diff --git a/.changeset/quiet-files-resolve.md b/.changeset/quiet-files-resolve.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6d7bc85f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/quiet-files-resolve.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"react-native-node-api": patch
+---
+
+Fix `require('./addon')` being rewritten to a native addon when `addon.js` or `addon.json` exists next to `addon.node`, matching Node.js resolution order.
diff --git a/packages/host/src/node/babel-plugin/plugin.test.ts b/packages/host/src/node/babel-plugin/plugin.test.ts
index 7dae2979..d3fe5fac 100644
--- a/packages/host/src/node/babel-plugin/plugin.test.ts
+++ b/packages/host/src/node/babel-plugin/plugin.test.ts
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ describe("plugin", () => {
     itTransforms("and does not touch required JS files", {
       files: {
         "package.json": `{ "name": "my-package" }`,
-        // TODO: Add a ./my-addon.node to make this test complete
+        "my-addon.node": "// This is supposed to be a binary file",
         "my-addon.js": "// Some JS file",
         "index.js": `
           const addon = require('./my-addon');
diff --git a/packages/host/src/node/path-utils.ts b/packages/host/src/node/path-utils.ts
index 0cb4506a..c6294b28 100644
--- a/packages/host/src/node/path-utils.ts
+++ b/packages/host/src/node/path-utils.ts
@@ -66,6 +66,13 @@ const packageNameCache = new Map<string, string>();
  * TODO: Consider checking for a specific platform extension.
  */
 export function isNodeApiModule(modulePath: string): boolean {
+  // Node resolves `.js` and `.json` before `.node`
+  if (
+    !modulePath.endsWith(".node") &&
+    [".js", ".json"].some((extension) => fs.existsSync(modulePath + extension))
+  ) {
+    return false;
+  }
   {
     // HACK: Take a shortcut (if applicable): existing `.node` files are addons
     try {
diff --git a/packages/node-addon-examples/package.json b/packages/node-addon-examples/package.json
index acfd70ec..803fcdbf 100644
--- a/packages/node-addon-examples/package.json
+++ b/packages/node-addon-examples/package.json
@@ -30,11 +30,13 @@
     "bootstrap": "node --run copy-and-build"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
+    "@expo/plist": "0.4.7",
     "cmake-rn": "workspace:*",
     "node-addon-examples": "github:nodejs/node-addon-examples#4b7dd86a85644610e6de80154df9acac9329b509",
     "gyp-to-cmake": "workspace:*",
     "read-pkg": "^9.0.1",
-    "weak-node-api": "workspace:*"
+    "weak-node-api": "workspace:*",
+    "zod": "^4.1.11"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "assert": "^2.1.0",
diff --git a/packages/node-addon-examples/scripts/verify-prebuilds.mts b/packages/node-addon-examples/scripts/verify-prebuilds.mts
index 94b4e1bb..6e93bd85 100644
--- a/packages/node-addon-examples/scripts/verify-prebuilds.mts
+++ b/packages/node-addon-examples/scripts/verify-prebuilds.mts
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ import fs from "node:fs";
 import assert from "node:assert/strict";
 import path from "node:path";
 
+import plist from "@expo/plist";
+import * as z from "zod";
+
 import { DIRS } from "./cmake-projects.mjs";
 
 const EXPECTED_ANDROID_ARCHS = ["armeabi-v7a", "arm64-v8a", "x86_64", "x86"];
@@ -37,6 +40,27 @@ async function verifyAndroidPrebuild(dirent: fs.Dirent) {
   }
 }
 
+const InfoPlistSchema = z.object({
+  CFBundleExecutable: z.string(),
+  CFBundleName: z.string(),
+  CFBundleIdentifier: z.string().regex(/^[A-Za-z0-9-.]+$/),
+});
+
+async function verifyInfoPlist(frameworkDir: string) {
+  const libraryName = path.basename(frameworkDir, ".framework");
+  const info = InfoPlistSchema.parse(
+    plist.default.parse(
+      await fs.promises.readFile(path.join(frameworkDir, "Info.plist"), "utf8"),
+    ),
+  );
+  assert.equal(info.CFBundleExecutable, libraryName);
+  assert.equal(info.CFBundleName, libraryName);
+  assert(
+    fs.existsSync(path.join(frameworkDir, libraryName)),
+    `Missing executable ${libraryName} in ${frameworkDir}`,
+  );
+}
+
 async function verifyApplePrebuild(dirent: fs.Dirent) {
   console.log("Verifying Apple prebuild", dirent.name, "in", dirent.parentPath);
   for (const arch of EXPECTED_XCFRAMEWORK_PLATFORMS) {
@@ -65,8 +89,7 @@ async function verifyApplePrebuild(dirent: fs.Dirent) {
             "Expected only directory and files in framework",
           );
           if (file.name === "Info.plist") {
-            // TODO: Verify the contents of the Info.plist file
-            continue;
+            await verifyInfoPlist(frameworkDir);
           } else {
             assert(
               !file.name.endsWith(".node"),
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 9632a67c..87b9f1b1 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -281,6 +281,9 @@ importers:
         specifier: workspace:*
         version: link:../host
     devDependencies:
+      '@expo/plist':
+        specifier: 0.4.7
+        version: 0.4.7
       cmake-rn:
         specifier: workspace:*
         version: link:../cmake-rn
@@ -296,6 +299,9 @@ importers:
       weak-node-api:
         specifier: workspace:*
         version: link:../weak-node-api
+      zod:
+        specifier: ^4.1.11
+        version: 4.4.3
 
   packages/node-tests:
     devDependencies: