diff --git a/native/android/app/src/main/java/app/comm/android/MainApplication.kt b/native/android/app/src/main/java/app/comm/android/MainApplication.kt
--- a/native/android/app/src/main/java/app/comm/android/MainApplication.kt
+++ b/native/android/app/src/main/java/app/comm/android/MainApplication.kt
@@ -13,13 +13,11 @@
 import app.comm.android.notifications.CommAndroidNotificationsPackage
 import com.facebook.react.PackageList
 import com.facebook.react.ReactApplication
+import com.facebook.react.ReactNativeApplicationEntryPoint.loadReactNative
 import com.facebook.react.ReactHost
 import com.facebook.react.ReactNativeHost
 import com.facebook.react.ReactPackage
-import com.facebook.react.defaults.DefaultNewArchitectureEntryPoint.load
 import com.facebook.react.defaults.DefaultReactNativeHost
-import com.facebook.react.soloader.OpenSourceMergedSoMapping
-import com.facebook.soloader.SoLoader
 import com.wix.reactnativekeyboardinput.KeyboardInputPackage
 import expo.modules.ApplicationLifecycleDispatcher
 import expo.modules.ReactNativeHostWrapper
@@ -84,11 +82,7 @@
     super.onCreate()
     Security.insertProviderAt(OpenSSLProvider(), 1)
     
-    SoLoader.init(this, OpenSourceMergedSoMapping)
-    if (BuildConfig.IS_NEW_ARCHITECTURE_ENABLED) {
-      // If you opted-in for the New Architecture, we load the native entry point for this app.
-      load()
-    }
+    loadReactNative(this)
     ApplicationLifecycleDispatcher.onApplicationCreate(this)
     try {
       val field: Field = CursorWindow::class.java.getDeclaredField("sCursorWindowSize")
diff --git a/native/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/native/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
--- a/native/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/native/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.13-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.14.1-bin.zip
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
diff --git a/native/ios/Comm/Info.debug.plist b/native/ios/Comm/Info.debug.plist
--- a/native/ios/Comm/Info.debug.plist
+++ b/native/ios/Comm/Info.debug.plist
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
 <plist version="1.0">
 <dict>
+  <key>RCTNewArchEnabled</key>
+	<false/>
 	<key>ITSAppUsesNonExemptEncryption</key>
 	<false/>
   <key>CADisableMinimumFrameDurationOnPhone</key>
diff --git a/native/ios/Comm/Info.release.plist b/native/ios/Comm/Info.release.plist
--- a/native/ios/Comm/Info.release.plist
+++ b/native/ios/Comm/Info.release.plist
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
 <plist version="1.0">
 <dict>
+  <key>RCTNewArchEnabled</key>
+	<false/>
 	<key>ITSAppUsesNonExemptEncryption</key>
 	<false/>
   <key>CADisableMinimumFrameDurationOnPhone</key>