diff --git a/packages/react-native/Libraries/Network/FormData.js b/packages/react-native/Libraries/Network/FormData.js
index d1ec8116ad41b9..91735c6b033b19 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/Libraries/Network/FormData.js
+++ b/packages/react-native/Libraries/Network/FormData.js
@@ -82,7 +82,9 @@ class FormData {
       // content type (cf. web Blob interface.)
       if (typeof value === 'object' && !Array.isArray(value) && value) {
         if (typeof value.name === 'string') {
-          headers['content-disposition'] += '; filename="' + value.name + '"';
+          headers['content-disposition'] += `; filename="${
+            value.name
+          }"; filename*=utf-8''${encodeURI(value.name)}`;
         }
         if (typeof value.type === 'string') {
           headers['content-type'] = value.type;
diff --git a/packages/react-native/Libraries/Network/__tests__/FormData-test.js b/packages/react-native/Libraries/Network/__tests__/FormData-test.js
index b708a04263d083..ee741afb7c983b 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/Libraries/Network/__tests__/FormData-test.js
+++ b/packages/react-native/Libraries/Network/__tests__/FormData-test.js
@@ -48,7 +48,29 @@ describe('FormData', function () {
       type: 'image/jpeg',
       name: 'photo.jpg',
       headers: {
-        'content-disposition': 'form-data; name="photo"; filename="photo.jpg"',
+        'content-disposition':
+          'form-data; name="photo"; filename="photo.jpg"; filename*=utf-8\'\'photo.jpg',
+        'content-type': 'image/jpeg',
+      },
+      fieldName: 'photo',
+    };
+    expect(formData.getParts()[0]).toMatchObject(expectedPart);
+  });
+
+  it('should return blob with the correct utf-8 handling', function () {
+    formData.append('photo', {
+      uri: 'arbitrary/path',
+      type: 'image/jpeg',
+      name: '测试photo.jpg',
+    });
+
+    const expectedPart = {
+      uri: 'arbitrary/path',
+      type: 'image/jpeg',
+      name: '测试photo.jpg',
+      headers: {
+        'content-disposition':
+          'form-data; name="photo"; filename="测试photo.jpg"; filename*=utf-8\'\'%E6%B5%8B%E8%AF%95photo.jpg',
         'content-type': 'image/jpeg',
       },
       fieldName: 'photo',
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/modules/network/HeaderUtil.java b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/modules/network/HeaderUtil.java
index 07485deffca4c6..e26ee0ca4406c9 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/modules/network/HeaderUtil.java
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/modules/network/HeaderUtil.java
@@ -7,14 +7,35 @@
 
 package com.facebook.react.modules.network;
 
+import java.lang.reflect.Method;
+import okhttp3.Headers;
+
 /**
- * The class purpose is to weaken too strict OkHttp restriction on http headers. See:
- * https://github.com/square/okhttp/issues/2016 Auth headers might have an Authentication
- * information. It is better to get 401 from the server in this case, rather than non descriptive
- * error as 401 could be handled to invalidate the wrong token in the client code.
+ * The class purpose is to provide compatibility among OkHttp versions on adding non-ascii header values.
+ *
+ * For v3.12.0 or higher, we can use the `addUnsafeAscii` method to add non-ascii header values.
+ * See: https://square.github.io/okhttp/changelogs/changelog_3x/#version-3120
+ * We need to use reflection to call this method, as it is not available in older versions.
+ * Remove reflection once the internal version of OkHttp is updated to v3.12.0 or higher.
+ *
+ * For other versions, we need to strip non-ascii header values.
+ * See: https://github.com/square/okhttp/issues/2016
+ * Auth headers might have an Authentication information. It is better to get 401 from the server
+ * in this case, rather than non descriptive error as 401 could be handled to invalidate the wrong
+ * token in the client code.
  */
 public class HeaderUtil {
 
