diff --git a/.changeset/friendly-ads-yell.md b/.changeset/friendly-ads-yell.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2da2f6dede1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/friendly-ads-yell.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+'@firebase/firestore': patch
+'firebase': patch
+---
+
+Check that DOMException exists before referencing it, to fix react-native, which was broken by https://github.com/firebase/firebase-js-sdk/pull/7019 in v9.17.2.
diff --git a/packages/firestore/src/platform/browser/base64.ts b/packages/firestore/src/platform/browser/base64.ts
index 4cbbfe6ced9..26235a36a19 100644
--- a/packages/firestore/src/platform/browser/base64.ts
+++ b/packages/firestore/src/platform/browser/base64.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,10 @@ export function decodeBase64(encoded: string): string {
   try {
     return atob(encoded);
   } catch (e) {
-    if (e instanceof DOMException) {
+    // Check that `DOMException` is defined before using it to avoid
+    // "ReferenceError: Property 'DOMException' doesn't exist" in react-native.
+    // (https://github.com/firebase/firebase-js-sdk/issues/7115)
+    if (typeof DOMException !== 'undefined' && e instanceof DOMException) {
       throw new Base64DecodeError('Invalid base64 string: ' + e);
     } else {
       throw e;