diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/api/ReactAndroid.api b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/api/ReactAndroid.api
index ef61834f169bac..71a2408395f8f2 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/api/ReactAndroid.api
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/api/ReactAndroid.api
@@ -2612,7 +2612,6 @@ public class com/facebook/react/fabric/FabricUIManager : com/facebook/react/brid
 	public fun dispatchCommand (IILcom/facebook/react/bridge/ReadableArray;)V
 	public fun dispatchCommand (IILjava/lang/String;Lcom/facebook/react/bridge/ReadableArray;)V
 	public fun dispatchCommand (ILjava/lang/String;Lcom/facebook/react/bridge/ReadableArray;)V
-	public fun experimental_prefetchResource (Ljava/lang/String;IILcom/facebook/react/common/mapbuffer/ReadableMapBuffer;)V
 	public fun getColor (I[Ljava/lang/String;)I
 	public fun getEventDispatcher ()Lcom/facebook/react/uimanager/events/EventDispatcher;
 	public fun getInspectorDataForInstance (ILandroid/view/View;)Lcom/facebook/react/bridge/ReadableMap;
@@ -2756,7 +2755,6 @@ public class com/facebook/react/fabric/mounting/MountingManager {
 	public fun attachRootView (ILandroid/view/View;Lcom/facebook/react/uimanager/ThemedReactContext;)V
 	public fun clearJSResponder ()V
 	public fun enqueuePendingEvent (IILjava/lang/String;ZLcom/facebook/react/bridge/WritableMap;I)V
-	public fun experimental_prefetchResource (Lcom/facebook/react/bridge/ReactContext;Ljava/lang/String;IILcom/facebook/react/common/mapbuffer/MapBuffer;)V
 	public fun getEventEmitter (II)Lcom/facebook/react/fabric/events/EventEmitterWrapper;
 	public fun getSurfaceManager (I)Lcom/facebook/react/fabric/mounting/SurfaceMountingManager;
 	public fun getSurfaceManagerEnforced (ILjava/lang/String;)Lcom/facebook/react/fabric/mounting/SurfaceMountingManager;
@@ -5259,8 +5257,6 @@ public abstract class com/facebook/react/uimanager/ViewManager : com/facebook/re
 	public fun createView (ILcom/facebook/react/uimanager/ThemedReactContext;Lcom/facebook/react/uimanager/ReactStylesDiffMap;Lcom/facebook/react/uimanager/StateWrapper;Lcom/facebook/react/touch/JSResponderHandler;)Landroid/view/View;
 	protected fun createViewInstance (ILcom/facebook/react/uimanager/ThemedReactContext;Lcom/facebook/react/uimanager/ReactStylesDiffMap;Lcom/facebook/react/uimanager/StateWrapper;)Landroid/view/View;
 	protected abstract fun createViewInstance (Lcom/facebook/react/uimanager/ThemedReactContext;)Landroid/view/View;
-	protected fun experimental_isPrefetchingEnabled ()Z
-	public fun experimental_prefetchResource (Lcom/facebook/react/bridge/ReactContext;IILcom/facebook/react/common/mapbuffer/MapBuffer;)V
 	public fun getCommandsMap ()Ljava/util/Map;
 	protected fun getDelegate ()Lcom/facebook/react/uimanager/ViewManagerDelegate;
 	public fun getExportedCustomBubblingEventTypeConstants ()Ljava/util/Map;
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/FabricUIManager.java b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/FabricUIManager.java
index 87a9af924acf58..4085705499cae7 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/FabricUIManager.java
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/FabricUIManager.java
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.UIManagerListener;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.UiThreadUtil;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.WritableMap;
+import com.facebook.react.common.annotations.UnstableReactNativeAPI;
 import com.facebook.react.common.build.ReactBuildConfig;
 import com.facebook.react.common.mapbuffer.ReadableMapBuffer;
 import com.facebook.react.fabric.events.EventEmitterWrapper;
@@ -882,6 +883,7 @@ public void runGuarded() {
    * This method initiates preloading of an image specified by ImageSource. It can later be consumed
    * by an ImageView.
    */
+  @UnstableReactNativeAPI
   public void experimental_prefetchResource(
       String componentName, int surfaceId, int reactTag, ReadableMapBuffer params) {
     mMountingManager.experimental_prefetchResource(
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/mounting/MountingManager.java b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/mounting/MountingManager.java
index b81f1370bbf539..7523a99a7d306e 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/mounting/MountingManager.java
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/mounting/MountingManager.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.RetryableMountingLayerException;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.UiThreadUtil;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.WritableMap;
+import com.facebook.react.common.annotations.UnstableReactNativeAPI;
 import com.facebook.react.common.mapbuffer.MapBuffer;
 import com.facebook.react.fabric.FabricUIManager;
 import com.facebook.react.fabric.events.EventEmitterWrapper;
@@ -428,8 +429,9 @@ public long measureMapBuffer(
   }
 
