diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/modules/core/JavaTimerManager.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/modules/core/JavaTimerManager.java
index 37fc90ff333..9ca8f41db9a 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/modules/core/JavaTimerManager.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/modules/core/JavaTimerManager.java
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ package com.facebook.react.modules.core;
 
 import android.util.SparseArray;
 import androidx.annotation.Nullable;
+import com.facebook.proguard.annotations.DoNotStrip;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.Arguments;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReactApplicationContext;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.UiThreadUtil;
@@ -293,6 +294,7 @@ public class JavaTimerManager {
    * @param delay The time in ms before the callback should be invoked.
    * @param repeat Whether the timer should be repeated (used for setInterval).
    */
+  @DoNotStrip
   public void createTimer(final int callbackID, final long delay, final boolean repeat) {
     long initialTargetTime = SystemClock.nanoTime() / 1000000 + delay;
     Timer timer = new Timer(callbackID, initialTargetTime, (int) delay, repeat);