diff --git a/Modules/@babylonjs/react-native/README.md b/Modules/@babylonjs/react-native/README.md
index 2c4339348..95a36e612 100644
--- a/Modules/@babylonjs/react-native/README.md
+++ b/Modules/@babylonjs/react-native/README.md
@@ -34,6 +34,11 @@ To disable post install CMake generation, set this variable before running `npm
 export BABYLON_NO_CMAKE_POSTINSTALL=1
 ```
 
+To use the system cmake (e.g. a Homebrew or system install) instead of the cmake bundled in the npm package, set this variable before running `npm install`:
+```
+export BABYLON_USE_SYSTEM_CMAKE=1
+```
+
 ### Plugins selection
 
 Plugins can be disabled at build time. They are all enabled by default and disabling is done with environment variables:
@@ -56,6 +61,7 @@ Babylon.js minimal version:
 
 |BabylonReactNative version | Babylon.js version | BabylonNative commit |
 | ----------- | ------------------------ | --- |
+|2.0.2 | 9.0.0 | ce2edf0851e0c8483559832a4f8eb9d39c6b2f53
 |2.0.0 | 8.3.0 | 6c25966e8f8c0f3a0c13fdf77064f1bde790391f
 
 
diff --git a/Modules/@babylonjs/react-native/ios/CMakeLists.txt b/Modules/@babylonjs/react-native/ios/CMakeLists.txt
index 9aaafc417..f23cc4068 100644
--- a/Modules/@babylonjs/react-native/ios/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Modules/@babylonjs/react-native/ios/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -19,6 +19,12 @@ set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -Wall")
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
 set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -x objective-c++")
 
+# wstring_convert and codecvt_utf8_utf16 are deprecated in C++17; prevent this from
+# being treated as a hard error so the build succeeds on Xcode 26+ / Clang 20+.
+if(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "Clang" OR CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "AppleClang")
+    add_compile_options(-Wno-deprecated-declarations)
+endif()
+
 set(BABYLON_NATIVE_PLUGIN_NATIVEXR 1)
 if(DEFINED ENV{BABYLON_NATIVE_PLUGIN_NATIVEXR})
     set(BABYLON_NATIVE_PLUGIN_NATIVEXR $ENV{BABYLON_NATIVE_PLUGIN_NATIVEXR})
diff --git a/Modules/@babylonjs/react-native/postinstall.js b/Modules/@babylonjs/react-native/postinstall.js
index 0e3cd7030..a7da65d08 100644
--- a/Modules/@babylonjs/react-native/postinstall.js
+++ b/Modules/@babylonjs/react-native/postinstall.js
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@ const os = require("os");
 const path = require("path");
 
 function getCmakeExecutable() {
+  // When BABYLON_USE_SYSTEM_CMAKE=1, skip the npm cmake package and use whatever
+  // cmake is found on PATH (e.g. a Homebrew or system install).
+  if (process.env.BABYLON_USE_SYSTEM_CMAKE === '1') {
+    return 'cmake';
+  }
   try {
     // cmake-runtime ships the cmake binary; resolve it directly to avoid
     // relying on npx or PATH.
diff --git a/Package/gulpfile.js b/Package/gulpfile.js
index 8283168e2..2d498c74e 100644
--- a/Package/gulpfile.js
+++ b/Package/gulpfile.js
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ const createPackage = async () => {
   exec('npm pack', 'Assembled');
 };
 
-const COMMIT_ID = '887a0446c2ce5d379d931d802071cf6f9e008c6a';
+const COMMIT_ID = 'ce2edf0851e0c8483559832a4f8eb9d39c6b2f53';
 const ZIP_URL = `https://github.com/BabylonJS/BabylonNative/archive/${COMMIT_ID}.zip`;
 const TARGET_DIR = path.resolve(__dirname, '../Modules/@babylonjs/react-native/shared/BabylonNative');
 const ZIP_PATH = path.join(TARGET_DIR, `${COMMIT_ID}.zip`);