diff --git a/examples/detox/android/app/build.gradle b/examples/detox/android/app/build.gradle
index 29dd576..563fbdb 100644
--- a/examples/detox/android/app/build.gradle
+++ b/examples/detox/android/app/build.gradle
@@ -74,7 +74,10 @@ dependencies {
     implementation 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:28.0.0'
 
     // noinspection GradleDynamicVersion
-    implementation 'com.facebook.react:react-native:+'
+    implementation ('com.facebook.react:react-native:0.59.9') {
+        force = true
+    }
+    
 
     androidTestImplementation('com.wix:detox:+') { transitive = true }
     androidTestImplementation 'junit:junit:4.12'
diff --git a/examples/detox/fix-rn-version.ts b/examples/detox/fix-rn-version.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..07b2f5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/detox/fix-rn-version.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+import fs from 'fs'
+
+const file = '../../android/build.gradle'
+const replace = /implementation 'com.facebook.react:react-native:\+'/g
+const replacement = "implementation 'com.facebook.react:react-native:0.59.9'"
+const encoding = 'utf8'
+
+const data = fs.readFileSync(file, encoding)
+const result = data.replace(replace, replacement)
+fs.writeFileSync(file, result, encoding)
diff --git a/examples/detox/package.json b/examples/detox/package.json
index 0c61cd0..3c27a81 100644
--- a/examples/detox/package.json
+++ b/examples/detox/package.json
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   "scripts": {
     "start": "react-native start",
     "postinstall": "yarn make-example-runnable",
-    "make-example-runnable": "(cd ../../ && npm i react react-native --no-save)",
+    "make-example-runnable": "(cd ../../ && npm i react react-native --no-save) && npx tsx ./fix-rn-version.ts",
     "build:ios": "detox build --configuration ios.debug",
     "build:android-debug": "detox build --configuration android.debug",
     "build:android-ci": "detox build --configuration android.ci",