diff --git a/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/com/facebook/react/ReactPlugin.kt b/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/com/facebook/react/ReactPlugin.kt
index 6222bdb8684248..8fd0a54dbd3932 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/com/facebook/react/ReactPlugin.kt
+++ b/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/com/facebook/react/ReactPlugin.kt
@@ -61,9 +61,16 @@ class ReactPlugin : Plugin<Project> {
       // This registers the $buildDir/generated/res/react/<variant> folder as a
       // res folder to be consumed with the old AGP Apis which are not broken.
       project.extensions.getByType(AppExtension::class.java).apply {
-        this.applicationVariants.all {
-          it.registerGeneratedResFolders(
-              project.layout.buildDirectory.files("generated/res/react/${it.name}"))
+        this.applicationVariants.all { variant ->
+          val isDebuggableVariant =
+              extension.debuggableVariants.get().any { it.equals(variant.name, ignoreCase = true) }
+          val targetName = variant.name.replaceFirstChar { it.uppercase() }
+          val bundleTaskName = "createBundle${targetName}JsAndAssets"
+          if (!isDebuggableVariant) {
+            variant.registerGeneratedResFolders(
+                project.layout.buildDirectory.files("generated/res/react/${variant.name}"))
+            variant.mergeResourcesProvider.get().dependsOn(bundleTaskName)
+          }
         }
       }
       configureCodegen(project, extension, isLibrary = false)