diff --git a/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/ScrollView/RCTEnhancedScrollView.mm b/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/ScrollView/RCTEnhancedScrollView.mm
index b3481c1b98b4..03c9ce7fadcf 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/ScrollView/RCTEnhancedScrollView.mm
+++ b/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/ScrollView/RCTEnhancedScrollView.mm
@@ -31,10 +31,16 @@ + (BOOL)automaticallyNotifiesObserversForKey:(NSString *)key
 - (instancetype)initWithFrame:(CGRect)frame
 {
   if (self = [super initWithFrame:frame]) {
-    // We set the default behavior to "never" so that iOS
-    // doesn't do weird things to UIScrollView insets automatically
-    // and keeps it as an opt-in behavior.
-    self.contentInsetAdjustmentBehavior = UIScrollViewContentInsetAdjustmentNever;
+    if (@available(iOS 26, *)) {
+      NSNumber *compat = [[NSBundle mainBundle] objectForInfoDictionaryKey:@"UIDesignRequiresCompatibility"];
+      if (!compat.boolValue) {
+        self.contentInsetAdjustmentBehavior = UIScrollViewContentInsetAdjustmentScrollableAxes;
+      } else {
+        self.contentInsetAdjustmentBehavior = UIScrollViewContentInsetAdjustmentNever;
+      }
+    } else {
+      self.contentInsetAdjustmentBehavior = UIScrollViewContentInsetAdjustmentNever;
+    }
 
     // We intentionally force `UIScrollView`s `semanticContentAttribute` to `LTR` here
     // because this attribute affects a position of vertical scrollbar; we don't want this
diff --git a/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/ScrollView/RCTScrollViewComponentView.mm b/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/ScrollView/RCTScrollViewComponentView.mm
index 548987ff291d..c8348cd539cc 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/ScrollView/RCTScrollViewComponentView.mm
+++ b/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/ScrollView/RCTScrollViewComponentView.mm
@@ -436,7 +436,13 @@ - (void)updateProps:(const Props::Shared &)props oldProps:(const Props::Shared &
 
   if ((oldScrollViewProps.contentInsetAdjustmentBehavior != newScrollViewProps.contentInsetAdjustmentBehavior) ||
       _shouldUpdateContentInsetAdjustmentBehavior) {
-    const auto contentInsetAdjustmentBehavior = newScrollViewProps.contentInsetAdjustmentBehavior;
+    auto contentInsetAdjustmentBehavior = newScrollViewProps.contentInsetAdjustmentBehavior;
+    if (@available(iOS 26, *)) {
+      NSNumber *compat = [[NSBundle mainBundle] objectForInfoDictionaryKey:@"UIDesignRequiresCompatibility"];
+      if (!compat.boolValue && contentInsetAdjustmentBehavior == ContentInsetAdjustmentBehavior::Never) {
+        contentInsetAdjustmentBehavior = ContentInsetAdjustmentBehavior::ScrollableAxes;
+      }
+    }
     if (contentInsetAdjustmentBehavior == ContentInsetAdjustmentBehavior::Never) {
       scrollView.contentInsetAdjustmentBehavior = UIScrollViewContentInsetAdjustmentNever;
     } else if (contentInsetAdjustmentBehavior == ContentInsetAdjustmentBehavior::Automatic) {
@@ -698,10 +704,16 @@ - (void)prepareForRecycle
   _contentSize = CGSizeZero;
   // Reset contentInset to prevent stale insets leaking into recycled scroll views.
   _scrollView.contentInset = UIEdgeInsetsZero;
-  // We set the default behavior to "never" so that iOS
-  // doesn't do weird things to UIScrollView insets automatically
-  // and keeps it as an opt-in behavior.
-  _scrollView.contentInsetAdjustmentBehavior = UIScrollViewContentInsetAdjustmentNever;
+  if (@available(iOS 26, *)) {
+    NSNumber *compat = [[NSBundle mainBundle] objectForInfoDictionaryKey:@"UIDesignRequiresCompatibility"];
+    if (!compat.boolValue) {
+      _scrollView.contentInsetAdjustmentBehavior = UIScrollViewContentInsetAdjustmentScrollableAxes;
+    } else {
+      _scrollView.contentInsetAdjustmentBehavior = UIScrollViewContentInsetAdjustmentNever;
+    }
+  } else {
+    _scrollView.contentInsetAdjustmentBehavior = UIScrollViewContentInsetAdjustmentNever;
+  }
   _shouldUpdateContentInsetAdjustmentBehavior = YES;
   _isUserTriggeredScrolling = NO;
   CGRect oldFrame = self.frame;