diff --git a/packages/edit-post/src/editor.native.js b/packages/edit-post/src/editor.native.js
index d600a8ea8dec55..6638c3bd05e0eb 100644
--- a/packages/edit-post/src/editor.native.js
+++ b/packages/edit-post/src/editor.native.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import memize from 'memize';
 import { map, without } from 'lodash';
 import { I18nManager } from 'react-native';
+import { GestureHandlerRootView } from 'react-native-gesture-handler';
 
 /**
  * WordPress dependencies
@@ -174,17 +175,19 @@ class Editor extends Component {
 		};
 
 		return (
-			<SlotFillProvider>
-				<EditorProvider
-					settings={ editorSettings }
-					post={ normalizedPost }
-					initialEdits={ initialEdits }
-					useSubRegistry={ false }
-					{ ...props }
-				>
-					<Layout setTitleRef={ this.setTitleRef } />
-				</EditorProvider>
-			</SlotFillProvider>
+			<GestureHandlerRootView style={ { flex: 1 } }>
+				<SlotFillProvider>
+					<EditorProvider
+						settings={ editorSettings }
+						post={ normalizedPost }
+						initialEdits={ initialEdits }
+						useSubRegistry={ false }
+						{ ...props }
+					>
+						<Layout setTitleRef={ this.setTitleRef } />
+					</EditorProvider>
+				</SlotFillProvider>
+			</GestureHandlerRootView>
 		);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/packages/react-native-bridge/android/react-native-bridge/build.gradle b/packages/react-native-bridge/android/react-native-bridge/build.gradle
index cbcba3f7fec13b..b3bbd7116e5c07 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-bridge/android/react-native-bridge/build.gradle
+++ b/packages/react-native-bridge/android/react-native-bridge/build.gradle
@@ -85,7 +85,8 @@ dependencies {
     implementation "org.wordpress-mobile:react-native-clipboard:${extractPackageVersion(packageJson, '@react-native-clipboard/clipboard', 'dependencies')}"
     implementation "org.wordpress-mobile:react-native-fast-image:${extractPackageVersion(packageJson, 'react-native-fast-image', 'dependencies')}"
 
-    implementation("com.github.wordpress-mobile:react-native-gesture-handler:${extractPackageVersion(packageJson, 'react-native-gesture-handler', 'dependencies')}", {
+    // implementation("com.github.wordpress-mobile:react-native-gesture-handler:${extractPackageVersion(packageJson, 'react-native-gesture-handler', 'dependencies')}", {
+    implementation("com.github.wordpress-mobile:react-native-gesture-handler:wp-fork-2.5.0-SNAPSHOT", {
         // Remove Reanimated transitive dependency as it's already defined here
         exclude group: 'com.github.wordpress-mobile', module: 'react-native-reanimated'
     })
diff --git a/packages/react-native-bridge/android/react-native-bridge/src/main/java/org/wordpress/mobile/WPAndroidGlue/WPAndroidGlueCode.java b/packages/react-native-bridge/android/react-native-bridge/src/main/java/org/wordpress/mobile/WPAndroidGlue/WPAndroidGlueCode.java
index 74236bb49bcd8c..bd3111e846325a 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-bridge/android/react-native-bridge/src/main/java/org/wordpress/mobile/WPAndroidGlue/WPAndroidGlueCode.java
+++ b/packages/react-native-bridge/android/react-native-bridge/src/main/java/org/wordpress/mobile/WPAndroidGlue/WPAndroidGlueCode.java
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@
 import com.reactnativecommunity.slider.ReactSliderPackage;
 import org.linusu.RNGetRandomValuesPackage;
 import com.reactnativecommunity.webview.RNCWebViewPackage;
-import com.swmansion.gesturehandler.react.RNGestureHandlerEnabledRootView;
 import com.swmansion.gesturehandler.RNGestureHandlerPackage;
 import com.swmansion.reanimated.ReanimatedJSIModulePackage;
 import com.swmansion.reanimated.ReanimatedPackage;
@@ -615,7 +614,7 @@ public void onCreateView(Context initContext,
         mIsDarkMode = gutenbergProps.isDarkMode();
         mExceptionLogger = exceptionLogger;
         mBreadcrumbLogger = breadcrumbLogger;
-        mReactRootView = new RNGestureHandlerEnabledRootView(new MutableContextWrapper(initContext));
+        mReactRootView = new ReactRootView(new MutableContextWrapper(initContext));
         mReactRootView.setBackgroundColor(colorBackground);
 
         ReactInstanceManagerBuilder builder =
diff --git a/packages/react-native-editor/android/app/build.gradle b/packages/react-native-editor/android/app/build.gradle
index 1147ac2eac2546..fcc2d990102a38 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-editor/android/app/build.gradle
+++ b/packages/react-native-editor/android/app/build.gradle
@@ -264,7 +264,8 @@ dependencies {
     implementation "org.wordpress-mobile:react-native-clipboard:${extractPackageVersion(packageJson, '@react-native-clipboard/clipboard', 'dependencies')}"
     implementation "org.wordpress-mobile:react-native-fast-image:${extractPackageVersion(packageJson, 'react-native-fast-image', 'dependencies')}"
     
-    implementation("com.github.wordpress-mobile:react-native-gesture-handler:${extractPackageVersion(packageJson, 'react-native-gesture-handler', 'dependencies')}", {
+    // implementation("com.github.wordpress-mobile:react-native-gesture-handler:${extractPackageVersion(packageJson, 'react-native-gesture-handler', 'dependencies')}", {
+    implementation("com.github.wordpress-mobile:react-native-gesture-handler:wp-fork-2.5.0-SNAPSHOT", {
         // Remove Reanimated transitive dependency as it's already defined here
         exclude group: 'com.github.wordpress-mobile', module: 'react-native-reanimated'
     })
diff --git a/packages/react-native-editor/android/app/src/main/java/com/gutenberg/MainActivity.java b/packages/react-native-editor/android/app/src/main/java/com/gutenberg/MainActivity.java
index 447f2d35ee4ded..ae81e808011eaf 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-editor/android/app/src/main/java/com/gutenberg/MainActivity.java
+++ b/packages/react-native-editor/android/app/src/main/java/com/gutenberg/MainActivity.java
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@
 
 import com.facebook.react.ReactActivity;
 import com.facebook.react.ReactActivityDelegate;
-import com.facebook.react.ReactRootView;
-import com.swmansion.gesturehandler.react.RNGestureHandlerEnabledRootView;
 
 import org.wordpress.mobile.WPAndroidGlue.GutenbergProps;
 
@@ -27,11 +25,6 @@ protected String getMainComponentName() {
     @Override
     protected ReactActivityDelegate createReactActivityDelegate() {
         return new ReactActivityDelegate(this, getMainComponentName()) {
-            @Override
-            protected ReactRootView createRootView() {
-                return new RNGestureHandlerEnabledRootView(MainActivity.this);
-            }
-
             @Nullable
             @Override
             protected Bundle getLaunchOptions() {