diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/ViewGroupManager.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/ViewGroupManager.java
index 4091eb8d8..153f7b815 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/ViewGroupManager.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/ViewGroupManager.java
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ public abstract class ViewGroupManager <T extends ViewGroup>
   }
 
   @Override
-  public Class<LayoutShadowNode> getShadowNodeClass() {
+  public Class<? extends LayoutShadowNode> getShadowNodeClass() {
     return LayoutShadowNode.class;
   }