diff --git a/packages/helloworld/android/app/build.gradle b/packages/helloworld/android/app/build.gradle
index 557a871cce..bc4df63bfb 100644
--- a/packages/helloworld/android/app/build.gradle
+++ b/packages/helloworld/android/app/build.gradle
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ react {
     //   The folder where the react-native NPM package is. Default is ../node_modules/react-native
     reactNativeDir = file("../../../react-native")
     //   The folder where the react-native Codegen package is. Default is ../node_modules/@react-native/codegen
-    codegenDir = file("../../../react-native-codegen")
+    codegenDir = file("$rootDir/node_modules/@react-native/codegen")
     //   The cli.js file which is the React Native CLI entrypoint. Default is ../node_modules/react-native/cli.js,
     //   but now points to our simplified bundle wrapper.
     cliFile = file("../../scripts/bundle.js")
diff --git a/packages/helloworld/android/settings.gradle b/packages/helloworld/android/settings.gradle
index e80fcd06cf..6da9a43763 100644
--- a/packages/helloworld/android/settings.gradle
+++ b/packages/helloworld/android/settings.gradle
@@ -6,10 +6,18 @@
  */
 
 // Autolinking has now moved into the React Native Gradle Plugin
-pluginManagement { includeBuild("../node_modules/@react-native/gradle-plugin") }
+pluginManagement { includeBuild("../../react-native-gradle-plugin") }
 plugins { id("com.facebook.react.settings") }
 extensions.configure(com.facebook.react.ReactSettingsExtension){ ex -> ex.autolinkLibrariesFromCommand() }
 
 rootProject.name = 'HelloWorld'
 include ':app'
 includeBuild('../../react-native-gradle-plugin')
+includeBuild('../../react-native') {
+     dependencySubstitution {
+         substitute(module("com.facebook.react:react-android")).using(project(":packages:react-native:ReactAndroid"))
+         substitute(module("com.facebook.react:react-native")).using(project(":packages:react-native:ReactAndroid"))
+         substitute(module("com.facebook.react:hermes-android")).using(project(":packages:react-native:ReactAndroid:hermes-engine"))
+         substitute(module("com.facebook.react:hermes-engine")).using(project(":packages:react-native:ReactAndroid:hermes-engine"))
+     }
+ }
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/build.gradle.kts b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/build.gradle.kts
index c1598daa13..76d41a679a 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/build.gradle.kts
@@ -794,7 +794,15 @@ react {
 // module to apply the plugin to, so it's codegenDir and reactNativeDir won't be evaluated.
 if (rootProject.name == "react-native-build-from-source") {
   rootProject.extensions.getByType(PrivateReactExtension::class.java).apply {
-    codegenDir = file("$rootDir/../@react-native/codegen")
+    // We try to guess where codegen lives. Generally is inside
+    // node_modules/@react-native/codegen. If the file is not existing, we
+    // fallback to ../react-native-codegen (used for hello-world app).
+    codegenDir =
+        if (file("$rootDir/../@react-native/codegen").exists()) {
+          file("$rootDir/../@react-native/codegen")
+        } else {
+          file("$rootDir/../react-native-codegen")
+        }
     reactNativeDir = file("$rootDir")
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/react-native/build.gradle.kts b/packages/react-native/build.gradle.kts
index 5d7f54b975..2667e535a5 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/packages/react-native/build.gradle.kts
@@ -16,3 +16,5 @@ plugins {
   alias(libs.plugins.download) apply false
   alias(libs.plugins.kotlin.android) apply false
 }
+
+buildscript { dependencies { classpath("com.facebook.react:react-native-gradle-plugin") } }