChildAt(0);
+    if (firstChild != null) {
+      return firstChild.canScrollVertically(-1);
+    } else {
+      return super.canChildScrollUp();
+    }
+  }
+
   /**
    * {@link SwipeRefreshLayout} overrides {@link ViewGroup#requestDisallowInterceptTouchEvent} and
    * swallows it. This means that any component underneath SwipeRefreshLayout will now interact