diff --git a/example/package.json b/example/package.json
index 261506c2a..f22ba6927 100644
--- a/example/package.json
+++ b/example/package.json
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
     "@react-native/babel-preset": "^0.78.0",
     "@react-native/metro-config": "^0.78.0",
     "@rnx-kit/cli": "^0.18.7",
-    "@rnx-kit/metro-config": "^2.0.0",
+    "@rnx-kit/metro-config": "^2.1.0",
     "@rnx-kit/polyfills": "^0.2.0",
     "@rnx-kit/tsconfig": "^2.0.0",
     "@types/react": "~19.0.0",
diff --git a/scripts/configure.mjs b/scripts/configure.mjs
index bf58fd8b3..33d1ff12b 100755
--- a/scripts/configure.mjs
+++ b/scripts/configure.mjs
@@ -597,7 +597,7 @@ export function updatePackageManifest(
 
   const { name: rntaName, version: rntaVersion } = readManifest();
   manifest["devDependencies"] = mergeObjects(manifest["devDependencies"], {
-    "@rnx-kit/metro-config": "^2.0.0",
+    "@rnx-kit/metro-config": "^2.1.0",
     [rntaName]: `^${rntaVersion}`,
   });
 
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index b01db5355..a8d9f9449 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -3711,9 +3711,9 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"@rnx-kit/metro-config@npm:^2.0.0":
-  version: 2.0.1
-  resolution: "@rnx-kit/metro-config@npm:2.0.1"
+"@rnx-kit/metro-config@npm:^2.1.0":
+  version: 2.1.0
+  resolution: "@rnx-kit/metro-config@npm:2.1.0"
   dependencies:
     "@rnx-kit/tools-node": "npm:^3.0.0"
     "@rnx-kit/tools-react-native": "npm:^2.0.0"
@@ -3725,7 +3725,7 @@ __metadata:
   peerDependenciesMeta:
     "@react-native/metro-config":
       optional: true
-  checksum: 10c0/fb90bdcec980595898a7c675dd83c81a91f08bdfea06ed1e9f8583fa69b719b089527bc0595406d65e3c70fd46c5acfbafd373183cd91e0c68cb7c81427b8d11
+  checksum: 10c0/718fac5ab96c7c8a96798e8cba241971a126b45bdd9b8f7513dbcd928e23fcb1fe646aaccdc02e74519bff4f6fddb27312e0cc649df7c69edba0d2271a0c2eb5
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
@@ -7713,7 +7713,7 @@ __metadata:
     "@react-native/babel-preset": "npm:^0.78.0"
     "@react-native/metro-config": "npm:^0.78.0"
     "@rnx-kit/cli": "npm:^0.18.7"
-    "@rnx-kit/metro-config": "npm:^2.0.0"
+    "@rnx-kit/metro-config": "npm:^2.1.0"
     "@rnx-kit/polyfills": "npm:^0.2.0"
     "@rnx-kit/tsconfig": "npm:^2.0.0"
     "@types/react": "npm:~19.0.0"