diff --git a/packages/cli-platform-android/src/commands/buildAndroid/startServerInNewWindow.ts b/packages/cli-platform-android/src/commands/buildAndroid/startServerInNewWindow.ts
index f7ff72fb1..04bf81585 100644
--- a/packages/cli-platform-android/src/commands/buildAndroid/startServerInNewWindow.ts
+++ b/packages/cli-platform-android/src/commands/buildAndroid/startServerInNewWindow.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@ export function startServerInNewWindow(
    * Set up OS-specific filenames and commands
    */
   const isWindows = /^win/.test(process.platform);
-  const scriptFile = isWindows ? 'launchPackager.bat' : 'launchPackager.sh';
+  const scriptFile = isWindows
+    ? 'launchPackager.bat'
+    : 'launchPackager.command';
   const packagerEnvFilename = isWindows ? '.packager.bat' : '.packager.env';
   const packagerEnvFileExportContent = isWindows
     ? `set RCT_METRO_PORT=${port}\nset PROJECT_ROOT=${projectRoot}\nset REACT_NATIVE_PATH=${reactNativePath}`
@@ -59,8 +61,8 @@ export function startServerInNewWindow(
       );
     } else {
       fs.copyFileSync(
-        path.join(cliPluginMetroPath, 'launchPackager.sh'),
-        path.join(nodeModulesPath, 'launchPackager.sh'),
+        path.join(cliPluginMetroPath, 'launchPackager.command'),
+        path.join(nodeModulesPath, 'launchPackager.command'),
       );
     }
   } catch (error) {
diff --git a/packages/cli-plugin-metro/launchPackager.sh b/packages/cli-plugin-metro/launchPackager.command
similarity index 99%
rename from packages/cli-plugin-metro/launchPackager.sh
rename to packages/cli-plugin-metro/launchPackager.command
index 0ca3e2088..5fb23c56e 100755
--- a/packages/cli-plugin-metro/launchPackager.sh
+++ b/packages/cli-plugin-metro/launchPackager.command
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 THIS_DIR=$(cd -P "$(dirname "$(readlink "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" || echo "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")")" && pwd)
+
 source "$THIS_DIR/.packager.env"
 cd $PROJECT_ROOT
 $REACT_NATIVE_PATH/cli.js start