diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/gradle.properties b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/gradle.properties
index 48f489a1d0e984..c98e45ce5e8517 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/gradle.properties
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/gradle.properties
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ ANDROIDX_AUTOFILL_VERSION=1.1.0
 ANDROIDX_TEST_VERSION=1.1.0
 ANDROIDX_TRACING_VERSION=1.1.0
 ASSERTJ_VERSION=3.21.0
-FBJNI_VERSION=0.3.0
+FBJNI_VERSION=0.4.0
 FRESCO_VERSION=2.5.0
 INFER_ANNOTATIONS_VERSION=0.18.0
 JAVAX_INJECT_VERSION=1
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/hermes-engine/build.gradle b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/hermes-engine/build.gradle
index 15a2f49b0969a3..f2a4f8d675df17 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/hermes-engine/build.gradle
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/hermes-engine/build.gradle
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ android {
     }
 
     dependencies {
-        implementation("com.facebook.fbjni:fbjni:0.3.0")
+        implementation("com.facebook.fbjni:fbjni:0.4.0")
         implementation("com.facebook.soloader:soloader:0.10.4")
         implementation("com.facebook.yoga:proguard-annotations:1.19.0")
         implementation("androidx.annotation:annotation:1.3.0")
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/nativemodule/core/platform/android/ReactCommon/JavaTurboModule.cpp b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/nativemodule/core/platform/android/ReactCommon/JavaTurboModule.cpp
index 616861539d1749..0940a6ea48a1e2 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/nativemodule/core/platform/android/ReactCommon/JavaTurboModule.cpp
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/nativemodule/core/platform/android/ReactCommon/JavaTurboModule.cpp
@@ -430,15 +430,9 @@ jsi::JSError convertThrowableToJSError(
   }
 
   jsi::Object cause(runtime);
-  auto getName = throwable->getClass()
-                     ->getClass()
-                     ->getMethod<jni::local_ref<jni::JString>()>("getName");
-  auto getMessage =
-      throwable->getClass()->getMethod<jni::local_ref<jni::JString>()>(
-          "getMessage");
-  auto message = getMessage(throwable)->toStdString();
-  cause.setProperty(
-      runtime, "name", getName(throwable->getClass())->toStdString());
+  auto name = throwable->getClass()->getCanonicalName()->toStdString();
+  auto message = throwable->getMessage()->toStdString();
+  cause.setProperty(runtime, "name", name);
   cause.setProperty(runtime, "message", message);
   cause.setProperty(runtime, "stackElements", std::move(stackElements));