diff --git a/js/react_native/android/src/androidTest/java/ai/onnxruntime/reactnative/TensorHelperTest.java b/js/react_native/android/src/androidTest/java/ai/onnxruntime/reactnative/TensorHelperTest.java
index 19c27441a3..f8caae96bb 100644
--- a/js/react_native/android/src/androidTest/java/ai/onnxruntime/reactnative/TensorHelperTest.java
+++ b/js/react_native/android/src/androidTest/java/ai/onnxruntime/reactnative/TensorHelperTest.java
@@ -108,6 +108,37 @@ public class TensorHelperTest {
     outputTensor.close();
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void createInputTensor_uint8() throws Exception {
+    OnnxTensor outputTensor = OnnxTensor.createTensor(ortEnvironment, ByteBuffer.wrap(new byte[] {0, 2, (byte)255}),
+                                                      new long[] {3}, OnnxJavaType.UINT8);
+
+    JavaOnlyMap inputTensorMap = new JavaOnlyMap();
+
+    JavaOnlyArray dims = new JavaOnlyArray();
+    dims.pushInt(3);
+    inputTensorMap.putArray("dims", dims);
+
+    inputTensorMap.putString("type", TensorHelper.JsTensorTypeUnsignedByte);
+
+    ByteBuffer dataByteBuffer = ByteBuffer.allocate(3);
+    dataByteBuffer.put((byte)0);
+    dataByteBuffer.put((byte)2);
+    dataByteBuffer.put((byte)255);
+    String dataEncoded = Base64.encodeToString(dataByteBuffer.array(), Base64.DEFAULT);
+    inputTensorMap.putString("data", dataEncoded);
+
+    OnnxTensor inputTensor = TensorHelper.createInputTensor(inputTensorMap, ortEnvironment);
+
+    Assert.assertEquals(inputTensor.getInfo().onnxType, TensorInfo.OnnxTensorType.ONNX_TENSOR_ELEMENT_DATA_TYPE_UINT8);
+    Assert.assertEquals(outputTensor.getInfo().onnxType, TensorInfo.OnnxTensorType.ONNX_TENSOR_ELEMENT_DATA_TYPE_UINT8);
+    Assert.assertEquals(inputTensor.toString(), outputTensor.toString());
+    Assert.assertArrayEquals(inputTensor.getByteBuffer().array(), outputTensor.getByteBuffer().array());
+
+    inputTensor.close();
+    outputTensor.close();
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void createInputTensor_int32() throws Exception {
     OnnxTensor outputTensor =
diff --git a/js/react_native/lib/backend.ts b/js/react_native/lib/backend.ts
index 98035af91f..4ebc364cd8 100644
--- a/js/react_native/lib/backend.ts
+++ b/js/react_native/lib/backend.ts
@@ -10,12 +10,14 @@ import {binding, Binding} from './binding';
 type SupportedTypedArray = Exclude<Tensor.DataType, string[]>;
 
 const tensorTypeToTypedArray = (type: Tensor.Type):|Float32ArrayConstructor|Int8ArrayConstructor|Int16ArrayConstructor|
-    Int32ArrayConstructor|BigInt64ArrayConstructor|Float64ArrayConstructor => {
+    Int32ArrayConstructor|BigInt64ArrayConstructor|Float64ArrayConstructor|Uint8ArrayConstructor => {
       switch (type) {
         case 'float32':
           return Float32Array;
         case 'int8':
           return Int8Array;
+        case 'uint8':
+          return Uint8Array;
         case 'int16':
           return Int16Array;
         case 'int32':