diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/PreparedLayoutTextViewManager.kt b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/PreparedLayoutTextViewManager.kt
index df5fbc29cc2..a1105457a16 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/PreparedLayoutTextViewManager.kt
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/PreparedLayoutTextViewManager.kt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 package com.facebook.react.views.text
 
 import android.text.Layout
-import android.text.Spannable
+import android.text.Spanned
 import android.view.View
 import com.facebook.react.R
 import com.facebook.react.internal.SystraceSection
@@ -69,15 +69,14 @@ internal class PreparedLayoutTextViewManager :
 
       // If this text view contains any clickable spans, set a view tag and reset the accessibility
       // delegate so that these can be picked up by the accessibility system.
-      if (layout.text is Spannable) {
-        val spannableText = layout.text as Spannable
+      if (layout.text is Spanned) {
+        val spannedText = layout.text as Spanned
 
         val clickableSpans =
-            spannableText.getSpans(0, layout.text.length, ReactClickableSpan::class.java)
+            spannedText.getSpans(0, layout.text.length, ReactClickableSpan::class.java)
         view.setTag(
             R.id.accessibility_links,
-            if (clickableSpans.size > 0) AccessibilityLinks(clickableSpans, spannableText)
-            else null)
+            if (clickableSpans.size > 0) AccessibilityLinks(clickableSpans, spannedText) else null)
         ReactTextViewAccessibilityDelegate.resetDelegate(
             view, view.isFocusable, view.importantForAccessibility)
       }
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactTextViewAccessibilityDelegate.kt b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactTextViewAccessibilityDelegate.kt
index 3e686ac2126..4be9717aaa5 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactTextViewAccessibilityDelegate.kt
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactTextViewAccessibilityDelegate.kt
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ package com.facebook.react.views.text
 import android.graphics.Paint
 import android.graphics.Rect
 import android.os.Bundle
-import android.text.Spannable
 import android.text.Spanned
 import android.text.style.AbsoluteSizeSpan
 import android.text.style.ClickableSpan
@@ -270,7 +269,7 @@ internal class ReactTextViewAccessibilityDelegate : ReactAccessibilityDelegate {
     return null
   }
 
-  public class AccessibilityLinks(spans: Array<out ClickableSpan>, text: Spannable) {
+  public class AccessibilityLinks(spans: Array<out ClickableSpan>, text: Spanned) {
     private val links: List<AccessibleLink>
 
     init {