diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/animated/NativeAnimatedModule.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/animated/NativeAnimatedModule.java
index 275fcdea53f..f3b7e4e4040 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/animated/NativeAnimatedModule.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/animated/NativeAnimatedModule.java
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ public class NativeAnimatedModule extends NativeAnimatedModuleSpec
    * @return {@link NativeAnimatedNodesManager}
    */
   @Nullable
-  private NativeAnimatedNodesManager getNodesManager() {
+  public NativeAnimatedNodesManager getNodesManager() {
     if (mNodesManager.get() == null) {
       ReactApplicationContext reactApplicationContext = getReactApplicationContextIfActiveOrWarn();
 
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/animated/NativeAnimatedNodesManager.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/animated/NativeAnimatedNodesManager.java
index ffb215fa616..83307b52c1e 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/animated/NativeAnimatedNodesManager.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/animated/NativeAnimatedNodesManager.java
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ import java.util.Queue;
  *
  * <p>IMPORTANT: This class should be accessed only from the UI Thread
  */
-/*package*/ class NativeAnimatedNodesManager implements EventDispatcherListener {
+public class NativeAnimatedNodesManager implements EventDispatcherListener {
 
   private static final String TAG = "NativeAnimatedNodesManager";