diff --git a/packages/react-native/React/CoreModules/RCTAppearance.mm b/packages/react-native/React/CoreModules/RCTAppearance.mm
index 76df5b10ac2..6079309e2e2 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/React/CoreModules/RCTAppearance.mm
+++ b/packages/react-native/React/CoreModules/RCTAppearance.mm
@@ -114,6 +114,9 @@ - (void)setColorScheme:(NSString *)style
   UIUserInterfaceStyle userInterfaceStyle = [RCTConvert UIUserInterfaceStyle:style];
   NSMutableArray<UIWindow *> *windows = [NSMutableArray new];
   for (UIWindowScene *scene in RCTSharedApplication().connectedScenes) {
+    if (![scene respondsToSelector:@selector(windows)]) {
+      continue;
+    }
     [windows addObjectsFromArray:scene.windows];
   }