diff --git a/template/android/app/build.gradle b/template/android/app/build.gradle
index 1647d41e494b48..bb4470cd7336d7 100644
--- a/template/android/app/build.gradle
+++ b/template/android/app/build.gradle
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ import com.android.build.OutputFile
  */
 
 project.ext.react = [
-    enableHermes: false,  // clean and rebuild if changing
+    enableHermes: true,  // clean and rebuild if changing
 ]
 
 apply from: "../../node_modules/react-native/react.gradle"