   /**
-   * @deprecated THIS PREFETCH METHOD IS EXPERIMENTAL, DO NOT USE IT FOR PRODUCTION CODE. IT WILL
-   *     MOST LIKELY CHANGE OR BE REMOVED IN THE FUTURE.
+   * THIS PREFETCH METHOD IS EXPERIMENTAL, DO NOT USE IT FOR PRODUCTION CODE. IT WILL MOST LIKELY
+   * CHANGE OR BE REMOVED IN THE FUTURE.
+   *
    * @param reactContext
    * @param componentName
    * @param surfaceId {@link int} surface ID
@@ -437,7 +439,7 @@ public long measureMapBuffer(
    * @param params {@link MapBuffer} prefetch request params defined in C++
    */
   @AnyThread
-  @Deprecated
+  @UnstableReactNativeAPI
   public void experimental_prefetchResource(
       ReactContext reactContext,
       String componentName,
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/ViewManager.java b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/ViewManager.java
index 95967d5a7c3c3c..00e5d0a6501763 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/ViewManager.java
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/ViewManager.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReactContext;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReadableArray;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReadableMap;
+import com.facebook.react.common.annotations.UnstableReactNativeAPI;
 import com.facebook.react.common.mapbuffer.MapBuffer;
 import com.facebook.react.internal.featureflags.ReactNativeFeatureFlags;
 import com.facebook.react.touch.JSResponderHandler;
@@ -491,22 +492,24 @@ public void onSurfaceStopped(int surfaceId) {
   }
 
   /**
-   * @deprecated THIS PREFETCH METHOD IS EXPERIMENTAL, DO NOT USE IT FOR PRODUCTION CODE, MOST
-   *     LIKELY IT WILL CHANGE OR BE REMOVED IN THE FUTURE.
-   *     <p>Subclasses can override this method to implement custom resource prefetching for the
-   *     ViewManager.
+   * THIS PREFETCH METHOD IS EXPERIMENTAL, DO NOT USE IT FOR PRODUCTION CODE, MOST LIKELY IT WILL
+   * CHANGE OR BE REMOVED IN THE FUTURE.
+   *
+   * <p>Subclasses can override this method to implement custom resource prefetching for the
+   * ViewManager.
+   *
    * @param reactContext {@link com.facebook.react.bridge.ReactContext} used for the view.
    * @param surfaceId {@link int} surface ID
    * @param reactTag reactTag that should be set as ID of the view instance
    * @param params {@link MapBuffer} prefetch request params defined in C++
    */
-  @Deprecated
+  @UnstableReactNativeAPI
   public void experimental_prefetchResource(
       ReactContext reactContext, int surfaceId, int reactTag, MapBuffer params) {
     return;
   }
 
-  @Deprecated
+  @UnstableReactNativeAPI
   protected boolean experimental_isPrefetchingEnabled() {
     return ReactNativeFeatureFlags.enableImagePrefetchingAndroid();
   }