diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/proguard-rules.pro b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/proguard-rules.pro
index 8073872f0f0bbf..7e6c92af074a59 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/proguard-rules.pro
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/proguard-rules.pro
@@ -68,3 +68,8 @@
 -keepclassmembers class * {
     @com.facebook.yoga.annotations.DoNotStrip *;
 }
+
+# fresco
+-keep public class com.facebook.imageutils.** {
+   public *;
+}
diff --git a/packages/rn-tester/android/app/build.gradle.kts b/packages/rn-tester/android/app/build.gradle.kts
index d717f641a80ef2..8f412a5c0dfbf9 100644
--- a/packages/rn-tester/android/app/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/packages/rn-tester/android/app/build.gradle.kts
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ android {
   buildTypes {
     release {
       isMinifyEnabled = enableProguardInReleaseBuilds
-      proguardFiles(getDefaultProguardFile("proguard-android.txt"))
+      proguardFiles(getDefaultProguardFile("proguard-android-optimize.txt"))
       signingConfig = signingConfigs.getByName("debug")
     }
   }
diff --git a/private/helloworld/android/app/build.gradle b/private/helloworld/android/app/build.gradle
index 592b0f7588953e..b7518d235d4bc4 100644
--- a/private/helloworld/android/app/build.gradle
+++ b/private/helloworld/android/app/build.gradle
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ android {
             // see https://reactnative.dev/docs/signed-apk-android.
             signingConfig signingConfigs.debug
             minifyEnabled enableProguardInReleaseBuilds
-            proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile("proguard-android.txt"), "proguard-rules.pro"
+            proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile("proguard-android-optimize.txt"), "proguard-rules.pro"
         }
     }
 }