diff --git a/TestsExample/App.js b/TestsExample/App.js
index 8eea80d9b7..01f7695342 100644
--- a/TestsExample/App.js
+++ b/TestsExample/App.js
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ import Test1204 from './src/Test1204';
 import Test1209 from './src/Test1209';
 import Test1214 from './src/Test1214';
 import Test1227 from './src/Test1227';
+import Test1228 from './src/Test1228';
 
 enableFreeze(true);
 
diff --git a/TestsExample/ios/Podfile.lock b/TestsExample/ios/Podfile.lock
index fedd7889eb..b827ba79d2 100644
--- a/TestsExample/ios/Podfile.lock
+++ b/TestsExample/ios/Podfile.lock
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ PODS:
     - React-RCTVibration
     - ReactCommon/turbomodule/core
     - Yoga
-  - RNScreens (3.9.0):
+  - RNScreens (3.10.0):
     - React-Core
     - React-RCTImage
   - RNVectorIcons (7.1.0):
@@ -592,11 +592,11 @@ SPEC CHECKSUMS:
   RNCMaskedView: 5a8ec07677aa885546a0d98da336457e2bea557f
   RNGestureHandler: a479ebd5ed4221a810967000735517df0d2db211
   RNReanimated: b04ef2a4f0cb61b062bbcf033f84a9e470f4f60b
-  RNScreens: 4d79118be80f79fa1f4aa131909a1d6e86280af3
+  RNScreens: 03ba504f8c98607ad1f07808e71040e0afa335ec
   RNVectorIcons: bc69e6a278b14842063605de32bec61f0b251a59
   Yoga: c11abbf5809216c91fcd62f5571078b83d9b6720
   YogaKit: f782866e155069a2cca2517aafea43200b01fd5a
 
 PODFILE CHECKSUM: 2043382869260319fb066cce0337befa467ec50c
 
-COCOAPODS: 1.10.2
+COCOAPODS: 1.11.2
diff --git a/TestsExample/ios/TestsExample.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj b/TestsExample/ios/TestsExample.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
index 1cdcc92049..e8639153b6 100644
--- a/TestsExample/ios/TestsExample.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
+++ b/TestsExample/ios/TestsExample.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
@@ -403,8 +403,8 @@
 			);
 			inputPaths = (
 				"${PODS_ROOT}/Target Support Files/Pods-TestsExample/Pods-TestsExample-frameworks.sh",
-				"${PODS_XCFRAMEWORKS_BUILD_DIR}/double-conversion/double-conversion.framework/double-conversion",
-				"${PODS_XCFRAMEWORKS_BUILD_DIR}/OpenSSL/OpenSSL.framework/OpenSSL",
+				"${PODS_XCFRAMEWORKS_BUILD_DIR}/Flipper-DoubleConversion/double-conversion.framework/double-conversion",
+				"${PODS_XCFRAMEWORKS_BUILD_DIR}/OpenSSL-Universal/OpenSSL.framework/OpenSSL",
 			);
 			name = "[CP] Embed Pods Frameworks";
 			outputPaths = (
@@ -495,8 +495,8 @@
 			);
 			inputPaths = (
 				"${PODS_ROOT}/Target Support Files/Pods-TestsExample-TestsExampleTests/Pods-TestsExample-TestsExampleTests-frameworks.sh",
-				"${PODS_XCFRAMEWORKS_BUILD_DIR}/double-conversion/double-conversion.framework/double-conversion",
-				"${PODS_XCFRAMEWORKS_BUILD_DIR}/OpenSSL/OpenSSL.framework/OpenSSL",
+				"${PODS_XCFRAMEWORKS_BUILD_DIR}/Flipper-DoubleConversion/double-conversion.framework/double-conversion",
+				"${PODS_XCFRAMEWORKS_BUILD_DIR}/OpenSSL-Universal/OpenSSL.framework/OpenSSL",
 			);
 			name = "[CP] Embed Pods Frameworks";
 			outputPaths = (
diff --git a/TestsExample/src/Test1228.tsx b/TestsExample/src/Test1228.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..298d44bb25
--- /dev/null
+++ b/TestsExample/src/Test1228.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+import React, { useState, useEffect } from 'react';
+import { Text, View, StyleSheet, Button } from 'react-native';
+import {
+  useNavigation,
+  NavigationContainer,
+  DefaultTheme,
+  DarkTheme,
+} from '@react-navigation/native';
+import { SafeAreaProvider } from 'react-native-safe-area-context';
+import { createNativeStackNavigator } from 'react-native-screens/native-stack';
+
+
+export const FirstScreen = () => {
+  const [theme, setTheme] = useState(false);
+  const navigation = useNavigation<any>();
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    navigation.setOptions({
+      headerTitle: theme ? 'red' : 'green',
+    })
+  });
+
+  return (
+    <View style={style.container}>
+      <Text>Screen 1</Text>
+      <Button title="set theme" onPress={() => setTheme(!theme)} />
+      <Button title="open" onPress={() => navigation.navigate('screen2')} />
+    </View>
+  );
+};
+
+export const SecondScreen = () => {
+  const [theme, setTheme] = useState(false);
+  const navigation = useNavigation<any>();
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    navigation.setOptions({
+      headerTitle: theme ? 'red' : 'green',
+    })
+  });
+
+  return (
+    <View style={style.container}>
+      <Text>Screen 2</Text>
+      <Button title="set theme" onPress={() => setTheme(!theme)} />
+      <Button title="close" onPress={() => navigation.goBack()} />
+    </View>
+  );
+};
+
+const Stack = createNativeStackNavigator();
+
+export default function App() {
+  const [theme, setTheme] = useState(false);
+
+  setTimeout(() => setTheme(!theme), 5000);
+
+  return (
+    <SafeAreaProvider>
+      <NavigationContainer
+        theme={theme ? DarkTheme : DefaultTheme}
+      >
+        <Stack.Navigator screenOptions={{ stackPresentation: 'modal' }}>
+          <Stack.Screen name="screen1" component={FirstScreen} />
+          <Stack.Screen name="screen2" component={SecondScreen} options={{headerShown: false}}/>
+        </Stack.Navigator>
+      </NavigationContainer>
+    </SafeAreaProvider>
+  );
+}
+
+const style = StyleSheet.create({
+  container: {
+    flex: 1,
+    justifyContent: 'center',
+    alignItems: 'center',
+  },
+});
diff --git a/ios/RNSScreenStackHeaderConfig.m b/ios/RNSScreenStackHeaderConfig.m
index 584a88494c..5196920037 100644
--- a/ios/RNSScreenStackHeaderConfig.m
+++ b/ios/RNSScreenStackHeaderConfig.m
@@ -152,9 +152,12 @@ - (void)updateViewControllerIfNeeded
     nextVC = nav.topViewController;
   }
 
+  // we want updates sent to the VC below modal too since it is also visible
+  BOOL isPresentingVC = vc.presentedViewController == nextVC;
+
   BOOL isInFullScreenModal = nav == nil && _screenView.stackPresentation == RNSScreenStackPresentationFullScreenModal;
   // if nav is nil, it means we can be in a fullScreen modal, so there is no nextVC, but we still want to update
-  if (vc != nil && (nextVC == vc || isInFullScreenModal)) {
+  if (vc != nil && (nextVC == vc || isInFullScreenModal || isPresentingVC)) {
     [RNSScreenStackHeaderConfig updateViewController:self.screenView.controller withConfig:self animated:YES];
   }
 }