diff --git a/gradle-plugins/react/brownfield/src/main/kotlin/com/callstack/react/brownfield/plugin/RNSourceSets.kt b/gradle-plugins/react/brownfield/src/main/kotlin/com/callstack/react/brownfield/plugin/RNSourceSets.kt
index 9e5de002..8b12ffda 100644
--- a/gradle-plugins/react/brownfield/src/main/kotlin/com/callstack/react/brownfield/plugin/RNSourceSets.kt
+++ b/gradle-plugins/react/brownfield/src/main/kotlin/com/callstack/react/brownfield/plugin/RNSourceSets.kt
@@ -96,7 +96,6 @@ object RNSourceSets {
     }
 
     private fun configureTasks() {
-        val projectName = project.name
         val appProjectName = appProject.name
 
         project.tasks.register("copyAutolinkingSources", Copy::class.java) {
@@ -108,33 +107,19 @@ object RNSourceSets {
             patchRNEntryPoint(it, path)
         }
 
-        androidExtension.buildTypes.forEach { buildType ->
-            val capitalisedBuildType = buildType.name.replaceFirstChar { it.titlecase() }
-            val codegenTaskName = "generateCodegenSchemaFromJavaScript"
-            val strippedNativeLibsPath = "$appBuildDir/intermediates/stripped_native_libs"
-            val strippedDebugSymbolsPath = "strip${capitalisedBuildType}DebugSymbols/out/lib"
-
-            val copyLibTask =
-                project.tasks.register("copy${capitalisedBuildType}LibSources", Copy::class.java) {
-                    it.dependsOn(":$appProjectName:$codegenTaskName")
-                    it.dependsOn(":$appProjectName:strip${capitalisedBuildType}DebugSymbols")
-                    it.dependsOn(":$projectName:$codegenTaskName")
-
-                    it.from(
-                        "$strippedNativeLibsPath/${buildType.name}/$strippedDebugSymbolsPath",
-                    )
-                    it.into(project.rootProject.file("$projectName/libs$capitalisedBuildType"))
-                    it.include("**/libappmodules.so", "**/libreact_codegen_*.so")
-                    extension.dynamicLibs.forEach { lib -> it.include("**/$lib") }
-                }
-
-            project.tasks.named("preBuild").configure {
-                it.dependsOn("copyAutolinkingSources")
-                it.dependsOn(copyLibTask)
-                if (capitalisedBuildType == "Release") {
-                    it.dependsOn(":${appProject.name}:createBundleReleaseJsAndAssets")
-                }
-            }
+        project.tasks.named("preBuild").configure {
+            /**
+             * Ensure auto-generated sources are available before compilation.
+             *
+             * This hooks into the global `preBuild` task, so the dependency runs
+             * regardless of build variant. Use this only when the generated sources
+             * are identical for all variants (debug/release).
+             *
+             * If variant-specific
+             * files are needed, prefer `preDebugBuild` / `preReleaseBuild` under
+             * `VariantProcessor.processVariant`
+             */
+            it.dependsOn("copyAutolinkingSources")
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/gradle-plugins/react/brownfield/src/main/kotlin/com/callstack/react/brownfield/processors/JNILibsProcessor.kt b/gradle-plugins/react/brownfield/src/main/kotlin/com/callstack/react/brownfield/processors/JNILibsProcessor.kt
index a4bbcfba..d398d3e7 100644
--- a/gradle-plugins/react/brownfield/src/main/kotlin/com/callstack/react/brownfield/processors/JNILibsProcessor.kt
+++ b/gradle-plugins/react/brownfield/src/main/kotlin/com/callstack/react/brownfield/processors/JNILibsProcessor.kt
@@ -16,7 +16,10 @@ import com.callstack.react.brownfield.exceptions.TaskNotFound
 import com.callstack.react.brownfield.shared.BaseProject
 import com.callstack.react.brownfield.shared.Logging
 import com.callstack.react.brownfield.utils.AndroidArchiveLibrary
+import com.callstack.react.brownfield.utils.Extension
 import org.gradle.api.Task
+import org.gradle.api.tasks.Copy
+import org.gradle.api.tasks.TaskProvider
 import java.io.File
 
