diff --git a/android/gradle.properties b/android/gradle.properties
index deb7384..ce11150 100644
--- a/android/gradle.properties
+++ b/android/gradle.properties
@@ -65,3 +65,6 @@ EX_UPDATES_ANDROID_DELAY_LOAD_APP=false
 
 # Whether the app is configured to use edge-to-edge via the app config or `react-native-edge-to-edge` plugin
 expo.edgeToEdgeEnabled=false
+
+# Ensure we always pick the NDK r27 libc++_shared.so we vendor in jniLibs
+android.packagingOptions.pickFirsts=**/libc++_shared.so