diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/ReactAccessibilityDelegate.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/ReactAccessibilityDelegate.java
index 912fcbcc756..22b82bed0ca 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/ReactAccessibilityDelegate.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/ReactAccessibilityDelegate.java
@@ -31,7 +31,10 @@ import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReadableArray;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReadableMap;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReadableMapKeySetIterator;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReadableType;
+import com.facebook.react.bridge.UIManager;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.WritableMap;
+import com.facebook.react.uimanager.events.Event;
+import com.facebook.react.uimanager.events.EventDispatcher;
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.events.RCTEventEmitter;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 
@@ -42,6 +45,7 @@ import java.util.HashMap;
 public class ReactAccessibilityDelegate extends AccessibilityDelegateCompat {
 
   private static final String TAG = "ReactAccessibilityDelegate";
+  public static final String TOP_ACCESSIBILITY_ACTION_EVENT = "topAccessibilityAction";
   private static int sCounter = 0x3f000000;
   private static final int TIMEOUT_SEND_ACCESSIBILITY_EVENT = 200;
   private static final int SEND_EVENT = 1;
@@ -281,9 +285,24 @@ public class ReactAccessibilityDelegate extends AccessibilityDelegateCompat {
       event.putString("actionName", mAccessibilityActionsMap.get(action));
       ReactContext reactContext = (ReactContext) host.getContext();
       if (reactContext.hasActiveCatalystInstance()) {
-        reactContext
-            .getJSModule(RCTEventEmitter.class)
-            .receiveEvent(host.getId(), "topAccessibilityAction", event);
+        final int reactTag = host.getId();
+        UIManager uiManager = UIManagerHelper.getUIManager(reactContext, reactTag);
+        if (uiManager != null) {
+          uiManager
+              .<EventDispatcher>getEventDispatcher()
+              .dispatchEvent(
+                  new Event(reactTag) {
+                    @Override
+                    public String getEventName() {
+                      return TOP_ACCESSIBILITY_ACTION_EVENT;
+                    }
+
+                    @Override
+                    public void dispatch(RCTEventEmitter rctEventEmitter) {
+                      rctEventEmitter.receiveEvent(reactTag, TOP_ACCESSIBILITY_ACTION_EVENT, event);
+                    }
+                  });
+        }
       } else {
         ReactSoftException.logSoftException(
             TAG, new ReactNoCrashSoftException("Cannot get RCTEventEmitter, no CatalystInstance"));