diff --git a/Modules/@babylonjs/react-native/android/build.gradle b/Modules/@babylonjs/react-native/android/build.gradle
index eceddcac2..c153b7d43 100644
--- a/Modules/@babylonjs/react-native/android/build.gradle
+++ b/Modules/@babylonjs/react-native/android/build.gradle
@@ -35,7 +35,13 @@ def isNewArchitectureEnabled() {
 }
 
 apply plugin: 'com.android.library'
-apply plugin: 'kotlin-android'
+// AGP 9 ships built-in Kotlin support and registers the `kotlin` extension
+// itself. Applying the Kotlin plugin on top of it fails configuration with
+// "Cannot add extension with name 'kotlin'". Only apply it when nothing has
+// registered that extension yet.
+if (project.extensions.findByName('kotlin') == null) {
+    apply plugin: 'kotlin-android'
+}
 
 def reactNativeArchitectures() {
   def value = project.getProperties().get("reactNativeArchitectures")