From d073c58069502f87fd22bfac5ddab45dee314b79 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alan Hughes <alan@expo.io>
Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2026 14:33:26 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Skip use-hermes-nightly when hermes-compiler is already
 pinned

---
 scripts/releases/use-hermes-nightly.js | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/scripts/releases/use-hermes-nightly.js b/scripts/releases/use-hermes-nightly.js
index 5dc782e93d14..db76229d0e07 100644
--- a/scripts/releases/use-hermes-nightly.js
+++ b/scripts/releases/use-hermes-nightly.js
@@ -10,9 +10,17 @@
 
 'use strict';
 
+const {getReactNativePackage} = require('../shared/monorepoUtils');
 const {updateHermesVersionsToNightly} = require('./utils/hermes-utils');
 
 async function main() {
+  const {packageJson} = await getReactNativePackage();
+  const hermesCompilerVersion = packageJson.dependencies['hermes-compiler'];
+
+  if (hermesCompilerVersion !== '0.0.0') {
+    return;
+  }
+
   await updateHermesVersionsToNightly();
 }
 

From 3738bcaea43cb2de0aa22644a4cb1ddb5c044a59 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alan Hughes <alan@expo.io>
Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2026 14:47:37 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] lint errors

---
 scripts/releases/use-hermes-nightly.js | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/scripts/releases/use-hermes-nightly.js b/scripts/releases/use-hermes-nightly.js
index db76229d0e07..0be251b394a5 100644
--- a/scripts/releases/use-hermes-nightly.js
+++ b/scripts/releases/use-hermes-nightly.js
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ const {updateHermesVersionsToNightly} = require('./utils/hermes-utils');
 
 async function main() {
   const {packageJson} = await getReactNativePackage();
-  const hermesCompilerVersion = packageJson.dependencies['hermes-compiler'];
+  const hermesCompilerVersion = packageJson.dependencies?.['hermes-compiler'];
 
   if (hermesCompilerVersion !== '0.0.0') {
     return;