diff --git a/.github/actions/build-android/action.yml b/.github/actions/build-android/action.yml
index ac769b62ce95..fe6753af80ee 100644
--- a/.github/actions/build-android/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/build-android/action.yml
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ runs:
     - name: Install node dependencies
       uses: ./.github/actions/yarn-install
     - name: Set React Native Version
+      # We don't want to set the version for stable branches, because this has been
+      # already set from the 'create release' commits on the release branch.
+      if: ${{ !endsWith(github.ref_name, '-stable') }}
       shell: bash
       run: node ./scripts/releases/set-rn-artifacts-version.js --build-type ${{ inputs.release-type }}
     - name: Setup gradle
diff --git a/scripts/releases-ci/publish-npm.js b/scripts/releases-ci/publish-npm.js
index 406682dce8ca..8d5b8ff2e1f1 100755
--- a/scripts/releases-ci/publish-npm.js
+++ b/scripts/releases-ci/publish-npm.js
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ const {
 } = require('../releases/utils/release-utils');
 const {REPO_ROOT} = require('../shared/consts');
 const {getPackages} = require('../shared/monorepoUtils');
+const fs = require('fs');
 const path = require('path');
 const yargs = require('yargs');
 
@@ -94,12 +95,24 @@ async function publishNpm(buildType /*: BuildType */) /*: Promise<void> */ {
   const {version, tag} = getNpmInfo(buildType);
 
   // For stable releases, ci job `prepare_package_for_release` handles this
-  if (['dry-run', 'nightly'].includes(buildType)) {
-    if (buildType === 'nightly') {
-      // Set same version for all monorepo packages
-      await setVersion(version);
-      await publishMonorepoPackages(tag);
-    } else {
+  if (buildType === 'nightly') {
+    // Set same version for all monorepo packages
+    await setVersion(version);
+    await publishMonorepoPackages(tag);
+  } else if (buildType === 'dry-run') {
+    // Before updating React Native artifacts versions for dry-run, we check if the version has already been set.
+    // If it has, we don't need to update the artifacts at all (at this will revert them back to 1000.0.0)
+    // If it hasn't, we can update the native artifacts accordingly.
+    const reactNativePackageJson = path.join(
+      REPO_ROOT,
+      'packages',
+      'react-native',
+      'package.json',
+    );
+    const packageJsonContent = fs.readFileSync(reactNativePackageJson, 'utf8');
+    const packageJson = JSON.parse(packageJsonContent);
+
+    if (packageJson.version === '1000.0.0') {
       await updateReactNativeArtifacts(version, buildType);
     }
   }