diff --git a/android/capacitor/src/main/java/com/getcapacitor/MessageHandler.java b/android/capacitor/src/main/java/com/getcapacitor/MessageHandler.java
index dc91c9b01e..49189d8429 100644
--- a/android/capacitor/src/main/java/com/getcapacitor/MessageHandler.java
+++ b/android/capacitor/src/main/java/com/getcapacitor/MessageHandler.java
@@ -26,8 +26,7 @@ public MessageHandler(Bridge bridge, WebView webView, PluginManager cordovaPlugi
         if (WebViewFeature.isFeatureSupported(WebViewFeature.WEB_MESSAGE_LISTENER) && !bridge.getConfig().isUsingLegacyBridge()) {
             WebViewCompat.WebMessageListener capListener = (view, message, sourceOrigin, isMainFrame, replyProxy) -> {
                 if (isMainFrame) {
-                    postMessage(message.getData());
-                    javaScriptReplyProxy = replyProxy;
+                    onModernBridgeMessage(message.getData(), replyProxy);
                 } else {
                     Logger.warn("Plugin execution is allowed in Main Frame only");
                 }
@@ -42,6 +41,11 @@ public MessageHandler(Bridge bridge, WebView webView, PluginManager cordovaPlugi
         }
     }
 
+    void onModernBridgeMessage(String data, JavaScriptReplyProxy replyProxy) {
+        javaScriptReplyProxy = replyProxy;
+        postMessage(data);
+    }
+
     /**
      * The main message handler that will be called from JavaScript
      * to send a message to the native bridge.
@@ -69,13 +73,13 @@ public void postMessage(String jsonStr) {
                 Logger.verbose(
                     Logger.tags("Plugin"),
                     "To native (Cordova plugin): callbackId: " +
-                        callbackId +
-                        ", service: " +
-                        service +
-                        ", action: " +
-                        action +
-                        ", actionArgs: " +
-                        actionArgs
+                    callbackId +
+                    ", service: " +
+                    service +
+                    ", action: " +
+                    action +
+                    ", actionArgs: " +
+                    actionArgs
                 );
 
                 this.callCordovaPluginMethod(callbackId, service, action, actionArgs);
diff --git a/android/capacitor/src/test/java/android/text/TextUtils.java b/android/capacitor/src/test/java/android/text/TextUtils.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e8f5464d8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/android/capacitor/src/test/java/android/text/TextUtils.java
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+package android.text;
+
+public class TextUtils {
+
+    public static String join(CharSequence delimiter, Object[] tokens) {
+        StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
+
+        for (int i = 0; i < tokens.length; i++) {
+            if (i > 0) {
+                builder.append(delimiter);
+            }
+            builder.append(tokens[i]);
+        }
+
+        return builder.toString();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/android/capacitor/src/test/java/com/getcapacitor/MessageHandlerTest.java b/android/capacitor/src/test/java/com/getcapacitor/MessageHandlerTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0af6f8b51a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/android/capacitor/src/test/java/com/getcapacitor/MessageHandlerTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+package com.getcapacitor;
+
+import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.any;
+import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.contains;
+import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.eq;
+import static org.mockito.BDDMockito.given;
+import static org.mockito.BDDMockito.willAnswer;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.never;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
+
+import android.webkit.WebView;
+import androidx.webkit.JavaScriptReplyProxy;
+import androidx.webkit.WebViewFeature;
+import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;
+import java.lang.reflect.Field;
+import java.lang.reflect.Method;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.mockito.MockedStatic;
+import org.mockito.Mockito;
+
+public class MessageHandlerTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void firstSynchronousModernBridgeCallUsesReplyProxyInsteadOfLegacyFallback() throws Exception {
+        Bridge bridge = mock(Bridge.class);
+        CapConfig config = mock(CapConfig.class);
+        WebView webView = mock(WebView.class);
+        JavaScriptReplyProxy replyProxy = mock(JavaScriptReplyProxy.class);
+        // Avoid the real constructor because it immediately tries to register Android WebView hooks.
+        MessageHandler handler = allocateWithoutConstructor(MessageHandler.class);
+        String message = "{\"callbackId\":\"91\",\"pluginId\":\"Kiosk\",\"methodName\":\"getFlockContext\",\"options\":{}}";
+        CapConfig previousLoggerConfig = Logger.config;
+
+        try (MockedStatic<WebViewFeature> webViewFeature = Mockito.mockStatic(WebViewFeature.class)) {
+            Logger.config = config;
+
+            given(config.isLoggingEnabled()).willReturn(false);
+            given(config.isUsingLegacyBridge()).willReturn(false);
+            given(bridge.getConfig()).willReturn(config);
+            given(webView.post(any(Runnable.class))).willAnswer(invocation -> {
+                Runnable runnable = invocation.getArgument(0);
+                runnable.run();
+                return true;
+            });
+            webViewFeature.when(() -> WebViewFeature.isFeatureSupported(WebViewFeature.WEB_MESSAGE_LISTENER)).thenReturn(true);
+
+            // Because we skipped the constructor, inject only the fields used on the response path.
+            setField(MessageHandler.class, handler, "bridge", bridge);
+            setField(MessageHandler.class, handler, "webView", webView);
+
+            willAnswer(invocation -> {
+                PluginCall call = invocation.getArgument(2);
+                call.resolve(new JSObject().put("tabId", "shepherd"));
+                return null;
+            })
+                .given(bridge)
+                .callPluginMethod(eq("Kiosk"), eq("getFlockContext"), any(PluginCall.class));
+
+            handler.onModernBridgeMessage(message, replyProxy);
+
+            verify(replyProxy).postMessage(contains("\"callbackId\":\"91\""));
+            verify(webView, never()).post(any(Runnable.class));
+        } finally {
+            Logger.config = previousLoggerConfig;
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static <T> T allocateWithoutConstructor(Class<T> type) {
+        try {
+            Class<?> reflectionFactoryClass = Class.forName("sun.reflect.ReflectionFactory");
+            Method getReflectionFactory = reflectionFactoryClass.getDeclaredMethod("getReflectionFactory");
+            Object reflectionFactory = getReflectionFactory.invoke(null);
+            Constructor<Object> objectConstructor = Object.class.getDeclaredConstructor();
+            Method newConstructorForSerialization = reflectionFactoryClass.getDeclaredMethod(
+                "newConstructorForSerialization",
+                Class.class,
+                Constructor.class
+            );
+            Constructor<?> serializationConstructor = (Constructor<?>) newConstructorForSerialization.invoke(
+                reflectionFactory,
+                type,
+                objectConstructor
+            );
+            serializationConstructor.setAccessible(true);
+            return type.cast(serializationConstructor.newInstance());
+        } catch (ReflectiveOperationException e) {
+            throw new AssertionError(e);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static void setField(Class<?> owner, Object target, String name, Object value) {
+        try {
+            Field field = owner.getDeclaredField(name);
+            field.setAccessible(true);
+            field.set(target, value);
+        } catch (ReflectiveOperationException e) {
+            throw new AssertionError(e);
+        }
+    }
+}