diff --git a/packages/app/modules/paseo-diff-prototype/android/build.gradle b/packages/app/modules/paseo-diff-prototype/android/build.gradle
index f218c03ef8..3f717f4de4 100644
--- a/packages/app/modules/paseo-diff-prototype/android/build.gradle
+++ b/packages/app/modules/paseo-diff-prototype/android/build.gradle
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ useDefaultAndroidSdkVersions()
 def skiaPackage = new File(["node", "--print", "require.resolve('@shopify/react-native-skia/package.json')"].execute(null, projectDir).text.trim()).parentFile
 
 android {
+  ndkVersion rootProject.ext.ndkVersion
   namespace "sh.paseo.diffprototype"
   defaultConfig {
     externalNativeBuild {
diff --git a/packages/app/scripts/verify-android-ndk.gradle b/packages/app/scripts/verify-android-ndk.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a53a5406bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/app/scripts/verify-android-ndk.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+// After Expo prebuild, run from packages/app/android:
+// ./gradlew --init-script ../scripts/verify-android-ndk.gradle verifyAndroidNdk
+gradle.projectsEvaluated {
+    rootProject.tasks.register('verifyAndroidNdk') {
+        doLast {
+            def expected = rootProject.ext.ndkVersion
+            def nativeProjects = rootProject.subprojects.findAll { subproject ->
+                def android = subproject.extensions.findByName('android')
+                android != null && (android.externalNativeBuild.cmake.path != null ||
+                    android.externalNativeBuild.ndkBuild.path != null)
+            }
+            assert !nativeProjects.empty : 'No native Android modules found'
+            println "Project NDK: ${expected}"
+            def mismatches = nativeProjects.findAll { subproject ->
+                def actual = subproject.android.ndkVersion
+                println "${subproject.path} NDK: ${actual}"
+                actual != expected
+            }
+            assert mismatches.empty : "Native Android modules must use project NDK ${expected}: ${mismatches*.path}"
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/patches/react-native-unistyles+3.2.4.patch b/patches/react-native-unistyles+3.2.4.patch
index 25324c6218..0195868340 100644
--- a/patches/react-native-unistyles+3.2.4.patch
+++ b/patches/react-native-unistyles+3.2.4.patch
@@ -317,3 +317,15 @@ index 39e0d9d..a21ba95 100644
          this.stylesCache.clear()
          this.dependenciesMap.clear()
          this.disposeListenersMap.clear()
+diff --git a/node_modules/react-native-unistyles/android/build.gradle b/node_modules/react-native-unistyles/android/build.gradle
+index 195954b..c4ac28c 100644
+--- a/node_modules/react-native-unistyles/android/build.gradle
++++ b/node_modules/react-native-unistyles/android/build.gradle
+@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ if (isNewArchitectureEnabled()) {
+ 
+ android {
+     compileSdkVersion safeExtGet('compileSdkVersion', 35)
++    ndkVersion safeExtGet('ndkVersion', '27.1.12297006')
+     namespace "com.unistyles"
+ 
+     defaultConfig {