diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/api/ReactAndroid.api b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/api/ReactAndroid.api
index cdf0b0dcbd5986..1741440a9bc8fb 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/api/ReactAndroid.api
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/api/ReactAndroid.api
@@ -2712,7 +2712,7 @@ public class com/facebook/react/fabric/events/EventEmitterWrapper {
 	public fun dispatchUnique (Ljava/lang/String;Lcom/facebook/react/bridge/WritableMap;)V
 }
 
-public class com/facebook/react/fabric/events/FabricEventEmitter : com/facebook/react/uimanager/events/RCTModernEventEmitter {
+public final class com/facebook/react/fabric/events/FabricEventEmitter : com/facebook/react/uimanager/events/RCTModernEventEmitter {
 	public fun <init> (Lcom/facebook/react/fabric/FabricUIManager;)V
 	public fun receiveEvent (IILjava/lang/String;Lcom/facebook/react/bridge/WritableMap;)V
 	public fun receiveEvent (IILjava/lang/String;ZILcom/facebook/react/bridge/WritableMap;I)V
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/events/FabricEventEmitter.java b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/events/FabricEventEmitter.java
deleted file mode 100644
index b85e790fd164a7..00000000000000
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/events/FabricEventEmitter.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,74 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
- *
- * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
- * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
- */
-
-package com.facebook.react.fabric.events;
-
-import androidx.annotation.Nullable;
-import com.facebook.infer.annotation.Nullsafe;
-import com.facebook.react.bridge.WritableArray;
-import com.facebook.react.bridge.WritableMap;
-import com.facebook.react.fabric.FabricUIManager;
-import com.facebook.react.uimanager.common.ViewUtil;
-import com.facebook.react.uimanager.events.EventCategoryDef;
-import com.facebook.react.uimanager.events.RCTModernEventEmitter;
-import com.facebook.react.uimanager.events.TouchEvent;
-import com.facebook.systrace.Systrace;
-
-@Nullsafe(Nullsafe.Mode.LOCAL)
-public class FabricEventEmitter implements RCTModernEventEmitter {
-
-  private final FabricUIManager mUIManager;
-
-  public FabricEventEmitter(FabricUIManager uiManager) {
-    mUIManager = uiManager;
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public void receiveEvent(int reactTag, String eventName, @Nullable WritableMap params) {
-    receiveEvent(ViewUtil.NO_SURFACE_ID, reactTag, eventName, params);
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public void receiveEvent(
-      int surfaceId, int reactTag, String eventName, @Nullable WritableMap params) {
-    receiveEvent(surfaceId, reactTag, eventName, false, 0, params, EventCategoryDef.UNSPECIFIED);
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public void receiveEvent(
-      int surfaceId,
-      int reactTag,
-      String eventName,
-      boolean canCoalesceEvent,
-      int customCoalesceKey,
-      @Nullable WritableMap params,
-      @EventCategoryDef int category) {
-    Systrace.beginSection(
-        Systrace.TRACE_TAG_REACT_JAVA_BRIDGE,
-        "FabricEventEmitter.receiveEvent('" + eventName + "')");
-    try {
-      mUIManager.receiveEvent(surfaceId, reactTag, eventName, canCoalesceEvent, params, category);
-    } finally {
-      Systrace.endSection(Systrace.TRACE_TAG_REACT_JAVA_BRIDGE);
-    }
-  }
-
-  /** Touches are dispatched by {@link #receiveTouches(TouchEvent)} */
-  @Override
-  public void receiveTouches(
-      String eventName, WritableArray touches, WritableArray changedIndices) {
-    throw new UnsupportedOperationException(
-        "EventEmitter#receiveTouches is not supported by Fabric");
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public void receiveTouches(TouchEvent event) {
-    // Calls are expected to go via TouchesHelper
-    throw new UnsupportedOperationException(
-        "EventEmitter#receiveTouches is not supported by Fabric");
-  }
-}
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/events/FabricEventEmitter.kt b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/events/FabricEventEmitter.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..2c85e1273d13bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/events/FabricEventEmitter.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ */
+
+package com.facebook.react.fabric.events
+
+import com.facebook.react.bridge.WritableArray
+import com.facebook.react.bridge.WritableMap
+import com.facebook.react.fabric.FabricUIManager
+import com.facebook.react.uimanager.common.ViewUtil
+import com.facebook.react.uimanager.events.EventCategoryDef
+import com.facebook.react.uimanager.events.RCTModernEventEmitter
+import com.facebook.react.uimanager.events.TouchEvent
+import com.facebook.systrace.Systrace
+
+public class FabricEventEmitter(private val uiManager: FabricUIManager) : RCTModernEventEmitter {
+  public override fun receiveEvent(reactTag: Int, eventName: String, params: WritableMap?): Unit {
+    receiveEvent(ViewUtil.NO_SURFACE_ID, reactTag, eventName, params)
+  }
+
+  public override fun receiveEvent(
+      surfaceId: Int,
+      reactTag: Int,
+      eventName: String,
+      params: WritableMap?
+  ) {
+    receiveEvent(surfaceId, reactTag, eventName, false, 0, params, EventCategoryDef.UNSPECIFIED)
+  }
+
+  public override fun receiveEvent(
+      surfaceId: Int,
+      reactTag: Int,
+      eventName: String,
+      canCoalesceEvent: Boolean,
+      customCoalesceKey: Int,
+      params: WritableMap?,
+      @EventCategoryDef category: Int
+  ) {
+    Systrace.beginSection(
+        Systrace.TRACE_TAG_REACT_JAVA_BRIDGE, "FabricEventEmitter.receiveEvent('$eventName')")
+    try {
+      uiManager.receiveEvent(surfaceId, reactTag, eventName, canCoalesceEvent, params, category)
+    } finally {
+      Systrace.endSection(Systrace.TRACE_TAG_REACT_JAVA_BRIDGE)
+    }
+  }
+
+  /** Touches are dispatched by [.receiveTouches] */
+  public override fun receiveTouches(
+      eventName: String,
+      touches: WritableArray,
+      changedIndices: WritableArray
+  ): Unit {
+    throw UnsupportedOperationException("EventEmitter#receiveTouches is not supported by Fabric")
+  }
+
+  public override fun receiveTouches(event: TouchEvent): Unit {
+    // Calls are expected to go via TouchesHelper
+    throw UnsupportedOperationException("EventEmitter#receiveTouches is not supported by Fabric")
+  }
+}