diff --git a/packages/react-native/Libraries/Components/Pressable/useAndroidRippleForView.js b/packages/react-native/Libraries/Components/Pressable/useAndroidRippleForView.js
index 6c4cb1e2baa631..2bf4c041561fea 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/Libraries/Components/Pressable/useAndroidRippleForView.js
+++ b/packages/react-native/Libraries/Components/Pressable/useAndroidRippleForView.js
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ export default function useAndroidRippleForView(
 
       return {
         viewProps:
-          foreground === true
+          foreground === true && Platform.Version >= 23
             ? {nativeForegroundAndroid: nativeRippleValue}
             : {nativeBackgroundAndroid: nativeRippleValue},
         onPressIn(event: PressEvent): void {