diff --git a/src/ghQueueMicrotask.ts b/src/ghQueueMicrotask.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b0570292c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ghQueueMicrotask.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+// `queueMicrotask` was introduced to react-native in version 0.66 (https://github.com/react-native-community/releases/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#v0660)
+// Because Gesture Handler supports versions 0.64+, we have to handle situations where someone uses older version of react native.
+// That's why if `queueMicrotask` doesn't exist, we use `setImmediate` instead, since it was used before we switched to `queueMicrotask` in version 2.11.0
+export const ghQueueMicrotask =
+  typeof queueMicrotask === 'function' ? queueMicrotask : setImmediate;
diff --git a/src/handlers/createHandler.tsx b/src/handlers/createHandler.tsx
index 15fb32054e..7f991fed1c 100644
--- a/src/handlers/createHandler.tsx
+++ b/src/handlers/createHandler.tsx
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import { isFabric, isJestEnv, tagMessage } from '../utils';
 import { ActionType } from '../ActionType';
 import { PressabilityDebugView } from './PressabilityDebugView';
 import GestureHandlerRootViewContext from '../GestureHandlerRootViewContext';
+import { ghQueueMicrotask } from '../ghQueueMicrotask';
 
 const UIManagerAny = UIManager as any;
 
@@ -214,7 +215,7 @@ export default function createHandler<
         // queueMicrotask. This makes it so update() function gets called after all
         // react components are mounted and we expect the missing ref object to
         // be resolved by then.
-        queueMicrotask(() => {
+        ghQueueMicrotask(() => {
           this.update(UNRESOLVED_REFS_RETRY_LIMIT);
         });
       }
@@ -378,7 +379,7 @@ export default function createHandler<
       // `ref={refObject}` it's possible that it won't be resolved in time. Seems like trying
       // again is easy enough fix.
       if (hasUnresolvedRefs(props) && remainingTries > 0) {
-        queueMicrotask(() => {
+        ghQueueMicrotask(() => {
           this.update(remainingTries - 1);
         });
       } else {
diff --git a/src/handlers/gestureHandlerCommon.ts b/src/handlers/gestureHandlerCommon.ts
index 7f28fd0c2a..9e795e1439 100644
--- a/src/handlers/gestureHandlerCommon.ts
+++ b/src/handlers/gestureHandlerCommon.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import { ValueOf } from '../typeUtils';
 import { handlerIDToTag } from './handlersRegistry';
 import { toArray } from '../utils';
 import RNGestureHandlerModule from '../RNGestureHandlerModule';
+import { ghQueueMicrotask } from '../ghQueueMicrotask';
 
 const commonProps = [
   'id',
@@ -235,7 +236,7 @@ let flushOperationsScheduled = false;
 export function scheduleFlushOperations() {
   if (!flushOperationsScheduled) {
     flushOperationsScheduled = true;
-    queueMicrotask(() => {
+    ghQueueMicrotask(() => {
       RNGestureHandlerModule.flushOperations();
 
       flushOperationsScheduled = false;
diff --git a/src/handlers/gestures/GestureDetector.tsx b/src/handlers/gestures/GestureDetector.tsx
index 27e141538b..588984bc60 100644
--- a/src/handlers/gestures/GestureDetector.tsx
+++ b/src/handlers/gestures/GestureDetector.tsx
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ import { RNRenderer } from '../../RNRenderer';
 import { isNewWebImplementationEnabled } from '../../EnableNewWebImplementation';
 import { nativeViewGestureHandlerProps } from '../NativeViewGestureHandler';
 import GestureHandlerRootViewContext from '../../GestureHandlerRootViewContext';
+import { ghQueueMicrotask } from '../../ghQueueMicrotask';
 
 declare const global: {
   isFormsStackingContext: (node: unknown) => boolean | null; // JSI function
@@ -159,7 +160,7 @@ function attachHandlers({
 
   // use queueMicrotask to extract handlerTags, because all refs should be initialized
   // when it's ran
-  queueMicrotask(() => {
+  ghQueueMicrotask(() => {
     if (!mountedRef.current) {
       return;
     }
@@ -179,7 +180,7 @@ function attachHandlers({
 
   // use queueMicrotask to extract handlerTags, because all refs should be initialized
   // when it's ran
-  queueMicrotask(() => {
+  ghQueueMicrotask(() => {
     if (!mountedRef.current) {
       return;
     }
@@ -267,7 +268,7 @@ function updateHandlers(
   // use queueMicrotask to extract handlerTags, because when it's ran, all refs should be updated
   // and handlerTags in BaseGesture references should be updated in the loop above (we need to wait
   // in case of external relations)
-  queueMicrotask(() => {
+  ghQueueMicrotask(() => {
     if (!mountedRef.current) {
       return;
     }
diff --git a/src/web_hammer/GestureHandler.ts b/src/web_hammer/GestureHandler.ts
index 1fcc27e5e6..4ff297fffd 100644
--- a/src/web_hammer/GestureHandler.ts
+++ b/src/web_hammer/GestureHandler.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { findNodeHandle } from 'react-native';
 import { State } from '../State';
 import { EventMap } from './constants';
 import * as NodeManager from './NodeManager';
+import { ghQueueMicrotask } from '../ghQueueMicrotask';
 
 // TODO(TS) Replace with HammerInput if https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped/pull/50438/files is merged
 export type HammerInputExt = Omit<HammerInput, 'destroy' | 'handler' | 'init'>;
@@ -508,7 +509,7 @@ abstract class GestureHandler {
         .filter((v) => v);
 
       if (shouldUseTouchEvents !== this.shouldUseTouchEvents(props)) {
-        queueMicrotask(() => {
+        ghQueueMicrotask(() => {
           // if the undelying event API needs to be changed, we need to unmount and mount
           // the hammer instance again.
           this.destroy();