diff --git a/android/src/main/java/at/alwinschuster/HttpServer/HttpServerModule.java b/android/src/main/java/at/alwinschuster/HttpServer/HttpServerModule.java
index 0ec30a9..789eb02 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/at/alwinschuster/HttpServer/HttpServerModule.java
+++ b/android/src/main/java/at/alwinschuster/HttpServer/HttpServerModule.java
@@ -52,6 +52,13 @@ public void respond(String requestId, int code, String type, String body) {
         }
     }
 
+    @ReactMethod
+    public void respondFile(String requestId, int code, String type, String filePath) {
+        if (server != null) {
+            server.respondFile(requestId, code, type, filePath);
+        }
+    }
+
     @ReactMethod
     public void addListener(String eventName) {
         // Set up any upstream listeners or background tasks as necessary
diff --git a/android/src/main/java/at/alwinschuster/HttpServer/Server.java b/android/src/main/java/at/alwinschuster/HttpServer/Server.java
index c35c36e..19ddf7b 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/at/alwinschuster/HttpServer/Server.java
+++ b/android/src/main/java/at/alwinschuster/HttpServer/Server.java
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Random;
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileInputStream;
+import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
 
 import androidx.annotation.Nullable;
 import android.util.Log;
@@ -63,6 +66,24 @@ public void respond(String requestId, int code, String type, String body) {
         responses.put(requestId, newFixedLengthResponse(Status.lookup(code), type, body));
     }
 
+    public void respondFile(String requestId, int code, String type, String filePath) {
+        File file = new File(filePath);
+        
+        if (!file.exists()) {
+            responses.put(requestId, newFixedLengthResponse(Status.NOT_FOUND, MIME_PLAINTEXT, "File not found"));
+            return;
+        }
+        
+        try {
+            FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream(file);
+            responses.put(requestId, newFixedLengthResponse(Status.lookup(code), type, fis, file.length()));
+        } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
+            responses.put(requestId, newFixedLengthResponse(Status.NOT_FOUND, MIME_PLAINTEXT, "File not found"));
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            responses.put(requestId, newFixedLengthResponse(Status.INTERNAL_ERROR, MIME_PLAINTEXT, e.getMessage()));
+        }
+    }
+
     private WritableMap fillRequestMap(IHTTPSession session, String requestId) throws Exception {
         Method method = session.getMethod();
         WritableMap request = Arguments.createMap();
diff --git a/bridgeServer.js b/bridgeServer.js
index af40f1a..1f307f8 100644
--- a/bridgeServer.js
+++ b/bridgeServer.js
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ class Response {
   html(html, code = 200) {
     return this.send(code, 'text/html', html);
   }
+  
+  sendFile(filePath, type, code = 200) {
+    if (this.closed) {
+      throw new Error('Response already sent');
+    }
+    
+    httpServer.respondFile(this.requestId, code, type, filePath);
+    this.closed = true;
+  }
 }
 
 class BridgeServer {
diff --git a/httpServer.js b/httpServer.js
index f3ce194..8d92b83 100644
--- a/httpServer.js
+++ b/httpServer.js
@@ -19,5 +19,7 @@ module.exports = {
         ServerEventEmitter.removeAllListeners('httpServerResponseReceived');
     },
 
-    respond: (requestId, code, type, body) => Server.respond(requestId, code, type, body)
+    respond: (requestId, code, type, body) => Server.respond(requestId, code, type, body),
+    
+    respondFile: (requestId, code, type, filePath) => Server.respondFile(requestId, code, type, filePath)
 }
diff --git a/ios/RCTHttpServer.m b/ios/RCTHttpServer.m
index 8e5c1aa..692acbe 100644
--- a/ios/RCTHttpServer.m
+++ b/ios/RCTHttpServer.m
@@ -118,4 +118,38 @@ - (void)initResponseReceivedFor:(GCDWebServer *)server forType:(NSString*)type {
         completionBlock(requestResponse);
 }
 
+RCT_EXPORT_METHOD(respondFile: (NSString *) requestId
+                  code: (NSInteger) code
+                  type: (NSString *) type
+                  filePath: (NSString *) filePath)
+{
+    GCDWebServerCompletionBlock completionBlock = nil;
+    @synchronized (self) {
+        completionBlock = [_completionBlocks objectForKey:requestId];
+        [_completionBlocks removeObjectForKey:requestId];
+    }
+    
+    NSFileManager *fileManager = [NSFileManager defaultManager];
+    if (![fileManager fileExistsAtPath:filePath]) {
+        GCDWebServerDataResponse* errorResponse = [GCDWebServerDataResponse responseWithText:@"File not found"];
+        errorResponse.statusCode = 404;
+        completionBlock(errorResponse);
+        return;
+    }
+    
+    NSError *error = nil;
+    NSData *fileData = [NSData dataWithContentsOfFile:filePath options:0 error:&error];
+    
+    if (error) {
+        GCDWebServerDataResponse* errorResponse = [GCDWebServerDataResponse responseWithText:[error localizedDescription]];
+        errorResponse.statusCode = 500;
+        completionBlock(errorResponse);
+        return;
+    }
+    
+    GCDWebServerDataResponse* fileResponse = [[GCDWebServerDataResponse alloc] initWithData:fileData contentType:type];
+    fileResponse.statusCode = code;
+    completionBlock(fileResponse);
+}
+
 @end
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 6e557a2..5c882cd 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -28,14 +28,12 @@
     "scripts": {
         "semantic-release": "semantic-release"
     },
-    "dependencies": {
-        "react": "18.2.0"
-    },
     "peerDependencies": {
+        "react": ">=18",
         "react-native": ">=0.72"
     },
     "devDependencies": {
-        "semantic-release": "^22.0.8"
+        "semantic-release": "^25.0.2"
     },
     "release": {
         "branches": [
@@ -43,4 +41,4 @@
             "next"
         ]
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/react-native-http-bridge-refurbished.podspec b/react-native-http-bridge-refurbished.podspec
index 84a6634..bda499d 100644
--- a/react-native-http-bridge-refurbished.podspec
+++ b/react-native-http-bridge-refurbished.podspec
@@ -15,6 +15,6 @@ Pod::Spec.new do |s|
   s.source       = { :git => "https://github.com/Alwinator/react-native-http-bridge-refurbished.git", :tag => "v#{s.version}" }
   s.source_files  = "ios/**/*.{h,m}"
 
-  s.dependency 'React'
+  s.dependency 'React-Core'
   s.dependency 'GCDWebServer'
 end