diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/modules/websocket/WebSocketModule.kt b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/modules/websocket/WebSocketModule.kt
index 175772f3232a..fc8a38700b1e 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/modules/websocket/WebSocketModule.kt
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/modules/websocket/WebSocketModule.kt
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ public class WebSocketModule(context: ReactApplicationContext) :
    */
   private fun getCookie(uri: String): String? {
     try {
-      val origin = URI(getDefaultOrigin(uri))
+      val origin = getCookieLookupUri(uri)
       val cookieMap = cookieHandler.get(origin, HashMap<String, List<String>>())
       val cookieList = cookieMap["Cookie"]
       if (cookieList.isNullOrEmpty()) {
@@ -459,6 +459,16 @@ public class WebSocketModule(context: ReactApplicationContext) :
       customClientBuilder?.apply(builder)
     }
 
+    /** Map a WebSocket URI's scheme to its HTTP(S) equivalent, e.g. "wss" -> "https". */
+    private fun httpSchemeFor(requestURI: URI): String =
+        when (requestURI.scheme) {
+          "wss" -> "https"
+          "ws" -> "http"
+          "http",
+          "https" -> requestURI.scheme
+          else -> ""
+        }
+
     /**
      * Get the default HTTP(S) origin for a specific WebSocket URI
      *
@@ -468,14 +478,7 @@ public class WebSocketModule(context: ReactApplicationContext) :
     private fun getDefaultOrigin(uri: String): String {
       try {
         val requestURI = URI(uri)
-        val scheme =
-            when (requestURI.scheme) {
-              "wss" -> "https"
-              "ws" -> "http"
-              "http",
-              "https" -> requestURI.scheme
-              else -> ""
-            }
+        val scheme = httpSchemeFor(requestURI)
 
         val defaultOrigin =
             if (requestURI.port != -1) {
@@ -489,5 +492,31 @@ public class WebSocketModule(context: ReactApplicationContext) :
         throw IllegalArgumentException("Unable to set $uri as default origin header")
       }
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the URI used to look up cookies for a specific WebSocket URI, keeping its path so that
+     * path-scoped cookies are matched correctly. Query and fragment are dropped since cookies are
+     * scoped by path, not by query or fragment (RFC 6265). userInfo is also dropped so that
+     * credentials embedded in the URL are never forwarded to the cookie store.
+     *
+     * @param uri
+     * @return A URI with the endpoint converted to HTTP protocol (http[s]://host[:port]/path)
+     */
+    private fun getCookieLookupUri(uri: String): URI {
+      try {
+        val requestURI = URI(uri)
+        return URI(
+            httpSchemeFor(requestURI),
+            null,
+            requestURI.host,
+            requestURI.port,
+            requestURI.path,
+            null,
+            null,
+        )
+      } catch (e: URISyntaxException) {
+        throw IllegalArgumentException("Unable to get cookie lookup URI from $uri")
+      }
+    }
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/test/java/com/facebook/react/modules/websocket/WebSocketModuleTest.kt b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/test/java/com/facebook/react/modules/websocket/WebSocketModuleTest.kt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..bf92c30bd68e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/test/java/com/facebook/react/modules/websocket/WebSocketModuleTest.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ */
+
+package com.facebook.react.modules.websocket
+
+import java.net.URI
+import org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat
+import org.junit.Test
+
+class WebSocketModuleTest {
+
+  private fun getCookieLookupUri(uri: String): URI {
+    val method =
+        WebSocketModule.Companion::class.java.getDeclaredMethod(
+            "getCookieLookupUri", String::class.java)
+    method.isAccessible = true
+    return method.invoke(WebSocketModule.Companion, uri) as URI
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  fun getCookieLookupUri_keepsPathForCookieMatching() {
+    val uri = getCookieLookupUri("wss://my.domain/signal-r/hubs/messages")
+
+    assertThat(uri.toString()).isEqualTo("https://my.domain/signal-r/hubs/messages")
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  fun getCookieLookupUri_keepsPortAndQuery() {
+    val uri = getCookieLookupUri("ws://my.domain:8080/path?token=abc")
+
+    assertThat(uri.toString()).isEqualTo("http://my.domain:8080/path?token=abc")
+  }
+}