diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/ReactPointerEventsView.java b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/ReactPointerEventsView.kt
similarity index 52%
rename from packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/ReactPointerEventsView.java
rename to packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/ReactPointerEventsView.kt
index cd35fb34218bef..0cd84c41bbcec2 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/ReactPointerEventsView.java
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/ReactPointerEventsView.kt
@@ -5,16 +5,14 @@
  * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
  */
 
-package com.facebook.react.uimanager;
-
-import android.view.View;
+package com.facebook.react.uimanager
 
 /**
- * This interface should be implemented be native {@link View} subclasses that support pointer
- * events handling. It is used to find the target View of a touch event.
+ * This interface should be implemented be native [View] subclasses that support pointer events
+ * handling. It is used to find the target View of a touch event.
  */
 public interface ReactPointerEventsView {
 
   /** Return the PointerEvents of the View. */
-  PointerEvents getPointerEvents();
+  public fun getPointerEvents(): PointerEvents
 }
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/view/ReactViewManager.kt b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/view/ReactViewManager.kt
index 9c87b54b06c579..277c809948cb77 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/view/ReactViewManager.kt
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/view/ReactViewManager.kt
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ public open class ReactViewManager : ReactClippingViewManager<ReactViewGroup>()
 
   @ReactProp(name = ViewProps.POINTER_EVENTS)
   public open fun setPointerEvents(view: ReactViewGroup, pointerEventsStr: String?) {
-    view.pointerEvents = PointerEvents.parsePointerEvents(pointerEventsStr)
+    view.setPointerEvents(PointerEvents.parsePointerEvents(pointerEventsStr))
   }
 
   @ReactProp(name = "nativeBackgroundAndroid")