diff --git a/packages/react-native-nitro-modules/android/build.gradle b/packages/react-native-nitro-modules/android/build.gradle
index f0aa0665d..21b245360 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-nitro-modules/android/build.gradle
+++ b/packages/react-native-nitro-modules/android/build.gradle
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ if (isNewArchitectureEnabled()) {
   }
 }
 
-task prepareHeaders(type: Copy) {
+tasks.register('prepareHeaders', Copy) {
   from fileTree('./src/main/cpp').filter { it.isFile() }
   from fileTree('../cpp/').filter { it.isFile() }
   include "*.hpp"