diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/api/ReactAndroid.api b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/api/ReactAndroid.api
index 1e7016d6bd9..85c5c5d0903 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/api/ReactAndroid.api
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/api/ReactAndroid.api
@@ -693,7 +693,7 @@ public class com/facebook/react/bridge/CxxModuleWrapperBase : com/facebook/react
 	public fun getName ()Ljava/lang/String;
 	public fun initialize ()V
 	public fun invalidate ()V
-	protected fun resetModule (Lcom/facebook/jni/HybridData;)V
+	protected final fun resetModule (Lcom/facebook/jni/HybridData;)V
 }
 
 public final class com/facebook/react/bridge/DefaultJSExceptionHandler : com/facebook/react/bridge/JSExceptionHandler {
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/bridge/CxxModuleWrapperBase.java b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/bridge/CxxModuleWrapperBase.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 02ede8cd01b..00000000000
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/bridge/CxxModuleWrapperBase.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,63 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
- *
- * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
- * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
- */
-
-package com.facebook.react.bridge;
-
-import com.facebook.jni.HybridData;
-import com.facebook.proguard.annotations.DoNotStrip;
-import com.facebook.react.common.annotations.internal.LegacyArchitecture;
-import com.facebook.react.common.annotations.internal.LegacyArchitectureLogLevel;
-import com.facebook.react.common.annotations.internal.LegacyArchitectureLogger;
-
-/**
- * A Java Object which represents a cross-platform C++ module
- *
- * <p>This module implements the NativeModule interface but will never be invoked from Java, instead
- * the underlying Cxx module will be extracted by the bridge and called directly.
- */
-@DoNotStrip
-@LegacyArchitecture
-public class CxxModuleWrapperBase implements NativeModule {
-  static {
-    ReactBridge.staticInit();
-    LegacyArchitectureLogger.assertWhenLegacyArchitectureMinifyingEnabled(
-        "CxxModuleWrapperBase", LegacyArchitectureLogLevel.WARNING);
-  }
-
-  @DoNotStrip private HybridData mHybridData;
-
-  @Override
-  public native String getName();
-
-  @Override
-  public void initialize() {
-    // do nothing
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public boolean canOverrideExistingModule() {
-    return false;
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public void invalidate() {
-    mHybridData.resetNative();
-  }
-
-  // For creating a wrapper from C++, or from a derived class.
-  protected CxxModuleWrapperBase(HybridData hd) {
-    mHybridData = hd;
-  }
-
-  // Replace the current native module held by this wrapper by a new instance
-  protected void resetModule(HybridData hd) {
-    if (hd != mHybridData) {
-      mHybridData.resetNative();
-      mHybridData = hd;
-    }
-  }
-}
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/bridge/CxxModuleWrapperBase.kt b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/bridge/CxxModuleWrapperBase.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..02b3a13c02d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/bridge/CxxModuleWrapperBase.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ */
+
+package com.facebook.react.bridge
+
+import com.facebook.jni.HybridData
+import com.facebook.proguard.annotations.DoNotStrip
+import com.facebook.react.common.annotations.internal.LegacyArchitecture
+import com.facebook.react.common.annotations.internal.LegacyArchitectureLogLevel
+import com.facebook.react.common.annotations.internal.LegacyArchitectureLogger
+
+/**
+ * A Java Object which represents a cross-platform C++ module
+ *
+ * This module implements the [NativeModule] interface but will never be invoked from Java, instead
+ * the underlying Cxx module will be extracted by the bridge and called directly.
+ */
+@DoNotStrip
+@LegacyArchitecture
+public open class CxxModuleWrapperBase
+protected constructor(
+    // For creating a wrapper from C++, or from a derived class.
+    @Suppress("NoHungarianNotation") @DoNotStrip private var mHybridData: HybridData
+) : NativeModule {
+  external override fun getName(): String
+
+  override fun initialize() {
+    // do nothing
+  }
+
+  override fun canOverrideExistingModule(): Boolean = false
+
+  override fun invalidate() {
+    mHybridData.resetNative()
+  }
+
+  // Replace the current native module held by this wrapper by a new instance
+  protected fun resetModule(hd: HybridData) {
+    if (hd !== mHybridData) {
+      mHybridData.resetNative()
+      mHybridData = hd
+    }
+  }
+
+  private companion object {
+    init {
+      ReactBridge.staticInit()
+      LegacyArchitectureLogger.assertWhenLegacyArchitectureMinifyingEnabled(
+          "CxxModuleWrapperBase", LegacyArchitectureLogLevel.WARNING)
+    }
+  }
+}