diff --git a/apps/basic-example/ios/Podfile.lock b/apps/basic-example/ios/Podfile.lock
index 74839831bf..ce9c4bbe7d 100644
--- a/apps/basic-example/ios/Podfile.lock
+++ b/apps/basic-example/ios/Podfile.lock
@@ -2122,7 +2122,7 @@ PODS:
     - React-perflogger (= 0.80.0)
     - React-utils (= 0.80.0)
     - SocketRocket
-  - RNGestureHandler (2.25.0):
+  - RNGestureHandler (2.26.0):
     - boost
     - DoubleConversion
     - fast_float
@@ -2456,7 +2456,7 @@ SPEC CHECKSUMS:
   ReactAppDependencyProvider: 3267432b637c9b38e86961b287f784ee1b08dde0
   ReactCodegen: d82f538f70f00484d418803f74b5a0ea09cc8689
   ReactCommon: b028d09a66e60ebd83ca59d8cc9a1216360db147
-  RNGestureHandler: 9f7e5c93272b3d86a7553301a89537b4f35ab47e
+  RNGestureHandler: 423187a1775563460db9fc7a56cbf7cb3c8c3f1c
   SocketRocket: d4aabe649be1e368d1318fdf28a022d714d65748
   Yoga: 0c4b7d2aacc910a1f702694fa86be830386f4ceb
 
diff --git a/apps/macos-example/macos/Podfile.lock b/apps/macos-example/macos/Podfile.lock
index b3a20a382c..36f2159c1c 100644
--- a/apps/macos-example/macos/Podfile.lock
+++ b/apps/macos-example/macos/Podfile.lock
@@ -1484,7 +1484,7 @@ PODS:
     - React-utils (= 0.78.3)
   - RNCAsyncStorage (2.1.2):
     - React-Core
-  - RNGestureHandler (2.25.0):
+  - RNGestureHandler (2.26.0):
     - DoubleConversion
     - glog
     - RCT-Folly (= 2024.11.18.00)
@@ -1901,7 +1901,7 @@ SPEC CHECKSUMS:
   ReactCodegen: 3d30536e47f328f0a297d897cb789e46a092c2a6
   ReactCommon: 0f22e3dd34a8215b8482778898f6e1e95572c498
   RNCAsyncStorage: b9f5f78da5d16a853fe3dc22e8268d932fc45a83
-  RNGestureHandler: b1b622a388c03138550fb5199b7609d01d0aad80
+  RNGestureHandler: a86b34aa0bf84b4beb54206e7e1be4423ee28f04
   RNReanimated: 6ccc6e6826ada6643d2e6474d95f37a1fbf7771d
   RNSVG: 4c63b12b7b5761063bca4f20dd228f6a8370f614
   SocketRocket: 03f7111df1a343b162bf5b06ead333be808e1e0a
diff --git a/packages/react-native-gesture-handler/package.json b/packages/react-native-gesture-handler/package.json
index 9f47406716..05b0bad4d7 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-gesture-handler/package.json
+++ b/packages/react-native-gesture-handler/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "react-native-gesture-handler",
-  "version": "2.25.0",
+  "version": "2.26.0",
   "description": "Declarative API exposing native platform touch and gesture system to React Native",
   "scripts": {
     "test": "jest",