+  public static Method addUnsafeNonAsciiMethod = null;
+
+  static {
+    try {
+      addUnsafeNonAsciiMethod = Headers.Builder.class.getMethod("addUnsafeNonAscii", String.class, String.class);
+    } catch (NoSuchMethodException e) {
+      // Ignore
+    }
+  }
+
   public static String stripHeaderName(String name) {
     StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder(name.length());
     boolean modified = false;
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/modules/network/NetworkingModule.java b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/modules/network/NetworkingModule.java
index 1c4b373f126aa1..53f6f3edabdb86 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/modules/network/NetworkingModule.java
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/modules/network/NetworkingModule.java
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
 import com.facebook.react.module.annotations.ReactModule;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
+import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 import java.nio.charset.Charset;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.HashSet;
@@ -760,11 +762,24 @@ public void removeListeners(double count) {}
         return null;
       }
       String headerName = HeaderUtil.stripHeaderName(header.getString(0));
-      String headerValue = HeaderUtil.stripHeaderValue(header.getString(1));
+      String headerValue = header.getString(1);
       if (headerName == null || headerValue == null) {
         return null;
       }
-      headersBuilder.add(headerName, headerValue);
+
+      if (HeaderUtil.addUnsafeNonAsciiMethod != null) {
+        try {
+          // Use reflection to call addUnsafeNonAscii because it's not available in
+          // older versions of OkHttp that are used internally.
+          HeaderUtil.addUnsafeNonAsciiMethod.invoke(headersBuilder, headerName, headerValue);
+        } catch (IllegalAccessException | InvocationTargetException e) {
+          // Stripping non-ascii characters is needed for the regular `add` method.
+          headersBuilder.add(headerName, HeaderUtil.stripHeaderValue(headerValue));
+        }
+      } else {
+        // Stripping non-ascii characters is needed for the regular `add` method.
+        headersBuilder.add(headerName, HeaderUtil.stripHeaderValue(headerValue));
+      }
     }
     if (headersBuilder.get(USER_AGENT_HEADER_NAME) == null && mDefaultUserAgent != null) {
       headersBuilder.add(USER_AGENT_HEADER_NAME, mDefaultUserAgent);
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/test/java/com/facebook/react/modules/network/NetworkingModuleTest.java b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/test/java/com/facebook/react/modules/network/NetworkingModuleTest.java
index a49e6ebc2c857a..8181a215c5db51 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/test/java/com/facebook/react/modules/network/NetworkingModuleTest.java
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/test/java/com/facebook/react/modules/network/NetworkingModuleTest.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.WritableMap;
 import com.facebook.react.common.StandardCharsets;
 import com.facebook.react.common.network.OkHttpCallUtil;
+import com.facebook.react.modules.network.HeaderUtil;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -502,7 +503,7 @@ public Object answer(InvocationOnMock invocation) throws Throwable {
         JavaOnlyArray.from(
             Arrays.asList(
                 JavaOnlyArray.of("content-type", "image/jpg"),
-                JavaOnlyArray.of("content-disposition", "filename=photo.jpg"))));
+                JavaOnlyArray.of("content-disposition", "filename=\"测试photo.jpg\"; filename*=utf-8''%E6%B5%8B%E8%AF%95photo.jpg"))));
     formData.pushMap(imageBodyPart);
 
     mNetworkingModule.sendRequest(
@@ -538,7 +539,17 @@ public Object answer(InvocationOnMock invocation) throws Throwable {
     assertThat(bodyHeaders.get(0).get("content-disposition")).isEqualTo("user");
     assertThat(bodyRequestBody.get(0).contentType()).isNull();
     assertThat(bodyRequestBody.get(0).contentLength()).isEqualTo("locale".getBytes().length);
-    assertThat(bodyHeaders.get(1).get("content-disposition")).isEqualTo("filename=photo.jpg");
+
+    if (HeaderUtil.addUnsafeNonAsciiMethod != null) {
+      // We're on a version of OkHttp that supports non-ascii header values
+      // so we should expect the non-ascii characters to be preserved.
+      assertThat(bodyHeaders.get(1).get("content-disposition")).isEqualTo("filename=\"测试photo.jpg\"; filename*=utf-8''%E6%B5%8B%E8%AF%95photo.jpg");
+    } else {
+      // We're on a version of OkHttp that doesn't support non-ascii header values
+      // so we should expect the non-ascii characters to be stripped.
+      assertThat(bodyHeaders.get(1).get("content-disposition")).isEqualTo("filename=\"photo.jpg\"; filename*=utf-8''%E6%B5%8B%E8%AF%95photo.jpg");
+    }
+
     assertThat(bodyRequestBody.get(1).contentType()).isEqualTo(MediaType.parse("image/jpg"));
     assertThat(bodyRequestBody.get(1).contentLength()).isEqualTo("imageUri".getBytes().length);
   }