diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/modal/ReactModalHostView.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/modal/ReactModalHostView.java
index 318594c2eb5574..561b96d13baefb 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/modal/ReactModalHostView.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/modal/ReactModalHostView.java
@@ -293,14 +293,11 @@ protected void showOrUpdate() {
           @Override
           public boolean onKey(DialogInterface dialog, int keyCode, KeyEvent event) {
             if (event.getAction() == KeyEvent.ACTION_UP) {
-              // We need to stop the BACK button from closing the dialog by default so we capture
-              // that
-              // event and instead inform JS so that it can make the decision as to whether or not
-              // to
-              // allow the back button to close the dialog.  If it chooses to, it can just set
-              // visible
-              // to false on the Modal and the Modal will go away
-              if (keyCode == KeyEvent.KEYCODE_BACK) {
+              // We need to stop the BACK button and ESCAPE key from closing the dialog by default
+              // so we capture that event and instead inform JS so that it can make the decision as
+              // to whether or not to allow the back/escape key to close the dialog. If it chooses
+              // to, it can just set visible to false on the Modal and the Modal will go away
+              if (keyCode == KeyEvent.KEYCODE_BACK || keyCode == KeyEvent.KEYCODE_ESCAPE) {
                 Assertions.assertNotNull(
                     mOnRequestCloseListener,
                     "setOnRequestCloseListener must be called by the manager");
@@ -308,9 +305,8 @@ public boolean onKey(DialogInterface dialog, int keyCode, KeyEvent event) {
                 return true;
               } else {
                 // We redirect the rest of the key events to the current activity, since the
-                // activity
-                // expects to receive those events and react to them, ie. in the case of the dev
-                // menu
+                // activity expects to receive those events and react to them, ie. in the case of
+                // the dev menu
                 Activity currentActivity = ((ReactContext) getContext()).getCurrentActivity();
                 if (currentActivity != null) {
                   return currentActivity.onKeyUp(keyCode, event);