diff --git a/java/com/facebook/yoga/YogaConfigJNIFinalizer.java b/java/com/facebook/yoga/YogaConfigJNIFinalizer.java
deleted file mode 100644
index a1fcf69cba..0000000000
--- a/java/com/facebook/yoga/YogaConfigJNIFinalizer.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
- *
- * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
- * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
- */
-
-package com.facebook.yoga;
-
-public class YogaConfigJNIFinalizer extends YogaConfigJNIBase {
-  public YogaConfigJNIFinalizer() {
-    super();
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  protected void finalize() throws Throwable {
-    try {
-      freeNatives();
-    } finally {
-      super.finalize();
-    }
-   }
-
-  public void freeNatives() {
-    if (nativePointer != 0) {
-      long pointer = nativePointer;
-      nativePointer = 0;
-      YogaNative.jni_YGConfigFreeJNI(pointer);
-    }
-  }
-}
diff --git a/java/com/facebook/yoga/YogaConfigJNIFinalizer.kt b/java/com/facebook/yoga/YogaConfigJNIFinalizer.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8b17152042
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/com/facebook/yoga/YogaConfigJNIFinalizer.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ */
+
+package com.facebook.yoga
+
+public class YogaConfigJNIFinalizer public constructor() : YogaConfigJNIBase() {
+
+  /*
+   * This is a valid use of finalize. No other mechanism is appropriate.
+   * YogaConfigJNIFinalizer exists specifically to release JNI-allocated native
+   * memory (via jni_YGConfigFreeJNI) when the Java object is garbage collected.
+   * This is the established pattern for JNI prevented leak classes in Yoga.
+   */
+  @Throws(Throwable::class)
+  protected fun finalize() {
+    freeNatives()
+  }
+
+  public fun freeNatives() {
+    if (nativePointer != 0L) {
+      val pointer = nativePointer
+      nativePointer = 0
+      YogaNative.jni_YGConfigFreeJNI(pointer)
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/java/com/facebook/yoga/YogaNodeJNIFinalizer.java b/java/com/facebook/yoga/YogaNodeJNIFinalizer.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 23cf2a31e5..0000000000
--- a/java/com/facebook/yoga/YogaNodeJNIFinalizer.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
- *
- * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
- * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
- */
-
-package com.facebook.yoga;
-
-public class YogaNodeJNIFinalizer extends YogaNodeJNIBase {
-  public YogaNodeJNIFinalizer() {
-    super();
-  }
-
-  public YogaNodeJNIFinalizer(YogaConfig config) {
-    super(config);
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  protected void finalize() throws Throwable {
-    try {
-      freeNatives();
-    } finally {
-      super.finalize();
-    }
-   }
-
-  public void freeNatives() {
-    if (mNativePointer != 0) {
-      long nativePointer = mNativePointer;
-      mNativePointer = 0;
-      YogaNative.jni_YGNodeFinalizeJNI(nativePointer);
-    }
-  }
-}
diff --git a/java/com/facebook/yoga/YogaNodeJNIFinalizer.kt b/java/com/facebook/yoga/YogaNodeJNIFinalizer.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..64f261127b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/com/facebook/yoga/YogaNodeJNIFinalizer.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ */
+
+package com.facebook.yoga
+
+public class YogaNodeJNIFinalizer : YogaNodeJNIBase {
+  public constructor() : super()
+
+  public constructor(config: YogaConfig) : super(config)
+
+  /*
+   * This is a valid use of finalize. No other mechanism is appropriate.
+   * YogaNodeJNIFinalizer exists specifically to release JNI-allocated native
+   * memory (via jni_YGNodeFinalizeJNI) when the Java object is garbage collected.
+   * This is the established pattern for JNI prevented leak classes in Yoga.
+   */
+  @Throws(Throwable::class)
+  protected fun finalize() {
+    freeNatives()
+  }
+
+  public fun freeNatives() {
+    if (mNativePointer != 0L) {
+      val nativePointer = mNativePointer
+      mNativePointer = 0
+      YogaNative.jni_YGNodeFinalizeJNI(nativePointer)
+    }
+  }
+}