diff --git a/src/components/ValidateCodeActionModal/index.tsx b/src/components/ValidateCodeActionModal/index.tsx
index b848cb501b0f3..b7100100bcb60 100644
--- a/src/components/ValidateCodeActionModal/index.tsx
+++ b/src/components/ValidateCodeActionModal/index.tsx
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import ScreenWrapper from '@components/ScreenWrapper';
 import Text from '@components/Text';
 import useSafePaddingBottomStyle from '@hooks/useSafePaddingBottomStyle';
 import useThemeStyles from '@hooks/useThemeStyles';
+import Navigation from '@libs/Navigation/Navigation';
 import CONST from '@src/CONST';
 import ONYXKEYS from '@src/ONYXKEYS';
 import type {ValidateCodeActionModalProps} from './type';
@@ -56,6 +57,7 @@ function ValidateCodeActionModal({
             isVisible={isVisible}
             onClose={hide}
             onModalHide={onModalHide ?? hide}
+            onBackdropPress={() => Navigation.dismissModal()}
             hideModalContentWhileAnimating
             useNativeDriver
             shouldUseModalPaddingStyle={false}