diff --git a/examples/basic/ios/Podfile.lock b/examples/basic/ios/Podfile.lock
index 5d670dfb15..5149fb8492 100644
--- a/examples/basic/ios/Podfile.lock
+++ b/examples/basic/ios/Podfile.lock
@@ -46,9 +46,9 @@ PODS:
   - FBLazyVector (0.74.5)
   - fmt (9.1.0)
   - glog (0.3.5)
-  - hermes-engine (0.74.3):
-    - hermes-engine/Pre-built (= 0.74.3)
-  - hermes-engine/Pre-built (0.74.3)
+  - hermes-engine (0.74.5):
+    - hermes-engine/Pre-built (= 0.74.5)
+  - hermes-engine/Pre-built (0.74.5)
   - libavif/core (0.11.1)
   - libavif/libdav1d (0.11.1):
     - libavif/core
@@ -994,7 +994,7 @@ PODS:
   - React-Mapbuffer (0.74.5):
     - glog
     - React-debug
-  - react-native-video (6.4.5):
+  - react-native-video (6.5.0):
     - DoubleConversion
     - glog
     - hermes-engine
@@ -1008,7 +1008,7 @@ PODS:
     - React-featureflags
     - React-graphics
     - React-ImageManager
-    - react-native-video/Video (= 6.4.5)
+    - react-native-video/Video (= 6.5.0)
     - React-NativeModulesApple
     - React-RCTFabric
     - React-rendererdebug
@@ -1038,7 +1038,7 @@ PODS:
     - ReactCommon/turbomodule/bridging
     - ReactCommon/turbomodule/core
     - Yoga
-  - react-native-video/Video (6.4.5):
+  - react-native-video/Video (6.5.0):
     - DoubleConversion
     - glog
     - hermes-engine
@@ -1290,9 +1290,9 @@ PODS:
     - React-utils (= 0.74.5)
   - RNCPicker (2.7.5):
     - React-Core
-  - SDWebImage (5.19.2):
-    - SDWebImage/Core (= 5.19.2)
-  - SDWebImage/Core (5.19.2)
+  - SDWebImage (5.19.7):
+    - SDWebImage/Core (= 5.19.7)
+  - SDWebImage/Core (5.19.7)
   - SDWebImageAVIFCoder (0.11.0):
     - libavif/core (>= 0.11.0)
     - SDWebImage (~> 5.10)
@@ -1531,7 +1531,7 @@ SPEC CHECKSUMS:
   FBLazyVector: ac12dc084d1c8ec4cc4d7b3cf1b0ebda6dab85af
   fmt: 4c2741a687cc09f0634a2e2c72a838b99f1ff120
   glog: fdfdfe5479092de0c4bdbebedd9056951f092c4f
-  hermes-engine: 1f547997900dd0752dc0cc0ae6dd16173c49e09b
+  hermes-engine: 8c1577f3fdb849cbe7729c2e7b5abc4b845e88f8
   libavif: 84bbb62fb232c3018d6f1bab79beea87e35de7b7
   libdav1d: 23581a4d8ec811ff171ed5e2e05cd27bad64c39f
   libwebp: 1786c9f4ff8a279e4dac1e8f385004d5fc253009
@@ -1559,7 +1559,7 @@ SPEC CHECKSUMS:
   React-jsitracing: c83efb63c8e9e1dff72a3c56e88ae1c530a87795
   React-logger: 257858bd55f3a4e1bc0cf07ddc8fb9faba6f8c7c
   React-Mapbuffer: dce508662b995ffefd29e278a16b78217039d43d
-  react-native-video: c5cd8b71116762c5a4ceee7f7961587d99aae8e3
+  react-native-video: 9f0b3c888537f9ded698f762f541b13573dd3686
   react-native-video-plugin-sample: d3a93b7ad777cad7fa2c30473de75a2635ce5feb
   React-nativeconfig: f326487bc61eba3f0e328da6efb2711533dcac46
   React-NativeModulesApple: d89733f5baed8b9249ca5a8e497d63c550097312
@@ -1585,7 +1585,7 @@ SPEC CHECKSUMS:
   React-utils: 3f1fcffc14893afb9a7e5b7c736353873cc5fc95
   ReactCommon: f79ae672224dc1e6c2d932062176883c98eebd57
   RNCPicker: 3e2c37a8328f368ce14da050cdc8231deb5fc9f9
-  SDWebImage: dfe95b2466a9823cf9f0c6d01217c06550d7b29a
+  SDWebImage: 8a6b7b160b4d710e2a22b6900e25301075c34cb3
   SDWebImageAVIFCoder: 00310d246aab3232ce77f1d8f0076f8c4b021d90
   SDWebImageSVGCoder: 15a300a97ec1c8ac958f009c02220ac0402e936c
   SDWebImageWebPCoder: e38c0a70396191361d60c092933e22c20d5b1380
diff --git a/ios/Video/RCTVideo.swift b/ios/Video/RCTVideo.swift
index a26f760155..345acbf0e4 100644
--- a/ios/Video/RCTVideo.swift
+++ b/ios/Video/RCTVideo.swift
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ class RCTVideo: UIView, RCTVideoPlayerViewControllerDelegate, RCTPlayerObserverH
     private var _presentingViewController: UIViewController?
     private var _startPosition: Float64 = -1
     private var _showNotificationControls = false
+    // Buffer last bitrate value received. Initialized to -2 to ensure -1 (sometimes reported by AVPlayer) is not missed
+    private var _lastBitrate = -2.0
     private var _pictureInPictureEnabled = false {
         didSet {
             #if os(iOS)
@@ -1662,9 +1664,11 @@ class RCTVideo: UIView, RCTVideoPlayerViewControllerDelegate, RCTPlayerObserverH
         guard let accessLog = (notification.object as? AVPlayerItem)?.accessLog() else {
             return
         }
-
         guard let lastEvent = accessLog.events.last else { return }
-        onVideoBandwidthUpdate?(["bitrate": lastEvent.indicatedBitrate, "target": reactTag])
+        if lastEvent.indicatedBitrate != _lastBitrate {
+            _lastBitrate = lastEvent.indicatedBitrate
+            onVideoBandwidthUpdate?(["bitrate": _lastBitrate, "target": reactTag])
+        }
     }
 
     func handleTracksChange(playerItem _: AVPlayerItem, change _: NSKeyValueObservedChange<[AVPlayerItemTrack]>) {