diff --git a/src/components/KeyboardAwareScrollView/index.tsx b/src/components/KeyboardAwareScrollView/index.tsx
index 10e316b88c..c7e3e67008 100644
--- a/src/components/KeyboardAwareScrollView/index.tsx
+++ b/src/components/KeyboardAwareScrollView/index.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import React, { forwardRef, useCallback, useMemo } from "react";
-import { findNodeHandle } from "react-native";
 import Reanimated, {
   interpolate,
   scrollTo,
@@ -15,6 +14,7 @@ import {
   useReanimatedFocusedInput,
   useWindowDimensions,
 } from "../../hooks";
+import { findNodeHandle } from "../../utils/findNodeHandle";
 
 import { useSmoothKeyboardHandler } from "./useSmoothKeyboardHandler";
 import { debounce, scrollDistanceWithRespectToSnapPoints } from "./utils";
diff --git a/src/internal.ts b/src/internal.ts
index 85e507a737..3346f86aa1 100644
--- a/src/internal.ts
+++ b/src/internal.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 import { useRef } from "react";
-import { Animated, findNodeHandle } from "react-native";
+import { Animated } from "react-native";
 
 import { registerEventHandler, unregisterEventHandler } from "./event-handler";
+import { findNodeHandle } from "./utils/findNodeHandle";
 
 type EventHandler = (event: never) => void;
 type ComponentOrHandle = Parameters<typeof findNodeHandle>[0];
diff --git a/src/utils/findNodeHandle/index.native.ts b/src/utils/findNodeHandle/index.native.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..55ac2fa7c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/findNodeHandle/index.native.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+import { findNodeHandle } from "react-native";
+
+export { findNodeHandle };
diff --git a/src/utils/findNodeHandle/index.ts b/src/utils/findNodeHandle/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7ba6580570
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/findNodeHandle/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+import type { findNodeHandle as findNodeHandleRN } from "react-native";
+
+type FindNodeHandleRN = typeof findNodeHandleRN;
+
+export const findNodeHandle: FindNodeHandleRN = (componentOrHandle) =>
+  componentOrHandle as number | null;