diff --git a/packages/react-native/scripts/bundle.js b/packages/react-native/scripts/bundle.js
index 83942879340a01..db46e58009de14 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/scripts/bundle.js
+++ b/packages/react-native/scripts/bundle.js
@@ -12,10 +12,13 @@
 
 const {bundleCommand: bc} = require('@react-native/community-cli-plugin');
 const {execSync} = require('child_process');
-const program = require('commander');
+const commander = require('commander');
 const {readFileSync} = require('fs');
 const path = require('path');
 
+// Commander 12.0.0 changes from the global to named export
+const program = commander.program ?? commander;
+
 program.version(
   JSON.parse(
     readFileSync(path.resolve(__dirname, '..', 'package.json'), 'utf8'),