diff --git a/HelloWorld/android/app/build.gradle b/HelloWorld/android/app/build.gradle
index b99acd55..7f8107af 100644
--- a/HelloWorld/android/app/build.gradle
+++ b/HelloWorld/android/app/build.gradle
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ def jscFlavor = 'org.webkit:android-jsc:+'
  * on project.ext.react, JavaScript will not be compiled to Hermes Bytecode
  * and the benefits of using Hermes will therefore be sharply reduced.
  */
-def enableHermes = project.ext.react.get("enableHermes", true);
+def enableHermes = project.ext.react.get("enableHermes", false);
 
 /**
  * Architectures to build native code for in debug.
diff --git a/HelloWorld/android/app/src/main/java/com/awesomeproject/MainApplication.java b/HelloWorld/android/app/src/main/java/com/awesomeproject/MainApplication.java
index 6b54d3cc..3c4ae4f1 100644
--- a/HelloWorld/android/app/src/main/java/com/awesomeproject/MainApplication.java
+++ b/HelloWorld/android/app/src/main/java/com/awesomeproject/MainApplication.java
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@
 import com.facebook.react.ReactPackage;
 import com.facebook.soloader.SoLoader;
 import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
-import com.facebook.react.bridge.JSIModulePackage;
-import com.swmansion.reanimated.ReanimatedJSIModulePackage;
 import java.util.List;
 
 public class MainApplication extends Application implements ReactApplication {
@@ -35,11 +33,7 @@ protected List<ReactPackage> getPackages() {
         protected String getJSMainModuleName() {
           return "index";
         }
-
-          @Override
-          protected JSIModulePackage getJSIModulePackage() {
-              return new ReanimatedJSIModulePackage(); // <- add
-          }
+        
       };
 
   @Override
diff --git a/HelloWorld/package.json b/HelloWorld/package.json
index 004d7014..d5594f68 100644
--- a/HelloWorld/package.json
+++ b/HelloWorld/package.json
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     "react-native": "0.66.1",
     "react-native-device-info": "8.4.1",
     "react-native-gesture-handler": "1.10.3",
-    "react-native-reanimated": "2.3.0-beta.3",
+    "react-native-reanimated": "2.2.3",
     "react-native-safe-area-context": "3.3.2",
     "react-native-screens": "3.8.0",
     "react-native-svg": "12.1.1",
diff --git a/template/template/android/app/build.gradle b/template/template/android/app/build.gradle
index b99acd55..7f8107af 100644
--- a/template/template/android/app/build.gradle
+++ b/template/template/android/app/build.gradle
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ def jscFlavor = 'org.webkit:android-jsc:+'
  * on project.ext.react, JavaScript will not be compiled to Hermes Bytecode
  * and the benefits of using Hermes will therefore be sharply reduced.
  */
-def enableHermes = project.ext.react.get("enableHermes", true);
+def enableHermes = project.ext.react.get("enableHermes", false);
 
 /**
  * Architectures to build native code for in debug.
diff --git a/template/template/android/app/src/main/java/com/awesomeproject/MainApplication.java b/template/template/android/app/src/main/java/com/awesomeproject/MainApplication.java
index 6b54d3cc..085e51d7 100644
--- a/template/template/android/app/src/main/java/com/awesomeproject/MainApplication.java
+++ b/template/template/android/app/src/main/java/com/awesomeproject/MainApplication.java
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@
 import com.facebook.react.ReactPackage;
 import com.facebook.soloader.SoLoader;
 import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
-import com.facebook.react.bridge.JSIModulePackage;
-import com.swmansion.reanimated.ReanimatedJSIModulePackage;
 import java.util.List;
 
 public class MainApplication extends Application implements ReactApplication {
@@ -36,10 +34,6 @@ protected String getJSMainModuleName() {
           return "index";
         }
 
-          @Override
-          protected JSIModulePackage getJSIModulePackage() {
-              return new ReanimatedJSIModulePackage(); // <- add
-          }
       };
 
   @Override
diff --git a/template/template/package.json b/template/template/package.json
index 004d7014..d5594f68 100644
--- a/template/template/package.json
+++ b/template/template/package.json
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     "react-native": "0.66.1",
     "react-native-device-info": "8.4.1",
     "react-native-gesture-handler": "1.10.3",
-    "react-native-reanimated": "2.3.0-beta.3",
+    "react-native-reanimated": "2.2.3",
     "react-native-safe-area-context": "3.3.2",
     "react-native-screens": "3.8.0",
     "react-native-svg": "12.1.1",