diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/swmansion/rnscreens/ScreenViewManager.kt b/android/src/main/java/com/swmansion/rnscreens/ScreenViewManager.kt
index 5d92778f65..8c70876ef4 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/swmansion/rnscreens/ScreenViewManager.kt
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/swmansion/rnscreens/ScreenViewManager.kt
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import com.facebook.react.bridge.JSApplicationIllegalArgumentException
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReadableMap
 import com.facebook.react.common.MapBuilder
 import com.facebook.react.module.annotations.ReactModule
+import com.facebook.react.uimanager.ReactStylesDiffMap
+import com.facebook.react.uimanager.StateWrapper
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.ThemedReactContext
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.ViewGroupManager
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.ViewManagerDelegate
@@ -35,6 +37,18 @@ class ScreenViewManager : ViewGroupManager<Screen>(), RNSScreenManagerInterface<
         setActivityState(view, activityState.toInt())
     }
 
+    override fun updateState(
+        view: Screen,
+        props: ReactStylesDiffMap?,
+        stateWrapper: StateWrapper?
+    ): Any? {
+        if (BuildConfig.IS_NEW_ARCHITECTURE_ENABLED) {
+            // fabricViewStateManager should never be null in Fabric. The null check is only for Paper's empty impl.
+            view.fabricViewStateManager?.setStateWrapper(stateWrapper)
+        }
+        return super.updateState(view, props, stateWrapper)
+    }
+
     @ReactProp(name = "activityState")
     fun setActivityState(view: Screen, activityState: Int) {
         if (activityState == -1) {
diff --git a/android/src/paper/java/com/swmansion/rnscreens/FabricEnabledViewGroup.kt b/android/src/paper/java/com/swmansion/rnscreens/FabricEnabledViewGroup.kt
index 106638858d..6c1c238bd6 100644
--- a/android/src/paper/java/com/swmansion/rnscreens/FabricEnabledViewGroup.kt
+++ b/android/src/paper/java/com/swmansion/rnscreens/FabricEnabledViewGroup.kt
@@ -2,8 +2,12 @@ package com.swmansion.rnscreens
 
 import android.view.ViewGroup
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReactContext
+import com.facebook.react.uimanager.FabricViewStateManager
 
 abstract class FabricEnabledViewGroup constructor(context: ReactContext?) : ViewGroup(context) {
+
+    val fabricViewStateManager get() = null as FabricViewStateManager?
+
     protected fun updateScreenSizeFabric(width: Int, height: Int) {
         // do nothing
     }