diff --git a/packages/core/android/build.gradle b/packages/core/android/build.gradle
index 9d0bc2db8..f58031967 100644
--- a/packages/core/android/build.gradle
+++ b/packages/core/android/build.gradle
@@ -195,7 +195,18 @@ dependencies {
   }
   implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib:$kotlin_version"
   compileOnly "com.squareup.okhttp3:okhttp:3.12.13"
-  implementation "com.datadoghq:dd-sdk-android-rum:3.4.0"
+ // dd-sdk-android-rum requires androidx.metrics:metrics-performance. 
+ // From 2.21.0, it uses 1.0.0-beta02, which requires Gradle 8.6.0.
+ // This breaks builds if the React Native target is below 0.76.0. as it relies on Gradle 8.5.0. 
+ // To avoid this, we enforce 1.0.0-beta01 on RN < 0.76.0
+ if (reactNativeMinorVersion < 76) {
+      implementation("com.datadoghq:dd-sdk-android-rum:3.4.0") {
+          exclude group: "androidx.metrics", module: "metrics-performance"
+      }
+      implementation "androidx.metrics:metrics-performance:1.0.0-beta01"
+  } else {
+      implementation "com.datadoghq:dd-sdk-android-rum:3.4.0"
+  }
   implementation "com.datadoghq:dd-sdk-android-logs:3.4.0"
   implementation "com.datadoghq:dd-sdk-android-trace:3.4.0"
   implementation "com.datadoghq:dd-sdk-android-webview:3.4.0"