diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/horcrux/svg/SvgViewManager.java b/android/src/main/java/com/horcrux/svg/SvgViewManager.java
index c6258854d..54aa57af4 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/horcrux/svg/SvgViewManager.java
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/horcrux/svg/SvgViewManager.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 import com.facebook.react.views.view.ReactViewManager;
 import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
+import java.util.Locale;
 import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
 import javax.annotation.Nullable;
 
@@ -174,7 +175,8 @@ public void setPointerEvents(SvgView view, @Nullable String pointerEventsStr) {
       if (superclass != null) {
         Method method = superclass.getDeclaredMethod("setPointerEvents", PointerEvents.class);
         method.setAccessible(true);
-        method.invoke(view, PointerEvents.parsePointerEvents(pointerEventsStr));
+        method.invoke(
+            view, PointerEvents.valueOf(pointerEventsStr.toUpperCase(Locale.US).replace("-", "_")));
       }
     } catch (IllegalAccessException | InvocationTargetException | NoSuchMethodException e) {
       e.printStackTrace();