 class JNILibsProcessor : BaseProject() {
@@ -34,8 +37,11 @@ class JNILibsProcessor : BaseProject() {
         }
 
         val androidExtension = project.extensions.getByName("android") as LibraryExtension
+        val copyTask = copySoLibsTask(variant)
+
         mergeJniLibsTask.configure {
             it.dependsOn(explodeTasks)
+            it.dependsOn(copyTask)
 
             it.doFirst {
                 for (archiveLibrary in aarLibraries) {
@@ -50,6 +56,36 @@ class JNILibsProcessor : BaseProject() {
         }
     }
 
+    private fun copySoLibsTask(variant: LibraryVariant): TaskProvider<Copy> {
+        val variantName = variant.name
+        val capitalizedVariant = variantName.replaceFirstChar(Char::titlecase)
+
+        val projectExt = project.extensions.getByType(Extension::class.java)
+        val appProject = project.rootProject.project(projectExt.appProjectName)
+        val appBuildDir = appProject.layout.buildDirectory.get()
+
+        val stripTask = ":${appProject.name}:strip${capitalizedVariant}DebugSymbols"
+        val codegenTask = ":${project.name}:generateCodegenSchemaFromJavaScript"
+
+        val fromDir =
+            appBuildDir
+                .dir("intermediates/stripped_native_libs/$variantName/strip${capitalizedVariant}DebugSymbols/out/lib")
+                .asFile
+
+        val intoDir =
+            project.rootProject
+                .file("${project.name}/libs$capitalizedVariant")
+
+        return project.tasks.register("copy${capitalizedVariant}LibSources", Copy::class.java) {
+            it.dependsOn(stripTask, codegenTask)
+            it.from(fromDir)
+            it.into(intoDir)
+
+            it.include("**/libappmodules.so", "**/libreact_codegen_*.so")
+            projectExt.dynamicLibs.forEach { lib -> it.include("**/$lib") }
+        }
+    }
+
     private fun processNestedLibs(files: Array<File>?) {
         val existingJNILibs =
             listOf("arm64-v8a", "armeabi-v7a", "x86_64", "x86")
diff --git a/gradle-plugins/react/brownfield/src/main/kotlin/com/callstack/react/brownfield/processors/VariantProcessor.kt b/gradle-plugins/react/brownfield/src/main/kotlin/com/callstack/react/brownfield/processors/VariantProcessor.kt
index b7e868c0..2dbf859c 100644
--- a/gradle-plugins/react/brownfield/src/main/kotlin/com/callstack/react/brownfield/processors/VariantProcessor.kt
+++ b/gradle-plugins/react/brownfield/src/main/kotlin/com/callstack/react/brownfield/processors/VariantProcessor.kt
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 package com.callstack.react.brownfield.processors
 
 import com.android.build.gradle.api.LibraryVariant
+import com.android.build.gradle.internal.tasks.factory.dependsOn
 import com.callstack.react.brownfield.artifacts.ArtifactsResolver.Companion.ARTIFACT_TYPE_AAR
 import com.callstack.react.brownfield.artifacts.ArtifactsResolver.Companion.ARTIFACT_TYPE_JAR
 import com.callstack.react.brownfield.exceptions.TaskNotFound
@@ -54,6 +55,10 @@ class VariantProcessor(private val variant: LibraryVariant) : BaseProject() {
             throw TaskNotFound("Can not find $preBuildTaskPath task")
         }
 
+        if (upperCaseVariantName == "Release") {
+            prepareTask.dependsOn(":app:createBundleReleaseJsAndAssets")
+        }
+
         val bundleTask = variantTaskProvider.bundleTaskProvider(project, variant.name)
         explodeArtifactFiles(artifacts, prepareTask, bundleTask)
         mergeClassesAndJars(bundleTask)