diff --git a/scripts/try-set-nightly-hermes-compiler.js b/scripts/try-set-nightly-hermes-compiler.js
index ef931e4a6b9b..b9c2d2ebdcff 100644
--- a/scripts/try-set-nightly-hermes-compiler.js
+++ b/scripts/try-set-nightly-hermes-compiler.js
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ function main() {
 
  if (hermesCompilerVersion === '0.0.0') {
    console.log(`Hermes compiler version not set. Updating to the latest nightly release.`);
-   execSync('yarn workspace react-native add hermes-compiler@nightly --exact', { stdio: 'inherit' });
+   execSync('yarn workspace react-native add hermes-compiler@latest-v1 --exact', { stdio: 'inherit' });
  } else {
    console.log(`Hermes compiler version set to ${hermesCompilerVersion}. Not setting nightly hermes.`);
  }