diff --git a/.mx/known_dependencies.json b/.mx/known_dependencies.json
index 05d0353ef..8038eeb95 100644
--- a/.mx/known_dependencies.json
+++ b/.mx/known_dependencies.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
-    "@react-native-firebase/app": "17.3.0",
-    "@react-native-firebase/messaging": "17.3.0",
-    "@react-native-firebase/crashlytics": "17.3.0",
+    "@react-native-firebase/app": "20.1.0",
+    "@react-native-firebase/messaging": "20.1.0",
+    "@react-native-firebase/crashlytics": "20.1.0",
     "@notifee/react-native": "9.1.8",
     "react-native-maps": "0.31.1"
 }
diff --git a/android/build.gradle b/android/build.gradle
index f8c37a7d6..4ae18437c 100644
--- a/android/build.gradle
+++ b/android/build.gradle
@@ -36,6 +36,22 @@ buildscript {
     }
 }
 
+
+project.ext {
+    set('react-native', [
+            versions: [
+                // Override Firebase BOM version to avoid updating to react-native-firebase 20.2.0+,
+                // which adds many new node_modules increasing the size significantly.
+                // Affected dependencies include the entire react-native-firebase suite e.g.:
+                // @react-native-firebase/app, @react-native-firebase/analytics, @react-native-firebase/crashlytics, @react-native-firebase/messaging
+                // NOTE: If updating to react-native-firebase 20.2.0+ is done, this override should be removed.
+                    firebase: [
+                            bom: "33.1.1"
+                    ],
+            ],
+    ])
+}
+
 allprojects {
     repositories {
         all { repo ->
diff --git a/intermediary-patches/@react-native-firebase+messaging+17.3.0.patch b/intermediary-patches/@react-native-firebase+messaging+17.3.0.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index b7f285fad..000000000
--- a/intermediary-patches/@react-native-firebase+messaging+17.3.0.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/node_modules/@react-native-firebase/messaging/android/src/main/java/io/invertase/firebase/messaging/ReactNativeFirebaseMessagingModule.java b/node_modules/@react-native-firebase/messaging/android/src/main/java/io/invertase/firebase/messaging/ReactNativeFirebaseMessagingModule.java
-index 3b89817..057083a 100644
---- a/node_modules/@react-native-firebase/messaging/android/src/main/java/io/invertase/firebase/messaging/ReactNativeFirebaseMessagingModule.java
-+++ b/node_modules/@react-native-firebase/messaging/android/src/main/java/io/invertase/firebase/messaging/ReactNativeFirebaseMessagingModule.java
-@@ -243,7 +243,15 @@ public class ReactNativeFirebaseMessagingModule extends ReactNativeFirebaseModul
-   @Override
-   public Map<String, Object> getConstants() {
-     final Map<String, Object> constants = new HashMap<>();
--    constants.put("isAutoInitEnabled", FirebaseMessaging.getInstance().isAutoInitEnabled());
-+    try {
-+      constants.put("isAutoInitEnabled", FirebaseMessaging.getInstance().isAutoInitEnabled());
-+    } catch(Exception e) {
-+      // Ignored on purpose
-+
-+      // Ekrem: We had this patch for @10.1.0 version of this module. However, I'm not sure 
-+      // if we still need it after upgrading to @15.7.0. 
-+    }
-+    
-     constants.put(
-         "isDeliveryMetricsExportToBigQueryEnabled",
-         FirebaseMessaging.getInstance().deliveryMetricsExportToBigQueryEnabled());
diff --git a/patches/apply-patches.js b/patches/apply-patches.js
index 51d36a9ef..ced81bc10 100755
--- a/patches/apply-patches.js
+++ b/patches/apply-patches.js
@@ -7,10 +7,6 @@ const patchOperations = [
     {
         dependency: "react-native-geocoder",
         patchFile: "react-native-geocoder+0.5.0.patch"
-    },
-    {
-        dependency: "@react-native-firebase/app",
-        patchFile: "@react-native-firebase+messaging+17.3.0.patch"
     }
 ];