diff --git a/packages/create-react-native-library/templates/native-common/android/build.gradle b/packages/create-react-native-library/templates/native-common/android/build.gradle
index e661a001..ac8e1841 100644
--- a/packages/create-react-native-library/templates/native-common/android/build.gradle
+++ b/packages/create-react-native-library/templates/native-common/android/build.gradle
@@ -130,10 +130,7 @@ repositories {
 def kotlin_version = getExtOrDefault("kotlinVersion")
 
 dependencies {
-  // For < 0.71, this will be from the local maven repo
-  // For > 0.71, this will be replaced by `com.facebook.react:react-android:$version` by react gradle plugin
-  //noinspection GradleDynamicVersion
-  implementation "com.facebook.react:react-native:+"
+  implementation "com.facebook.react:react-android"
   implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib:$kotlin_version"
 }