diff --git a/React/CoreModules/RCTAppearance.mm b/React/CoreModules/RCTAppearance.mm
index 26133e1b6a60f9..7d81fae4dc1362 100644
--- a/React/CoreModules/RCTAppearance.mm
+++ b/React/CoreModules/RCTAppearance.mm
@@ -81,7 +81,11 @@ void RCTOverrideAppearancePreference(NSString *const colorSchemeOverride)
     return RCTAppearanceColorSchemeLight;
   }
 
-  appearance = appearance ?: [NSAppearance currentAppearance];
+	if (@available(macOS 11.0, *)) {
+		appearance = appearance ?: [NSAppearance currentDrawingAppearance];
+	} else {
+		appearance = appearance ?: [NSAppearance currentAppearance];
+	}
   NSAppearanceName appearanceName = [appearance bestMatchFromAppearancesWithNames:@[NSAppearanceNameAqua, NSAppearanceNameDarkAqua]];
   return appearances[appearanceName] ?: RCTAppearanceColorSchemeLight;
 }