diff --git a/.changeset/honest-flowers-repeat.md b/.changeset/honest-flowers-repeat.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..38d44906
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/honest-flowers-repeat.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@react-native-documents/viewer": patch
+---
+
+fix authority string for FileProvider
diff --git a/packages/document-viewer/android/src/main/java/com/reactnativedocumentviewer/RNDocumentViewerModule.kt b/packages/document-viewer/android/src/main/java/com/reactnativedocumentviewer/RNDocumentViewerModule.kt
index e486a221..b757fdc2 100644
--- a/packages/document-viewer/android/src/main/java/com/reactnativedocumentviewer/RNDocumentViewerModule.kt
+++ b/packages/document-viewer/android/src/main/java/com/reactnativedocumentviewer/RNDocumentViewerModule.kt
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ class RNDocumentViewerModule(reactContext: ReactApplicationContext) : NativeDocu
     } else if (bookmarkOrUri.startsWith("file://")) {
       val uri = Uri.parse(bookmarkOrUri)
       // TODO package name may not be the same as applicationId. Also see document-viewer/android/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
-      val authority = reactApplicationContext.packageName + ".reactnativedocumentviewer.provider"
+      val authority = reactApplicationContext.packageName + ".reactnativedocumentviewer.fileprovider"
       val uriPath = uri.path ?: throw IllegalArgumentException("file:// uri must have a path")
       val fileUri = FileProvider.getUriForFile(
         reactApplicationContext,