diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/bridge/ReactContext.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/bridge/ReactContext.java
index c9b4f15c835..7db7e1c16fe 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/bridge/ReactContext.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/bridge/ReactContext.java
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ public class ReactContext extends ContextWrapper {
     return mCatalystInstance.getJavaScriptContextHolder();
   }
 
-  public JSIModule getJSIModule(JSIModuleType moduleType) {
+  public @Nullable JSIModule getJSIModule(JSIModuleType moduleType) {
     if (!hasActiveCatalystInstance()) {
       throw new IllegalStateException(
           "Unable to retrieve a JSIModule if CatalystInstance is not active.");
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/ThemedReactContext.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/ThemedReactContext.java
index 039798dcaf3..834208a962e 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/ThemedReactContext.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/ThemedReactContext.java
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ package com.facebook.react.uimanager;
 import android.app.Activity;
 import android.content.Context;
 import androidx.annotation.Nullable;
+import com.facebook.react.bridge.JSIModule;
+import com.facebook.react.bridge.JSIModuleType;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.LifecycleEventListener;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReactApplicationContext;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReactContext;
@@ -77,4 +79,12 @@ public class ThemedReactContext extends ReactContext {
   public boolean isBridgeless() {
     return mReactApplicationContext.isBridgeless();
   }
+
+  @Override
+  public JSIModule getJSIModule(JSIModuleType moduleType) {
+    if (isBridgeless()) {
+      return mReactApplicationContext.getJSIModule(moduleType);
+    }
+    return super.getJSIModule(moduleType);
+  }
 }
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/UIManagerHelper.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/UIManagerHelper.java
index 30133a53888..954dfe95edf 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/UIManagerHelper.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/UIManagerHelper.java
@@ -51,6 +51,22 @@ public class UIManagerHelper {
       ReactContext context,
       @UIManagerType int uiManagerType,
       boolean returnNullIfCatalystIsInactive) {
+    if (context.isBridgeless()) {
+      @Nullable
+      UIManager uiManager =
+          context.getJSIModule(JSIModuleType.UIManager) != null
+              ? (UIManager) context.getJSIModule(JSIModuleType.UIManager)
+              : null;
+      if (uiManager == null) {
+        ReactSoftException.logSoftException(
+            "UIManagerHelper",
+            new ReactNoCrashSoftException(
+                "Cannot get UIManager because the instance hasn't been initialized yet."));
+        return null;
+      }
+      return uiManager;
+    }
+
     if (!context.hasCatalystInstance()) {
       ReactSoftException.logSoftException(
           "UIManagerHelper",