diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/modules/network/NetworkingModule.java b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/modules/network/NetworkingModule.java
index 344c452836fc23..6f235e15998591 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/modules/network/NetworkingModule.java
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/modules/network/NetworkingModule.java
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ public void onProgress(
     // shared under the hood.
     // See https://github.com/square/okhttp/wiki/Recipes#per-call-configuration for more information
     if (timeout != mClient.connectTimeoutMillis()) {
-      clientBuilder.connectTimeout(timeout, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
+      clientBuilder.callTimeout(timeout, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
     }
     OkHttpClient client = clientBuilder.build();