diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/reactnativekeyboardcontroller/views/overlay/JSPointerDispatcherCompat.kt b/android/src/main/java/com/reactnativekeyboardcontroller/views/overlay/JSPointerDispatcherCompat.kt
index 65d3c8f5aa..c21f84cd6d 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/reactnativekeyboardcontroller/views/overlay/JSPointerDispatcherCompat.kt
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/reactnativekeyboardcontroller/views/overlay/JSPointerDispatcherCompat.kt
@@ -4,37 +4,53 @@ import android.view.MotionEvent
 import android.view.ViewGroup
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.JSPointerDispatcher
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.events.EventDispatcher
+import java.lang.reflect.Method
 
 /**
  * Compat layer for `JSPointerDispatcher` interface for RN < 0.72
  */
 class JSPointerDispatcherCompat(
-  private val viewGroup: ViewGroup,
+  viewGroup: ViewGroup,
 ) : JSPointerDispatcher(viewGroup) {
-  fun handleMotionEventCompat(
-    event: MotionEvent?,
-    eventDispatcher: EventDispatcher?,
-    isCapture: Boolean,
-  ) {
+  private val handleMotionEventMethod: Method? by lazy {
     try {
-      // Try to get the method with 3 parameters (for RN >= 0.72)
-      val method =
-        JSPointerDispatcher::class.java.getMethod(
-          "handleMotionEvent",
-          MotionEvent::class.java,
-          EventDispatcher::class.java,
-          Boolean::class.javaPrimitiveType,
-        )
-      method.invoke(this, event, eventDispatcher, isCapture)
+      // Try to get the 3-parameter method (for RN >= 0.72)
+      JSPointerDispatcher::class.java.getMethod(
+        HANDLE_MOTION_EVENT,
+        MotionEvent::class.java,
+        EventDispatcher::class.java,
+        Boolean::class.javaPrimitiveType,
+      )
     } catch (_: NoSuchMethodException) {
-      // Fallback to 2-parameter version (for RN < 0.72)
-      val method =
+      try {
+        // Fallback to 2-parameter method (for RN < 0.72)
         JSPointerDispatcher::class.java.getMethod(
-          "handleMotionEvent",
+          HANDLE_MOTION_EVENT,
           MotionEvent::class.java,
           EventDispatcher::class.java,
         )
-      method.invoke(this, event, eventDispatcher)
+      } catch (_: NoSuchMethodException) {
+        null
+      }
     }
   }
+
+  fun handleMotionEventCompat(
+    event: MotionEvent?,
+    eventDispatcher: EventDispatcher?,
+    isCapture: Boolean,
+  ) {
+    handleMotionEventMethod?.let { method ->
+      if (method.parameterCount == RN_72_PARAMS_COUNT) {
+        method.invoke(this, event, eventDispatcher, isCapture)
+      } else {
+        method.invoke(this, event, eventDispatcher)
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  companion object {
+    private const val HANDLE_MOTION_EVENT = "handleMotionEvent"
+    private const val RN_72_PARAMS_COUNT = 3
+  }
 }
diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/reactnativekeyboardcontroller/views/overlay/OverKeyboardViewGroup.kt b/android/src/main/java/com/reactnativekeyboardcontroller/views/overlay/OverKeyboardViewGroup.kt
index 5b0874e7df..4b2e498417 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/reactnativekeyboardcontroller/views/overlay/OverKeyboardViewGroup.kt
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/reactnativekeyboardcontroller/views/overlay/OverKeyboardViewGroup.kt
@@ -143,14 +143,14 @@ class OverKeyboardRootViewGroup(
 
   override fun onInterceptHoverEvent(event: MotionEvent): Boolean {
     eventDispatcher?.let {
-      jsPointerDispatcher?.handleMotionEventCompat(event, eventDispatcher, true)
+      jsPointerDispatcher?.handleMotionEventCompat(event, it, true)
     }
     return super.onHoverEvent(event)
   }
 
   override fun onHoverEvent(event: MotionEvent): Boolean {
     eventDispatcher?.let {
-      jsPointerDispatcher?.handleMotionEventCompat(event, eventDispatcher, false)
+      jsPointerDispatcher?.handleMotionEventCompat(event, it, false)
     }
     return super.onHoverEvent(event)
   }