diff --git a/shared/apple/MpvPlayer/MpvPlayerCoreBase.swift b/shared/apple/MpvPlayer/MpvPlayerCoreBase.swift
index 77dc0514..ccbb51f5 100644
--- a/shared/apple/MpvPlayer/MpvPlayerCoreBase.swift
+++ b/shared/apple/MpvPlayer/MpvPlayerCoreBase.swift
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ class MpvPlayerCoreBase: NSObject {
   var isDisposing = false
   var isPipActive = false
   var isBackgrounded = false
+  private var wakeupCallbackContext: UnsafeMutableRawPointer?
   private var cachedHDREnabled = true
   private var cachedLastSigPeak = 0.0
   private var cachedDoviProfile: Int64 = 0
@@ -218,6 +219,11 @@ class MpvPlayerCoreBase: NSObject {
       return false
     }
 
+    // mpv stores this context without retaining it. Retain manually so the
+    // Swift core cannot deallocate while mpv can still fire wakeup callbacks.
+    let wakeupContext = Unmanaged.passRetained(self).toOpaque()
+    wakeupCallbackContext = wakeupContext
+
     mpv_set_wakeup_callback(
       mpv,
       { context in
@@ -225,7 +231,7 @@ class MpvPlayerCoreBase: NSObject {
         let core = Unmanaged<MpvPlayerCoreBase>.fromOpaque(context).takeUnretainedValue()
         core.readEvents()
       },
-      UnsafeMutableRawPointer(Unmanaged.passUnretained(self).toOpaque())
+      wakeupContext
     )
 
     mpv_observe_property(mpv, Self.internalSigPeakObserverId, "video-params/sig-peak", MPV_FORMAT_DOUBLE)
@@ -441,13 +447,18 @@ class MpvPlayerCoreBase: NSObject {
     cacheLock.unlock()
 
     let mpvHandle = mpv
+    let callbackContext = wakeupCallbackContext
     mpv = nil
+    wakeupCallbackContext = nil
 
     let destroy = {
       if let mpvHandle {
         mpv_set_wakeup_callback(mpvHandle, nil, nil)
         mpv_terminate_destroy(mpvHandle)
       }
+      if let callbackContext {
+        Unmanaged<MpvPlayerCoreBase>.fromOpaque(callbackContext).release()
+      }
     }
 
     if destroySynchronously {
diff --git a/tvos/Runner.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj b/tvos/Runner.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
index 49be2c59..3d032bc3 100644
--- a/tvos/Runner.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
+++ b/tvos/Runner.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
@@ -712,7 +712,7 @@
 			repositoryURL = "https://github.com/edde746/MPVKit";
 			requirement = {
 				kind = revision;
-				revision = 86dcf97f04e572abb5641e74780251a1d5634ff3;
+				revision = 8b921258a0e963b574f96a919c26c1d1e185af72;
 			};
 		};
 /* End XCRemoteSwiftPackageReference section */
diff --git a/tvos/Runner.xcodeproj/project.xcworkspace/xcshareddata/swiftpm/Package.resolved b/tvos/Runner.xcodeproj/project.xcworkspace/xcshareddata/swiftpm/Package.resolved
index 970d1468..c38d2c94 100644
--- a/tvos/Runner.xcodeproj/project.xcworkspace/xcshareddata/swiftpm/Package.resolved
+++ b/tvos/Runner.xcodeproj/project.xcworkspace/xcshareddata/swiftpm/Package.resolved
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
       "kind" : "remoteSourceControl",
       "location" : "https://github.com/edde746/MPVKit",
       "state" : {
-        "revision" : "86dcf97f04e572abb5641e74780251a1d5634ff3"
+        "revision" : "8b921258a0e963b574f96a919c26c1d1e185af72"
       }
     }
   ],
diff --git a/tvos/Runner.xcworkspace/xcshareddata/swiftpm/Package.resolved b/tvos/Runner.xcworkspace/xcshareddata/swiftpm/Package.resolved
index 970d1468..c38d2c94 100644
--- a/tvos/Runner.xcworkspace/xcshareddata/swiftpm/Package.resolved
+++ b/tvos/Runner.xcworkspace/xcshareddata/swiftpm/Package.resolved
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
       "kind" : "remoteSourceControl",
       "location" : "https://github.com/edde746/MPVKit",
       "state" : {
-        "revision" : "86dcf97f04e572abb5641e74780251a1d5634ff3"
+        "revision" : "8b921258a0e963b574f96a919c26c1d1e185af72"
       }
     }
   ],