diff --git a/packages/react-native-gesture-handler/android/src/main/java/com/swmansion/gesturehandler/core/GestureHandlerOrchestrator.kt b/packages/react-native-gesture-handler/android/src/main/java/com/swmansion/gesturehandler/core/GestureHandlerOrchestrator.kt
index 7e8b3d6f66..95a10ba8f3 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-gesture-handler/android/src/main/java/com/swmansion/gesturehandler/core/GestureHandlerOrchestrator.kt
+++ b/packages/react-native-gesture-handler/android/src/main/java/com/swmansion/gesturehandler/core/GestureHandlerOrchestrator.kt
@@ -492,7 +492,7 @@ class GestureHandlerOrchestrator(
       top + view.height > parent.height
   }
 
-  private fun extractAncestorHandlers(view: View, coords: FloatArray, pointerId: Int): Boolean {
+  private fun extractAncestorHandlers(view: View, coords: FloatArray, pointerId: Int, event: MotionEvent): Boolean {
     var found = false
     var parent = view.parent
 
@@ -509,6 +509,10 @@ class GestureHandlerOrchestrator(
         handlerRegistry.getHandlersForView(parent)?.let {
           synchronized(it) {
             for (handler in it) {
+              if (shouldHandlerSkipHoverEvents(handler, event)) {
+                continue
+              }
+
               if (handler.isEnabled && handler.isWithinBounds(view, coords[0], coords[1])) {
                 found = true
                 recordHandlerIfNotPresent(handler, parentViewGroup)
@@ -568,7 +572,7 @@ class GestureHandlerOrchestrator(
     if (coords[0] in 0f..view.width.toFloat() &&
       coords[1] in 0f..view.height.toFloat() &&
       isViewOverflowingParent(view) &&
-      extractAncestorHandlers(view, coords, pointerId)
+      extractAncestorHandlers(view, coords, pointerId, event)
     ) {
       found = true
     }