diff --git a/.changeset/smooth-terms-compete.md b/.changeset/smooth-terms-compete.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ff92c07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/smooth-terms-compete.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'react-native-bottom-tabs': patch
+---
+
+chore: refactor android event dispatching
diff --git a/packages/react-native-bottom-tabs/android/src/main/java/com/rcttabview/RCTTabView.kt b/packages/react-native-bottom-tabs/android/src/main/java/com/rcttabview/RCTTabView.kt
index 1ffdff5..08ef3cc 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-bottom-tabs/android/src/main/java/com/rcttabview/RCTTabView.kt
+++ b/packages/react-native-bottom-tabs/android/src/main/java/com/rcttabview/RCTTabView.kt
@@ -18,9 +18,7 @@ import android.widget.TextView
 import androidx.appcompat.content.res.AppCompatResources
 import coil3.ImageLoader
 import coil3.asDrawable
-import com.facebook.react.bridge.Arguments
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReadableArray
-import com.facebook.react.bridge.WritableMap
 import com.facebook.react.common.assets.ReactFontManager
 import com.facebook.react.modules.core.ReactChoreographer
 import com.facebook.react.views.text.ReactTypefaceUtils
@@ -33,8 +31,8 @@ class ReactBottomNavigationView(context: Context) : BottomNavigationView(context
   private val iconSources: MutableMap<Int, ImageSource> = mutableMapOf()
   private var isLayoutEnqueued = false
   var items: MutableList<TabInfo>? = null
-  var onTabSelectedListener: ((WritableMap) -> Unit)? = null
-  var onTabLongPressedListener: ((WritableMap) -> Unit)? = null
+  var onTabSelectedListener: ((key: String) -> Unit)? = null
+  var onTabLongPressedListener: ((key: String) -> Unit)? = null
   private var activeTintColor: Int? = null
   private var inactiveTintColor: Int? = null
   private val checkedStateSet = intArrayOf(android.R.attr.state_checked)
@@ -62,10 +60,7 @@ class ReactBottomNavigationView(context: Context) : BottomNavigationView(context
   private fun onTabLongPressed(item: MenuItem) {
     val longPressedItem = items?.firstOrNull { it.title == item.title }
     longPressedItem?.let {
-      val event = Arguments.createMap().apply {
-        putString("key", longPressedItem.key)
-      }
-      onTabLongPressedListener?.invoke(event)
+      onTabLongPressedListener?.invoke(longPressedItem.key)
       emitHapticFeedback(HapticFeedbackConstants.LONG_PRESS)
     }
   }
@@ -93,10 +88,7 @@ class ReactBottomNavigationView(context: Context) : BottomNavigationView(context
     }
     val selectedItem = items?.first { it.title == item.title }
     selectedItem?.let {
-      val event = Arguments.createMap().apply {
-        putString("key", selectedItem.key)
-      }
-      onTabSelectedListener?.invoke(event)
+      onTabSelectedListener?.invoke(selectedItem.key)
       emitHapticFeedback(HapticFeedbackConstants.CONTEXT_CLICK)
     }
   }
diff --git a/packages/react-native-bottom-tabs/android/src/newarch/RCTTabViewManager.kt b/packages/react-native-bottom-tabs/android/src/newarch/RCTTabViewManager.kt
index a53c490..0d3935d 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-bottom-tabs/android/src/newarch/RCTTabViewManager.kt
+++ b/packages/react-native-bottom-tabs/android/src/newarch/RCTTabViewManager.kt
@@ -30,16 +30,12 @@ class RCTTabViewManager(context: ReactApplicationContext) :
   override fun createViewInstance(context: ThemedReactContext): ReactBottomNavigationView {
     val view = ReactBottomNavigationView(context)
     val eventDispatcher = UIManagerHelper.getEventDispatcherForReactTag(context, view.id)
-    view.onTabSelectedListener = { data ->
-      data.getString("key")?.let {
-        eventDispatcher?.dispatchEvent(PageSelectedEvent(viewTag = view.id, key = it))
-      }
+    view.onTabSelectedListener = { key ->
+      eventDispatcher?.dispatchEvent(PageSelectedEvent(viewTag = view.id, key))
     }
 
-    view.onTabLongPressedListener = { data ->
-      data.getString("key")?.let {
-        eventDispatcher?.dispatchEvent(TabLongPressEvent(viewTag = view.id, key = it))
-      }
+    view.onTabLongPressedListener = { key ->
+      eventDispatcher?.dispatchEvent(TabLongPressEvent(viewTag = view.id, key))
     }
     return view
 
diff --git a/packages/react-native-bottom-tabs/android/src/oldarch/RCTTabViewManager.kt b/packages/react-native-bottom-tabs/android/src/oldarch/RCTTabViewManager.kt
index bb63108..8fce7a3 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-bottom-tabs/android/src/oldarch/RCTTabViewManager.kt
+++ b/packages/react-native-bottom-tabs/android/src/oldarch/RCTTabViewManager.kt
@@ -27,16 +27,12 @@ class RCTTabViewManager(context: ReactApplicationContext) : SimpleViewManager<Re
   public override fun createViewInstance(context: ThemedReactContext): ReactBottomNavigationView {
     eventDispatcher = context.getNativeModule(UIManagerModule::class.java)!!.eventDispatcher
     val view = ReactBottomNavigationView(context)
-    view.onTabSelectedListener = { data ->
-      data.getString("key")?.let {
-        eventDispatcher.dispatchEvent(PageSelectedEvent(viewTag = view.id, key = it))
-      }
+    view.onTabSelectedListener = { key ->
+      eventDispatcher.dispatchEvent(PageSelectedEvent(viewTag = view.id, key))
     }
 
-    view.onTabLongPressedListener = { data ->
-      data.getString("key")?.let {
-        eventDispatcher.dispatchEvent(TabLongPressEvent(viewTag = view.id, key = it))
-      }
+    view.onTabLongPressedListener = { key ->
+      eventDispatcher.dispatchEvent(TabLongPressEvent(viewTag = view.id, key))
     }
     return view
   }