diff --git a/.eslintrc.js b/.eslintrc.js
index 82ef6ae75f76..4ef0585b7674 100644
--- a/.eslintrc.js
+++ b/.eslintrc.js
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ module.exports = {
       files: [
         './packages/react-native/Libraries/**/*.{js,flow}',
         './packages/react-native/src/**/*.{js,flow}',
-        './packages/assets/registry.js',
+        './packages/assets-registry/registry.js',
       ],
       parser: 'hermes-eslint',
       rules: {
diff --git a/packages/assets/README.md b/packages/assets-registry/README.md
similarity index 93%
rename from packages/assets/README.md
rename to packages/assets-registry/README.md
index 407cc5b53de5..51f229af163b 100644
--- a/packages/assets/README.md
+++ b/packages/assets-registry/README.md
@@ -18,4 +18,4 @@ yarn add --dev @react-native/assets-registry
 To run the tests in this package, run the following commands from the React Native root folder:
 
 1. `yarn` to install the dependencies. You just need to run this once
-2. `yarn jest packages/assets`.
+2. `yarn jest packages/assets-registry`.
diff --git a/packages/assets/__tests__/path-support-test.js b/packages/assets-registry/__tests__/path-support-test.js
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/assets/__tests__/path-support-test.js
rename to packages/assets-registry/__tests__/path-support-test.js
diff --git a/packages/assets/package.json b/packages/assets-registry/package.json
similarity index 89%
rename from packages/assets/package.json
rename to packages/assets-registry/package.json
index f127ba2b1544..e7208814e309 100644
--- a/packages/assets/package.json
+++ b/packages/assets-registry/package.json
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
     "url": "git+https://github.com/facebook/react-native.git",
-    "directory": "packages/assets"
+    "directory": "packages/assets-registry"
   },
-  "homepage": "https://github.com/facebook/react-native/tree/HEAD/packages/assets#readme",
+  "homepage": "https://github.com/facebook/react-native/tree/HEAD/packages/assets-registry#readme",
   "keywords": [
     "assets",
     "registry",
diff --git a/packages/assets/path-support.js b/packages/assets-registry/path-support.js
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/assets/path-support.js
rename to packages/assets-registry/path-support.js
diff --git a/packages/assets/registry.js b/packages/assets-registry/registry.js
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/assets/registry.js
rename to packages/assets-registry/registry.js
diff --git a/packages/react-native/Libraries/Image/__tests__/resolveAssetSource-test.js b/packages/react-native/Libraries/Image/__tests__/resolveAssetSource-test.js
index 3becf9a9055f..dfa7d011fa14 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/Libraries/Image/__tests__/resolveAssetSource-test.js
+++ b/packages/react-native/Libraries/Image/__tests__/resolveAssetSource-test.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  * @format
  */
 
-import type {PackagerAsset} from '../../../../assets/registry';
+import type {PackagerAsset} from '../../../../assets-registry/registry';
 import type {ResolvedAssetSource} from '../AssetSourceResolver';
 
 describe('resolveAssetSource', () => {
diff --git a/packages/react-native/metro.config.js b/packages/react-native/metro.config.js
index feecfde51ecd..dd334817be10 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/metro.config.js
+++ b/packages/react-native/metro.config.js
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ const config = {
   // Make Metro able to resolve required packages that might be imported from /packages/react-native
   watchFolders: [
     path.resolve(__dirname, '../../node_modules'),
-    path.resolve(__dirname, '../assets'),
+    path.resolve(__dirname, '../assets-registry'),
     path.resolve(__dirname, '../normalize-color'),
     path.resolve(__dirname, '../polyfills'),
     path.resolve(__dirname, '../virtualized-lists'),
diff --git a/packages/rn-tester/metro.config.js b/packages/rn-tester/metro.config.js
index d9fbbdeeef9c..df8220b22fdb 100644
--- a/packages/rn-tester/metro.config.js
+++ b/packages/rn-tester/metro.config.js
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ const config = {
   // Make Metro able to resolve required external dependencies
   watchFolders: [
     path.resolve(__dirname, '../../node_modules'),
-    path.resolve(__dirname, '../assets'),
+    path.resolve(__dirname, '../assets-registry'),
     path.resolve(__dirname, '../community-cli-plugin'),
     path.resolve(__dirname, '../dev-middleware'),
     path.resolve(__dirname, '../new-app-screen'),
diff --git a/private/helloworld/metro.config.js b/private/helloworld/metro.config.js
index 6f46f45d95c9..34e358ab88b5 100644
--- a/private/helloworld/metro.config.js
+++ b/private/helloworld/metro.config.js
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ const config = {
   // Make Metro able to resolve required external dependencies
   watchFolders: [
     repositoryPath('node_modules'),
-    repositoryPath('packages/assets'),
+    repositoryPath('packages/assets-registry'),
     repositoryPath('packages/normalize-color'),
     repositoryPath('packages/polyfills'),
     repositoryPath('packages/react-native'),