diff --git a/packages/react-native/Libraries/EventEmitter/RCTDeviceEventEmitter.js b/packages/react-native/Libraries/EventEmitter/RCTDeviceEventEmitter.js
index d53df915597..b321c884b5f 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/Libraries/EventEmitter/RCTDeviceEventEmitter.js
+++ b/packages/react-native/Libraries/EventEmitter/RCTDeviceEventEmitter.js
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ import {beginEvent, endEvent} from '../Performance/Systrace';
 import EventEmitter from '../vendor/emitter/EventEmitter';
 
 // FIXME: use typed events
-type RCTDeviceEventDefinitions = $FlowFixMe;
+/* $FlowFixMe[unclear-type] unclear type of events */
+type RCTDeviceEventDefinitions = {[name: string]: Array<any>};
 
 /**
  * Global EventEmitter used by the native platform to emit events to JavaScript.
diff --git a/packages/react-native/Libraries/__tests__/__snapshots__/public-api-test.js.snap b/packages/react-native/Libraries/__tests__/__snapshots__/public-api-test.js.snap
index 836bd290b26..ebf37aff894 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/Libraries/__tests__/__snapshots__/public-api-test.js.snap
+++ b/packages/react-native/Libraries/__tests__/__snapshots__/public-api-test.js.snap
@@ -4630,7 +4630,7 @@ declare export default class NativeEventEmitter<TEventToArgsMap: { ... }>
 `;
 
 exports[`public API should not change unintentionally Libraries/EventEmitter/RCTDeviceEventEmitter.js 1`] = `
-"type RCTDeviceEventDefinitions = $FlowFixMe;
+"type RCTDeviceEventDefinitions = { [name: string]: Array<any> };
 declare export default IEventEmitter<RCTDeviceEventDefinitions>;
 "
 `;