diff --git a/.changeset/tidy-unicode-tabs.md b/.changeset/tidy-unicode-tabs.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ddb17323
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/tidy-unicode-tabs.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'react-native-bottom-tabs': patch
+---
+
+Fix an iOS Fabric crash when selecting or long-pressing a tab whose key contains non-ASCII characters.
diff --git a/packages/example-shared/e2e/unicode-tab-key.yaml b/packages/example-shared/e2e/unicode-tab-key.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2771d0d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/example-shared/e2e/unicode-tab-key.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+appId: ${APP_ID}
+name: Press and long-press tabs with Unicode keys
+---
+- launchApp
+- scrollUntilVisible:
+    element:
+      text: ^Native Bottom Tabs with Unicode keys$
+    direction: DOWN
+    timeout: 15000
+- tapOn:
+    text: ^Native Bottom Tabs with Unicode keys$
+- assertVisible: Press me
+- tapOn:
+    text: ^アルバム$
+- longPressOn:
+    text: ^기사$
+- tapOn:
+    text: ^Чат$
+- assertVisible: Press me
diff --git a/packages/example-shared/src/App.tsx b/packages/example-shared/src/App.tsx
index 420d3427..0611d023 100644
--- a/packages/example-shared/src/App.tsx
+++ b/packages/example-shared/src/App.tsx
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import SFSymbols from './Examples/SFSymbols';
 import Roles from './Examples/Roles';
 import LabeledTabs from './Examples/Labeled';
 import NativeBottomTabs from './Examples/NativeBottomTabs';
+import NativeBottomTabsUnicode from './Examples/NativeBottomTabsUnicode';
 import TintColorsExample from './Examples/TintColors';
 import NativeBottomTabsEmbeddedStacks from './Examples/NativeBottomTabsEmbeddedStacks';
 import NativeBottomTabsSVGs from './Examples/NativeBottomTabsSVGs';
@@ -199,6 +200,10 @@ const examples = [
     name: 'Native Bottom Tabs with original icons',
   },
   { component: NativeBottomTabs, name: 'Native Bottom Tabs' },
+  {
+    component: NativeBottomTabsUnicode,
+    name: 'Native Bottom Tabs with Unicode keys',
+  },
   { component: JSBottomTabs, name: 'JS Bottom Tabs' },
   {
     component: JSBottomTabs,
diff --git a/packages/example-shared/src/Examples/NativeBottomTabsUnicode.tsx b/packages/example-shared/src/Examples/NativeBottomTabsUnicode.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..76f599d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/example-shared/src/Examples/NativeBottomTabsUnicode.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+import { Article } from '../Screens/Article';
+import { Albums } from '../Screens/Albums';
+import { Contacts } from '../Screens/Contacts';
+import { Chat } from '../Screens/Chat';
+import { createNativeBottomTabNavigator } from '@bottom-tabs/react-navigation';
+import { Platform } from 'react-native';
+import { useState } from 'react';
+
+const Tab = createNativeBottomTabNavigator();
+
+function NativeBottomTabsUnicode() {
+  const [label, setLabel] = useState('기사');
+  return (
+    <Tab.Navigator
+      initialRouteName="Чат"
+      labeled={true}
+      hapticFeedbackEnabled={false}
+      layoutDirection="ltr"
+      tabBarInactiveTintColor="#C57B57"
+      tabBarActiveTintColor="#F7DBA7"
+      tabBarStyle={{
+        backgroundColor: '#1E2D2F',
+      }}
+      rippleColor="#F7DBA7"
+      tabLabelStyle={{
+        fontFamily: 'Avenir',
+        fontSize: 15,
+      }}
+      activeIndicatorColor="#041F1E"
+      screenListeners={{
+        tabLongPress: (data) => {
+          console.log(
+            `${Platform.OS}: Long press detected on tab with key ${data.target} at the navigator level.`
+          );
+        },
+      }}
+    >
+      <Tab.Screen
+        name="기사"
+        component={Article}
+        listeners={{
+          tabLongPress: (data) => {
+            console.log(
+              `${Platform.OS}: Long press detected on tab with key ${data.target} at the screen level.`
+            );
+            setLabel('새 기사');
+          },
+        }}
+        options={{
+          tabBarButtonTestID: 'articleTestID',
+          tabBarBadge: '10',
+          tabBarLabel: label,
+          tabBarIcon: ({ focused }) =>
+            focused
+              ? require('../../assets/icons/person_dark.png')
+              : require('../../assets/icons/article_dark.png'),
+        }}
+      />
+      <Tab.Screen
+        name="アルバム"
+        component={Albums}
+        options={{
+          tabBarButtonTestID: 'albumsTestID',
+          tabBarIcon: () => require('../../assets/icons/grid_dark.png'),
+        }}
+      />
+      <Tab.Screen
+        name="Répertoire"
+        component={Contacts}
+        listeners={{
+          tabPress: () => {
+            console.log('Contacts tab press prevented');
+          },
+        }}
+        options={{
+          tabBarButtonTestID: 'contactsTestID',
+          tabBarIcon: () => require('../../assets/icons/person_dark.png'),
+          tabBarActiveTintColor: 'yellow',
+          preventsDefault: true,
+        }}
+      />
+      <Tab.Screen
+        name="Чат"
+        component={Chat}
+        listeners={{
+          tabPress: () => {
+            console.log('Chat tab pressed');
+          },
+        }}
+        options={{
+          tabBarButtonTestID: 'chatTestID',
+          tabBarIcon: () => require('../../assets/icons/chat_dark.png'),
+          tabBarActiveTintColor: 'white',
+        }}
+      />
+    </Tab.Navigator>
+  );
+}
+
+export default NativeBottomTabsUnicode;
diff --git a/packages/react-native-bottom-tabs/ios/RCTTabViewComponentView.mm b/packages/react-native-bottom-tabs/ios/RCTTabViewComponentView.mm
index 8e9cae58..ccb09ea6 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-bottom-tabs/ios/RCTTabViewComponentView.mm
+++ b/packages/react-native-bottom-tabs/ios/RCTTabViewComponentView.mm
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ - (void)onPageSelectedWithKey:(NSString *)key reactTag:(NSNumber *)reactTag {
   auto eventEmitter = std::static_pointer_cast<const RNCTabViewEventEmitter>(_eventEmitter);
   if (eventEmitter) {
     eventEmitter->onPageSelected(RNCTabViewEventEmitter::OnPageSelected{
-      .key = [key cStringUsingEncoding:kCFStringEncodingUTF8]
+      .key = std::string([key UTF8String] ?: "")
     });
   }
 }
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ - (void)onLongPressWithKey:(NSString *)key reactTag:(NSNumber *)reactTag {
   auto eventEmitter = std::static_pointer_cast<const RNCTabViewEventEmitter>(_eventEmitter);
   if (eventEmitter) {
     eventEmitter->onTabLongPress(RNCTabViewEventEmitter::OnTabLongPress {
-      .key = [key cStringUsingEncoding:kCFStringEncodingUTF8]
+      .key = std::string([key UTF8String] ?: "")
     });
   }
 }