diff --git a/shell/platform/darwin/ios/framework/Source/FlutterPlatformViews.mm b/shell/platform/darwin/ios/framework/Source/FlutterPlatformViews.mm
index 56ab003c8d0b7..41295f26a720d 100644
--- a/shell/platform/darwin/ios/framework/Source/FlutterPlatformViews.mm
+++ b/shell/platform/darwin/ios/framework/Source/FlutterPlatformViews.mm
@@ -981,10 +981,6 @@ @implementation FlutterTouchInterceptingView {
   fml::scoped_nsobject<DelayingGestureRecognizer> _delayingRecognizer;
   FlutterPlatformViewGestureRecognizersBlockingPolicy _blockingPolicy;
   UIView* _embeddedView;
-  // The used as the accessiblityContainer.
-  // The `accessiblityContainer` is used in UIKit to determine the parent of this accessibility
-  // node.
-  NSObject* _flutterAccessibilityContainer;
 }
 - (instancetype)initWithEmbeddedView:(UIView*)embeddedView
              platformViewsController:
@@ -1063,14 +1059,15 @@ - (void)touchesCancelled:(NSSet<UITouch*>*)touches withEvent:(UIEvent*)event {
 - (void)touchesEnded:(NSSet*)touches withEvent:(UIEvent*)event {
 }
 
-- (void)setFlutterAccessibilityContainer:(NSObject*)flutterAccessibilityContainer {
-  _flutterAccessibilityContainer = flutterAccessibilityContainer;
-}
-
 - (id)accessibilityContainer {
   return _flutterAccessibilityContainer;
 }
 
+- (void)dealloc {
+  [_flutterAccessibilityContainer release];
+  [super dealloc];
+}
+
 @end
 
 @implementation DelayingGestureRecognizer {
diff --git a/shell/platform/darwin/ios/framework/Source/FlutterPlatformViews_Internal.h b/shell/platform/darwin/ios/framework/Source/FlutterPlatformViews_Internal.h
index b3337a1d69283..c2357c3dac20d 100644
--- a/shell/platform/darwin/ios/framework/Source/FlutterPlatformViews_Internal.h
+++ b/shell/platform/darwin/ios/framework/Source/FlutterPlatformViews_Internal.h
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ class FlutterPlatformViewsController {
 - (UIView*)embeddedView;
 
 // Sets flutterAccessibilityContainer as this view's accessibilityContainer.
-- (void)setFlutterAccessibilityContainer:(NSObject*)flutterAccessibilityContainer;
+@property(nonatomic, retain) id flutterAccessibilityContainer;
 @end
 
 @interface UIView (FirstResponder)
diff --git a/shell/platform/darwin/ios/framework/Source/SemanticsObject.mm b/shell/platform/darwin/ios/framework/Source/SemanticsObject.mm
index 7eb0c2384fe5b..cb30bc36a652d 100644
--- a/shell/platform/darwin/ios/framework/Source/SemanticsObject.mm
+++ b/shell/platform/darwin/ios/framework/Source/SemanticsObject.mm
@@ -867,7 +867,7 @@ - (UIAccessibilityTraits)accessibilityTraits {
 @end
 
 @interface FlutterPlatformViewSemanticsContainer ()
-@property(nonatomic, retain) UIView* platformView;
+@property(nonatomic, assign) UIView* platformView;
 @end
 
 @implementation FlutterPlatformViewSemanticsContainer
@@ -876,14 +876,13 @@ - (instancetype)initWithBridge:(fml::WeakPtr<flutter::AccessibilityBridgeIos>)br
                            uid:(int32_t)uid
                   platformView:(nonnull FlutterTouchInterceptingView*)platformView {
   if (self = [super initWithBridge:bridge uid:uid]) {
-    _platformView = [platformView retain];
+    _platformView = platformView;
     [platformView setFlutterAccessibilityContainer:self];
   }
   return self;
 }
 
 - (void)dealloc {
-  [_platformView release];
   _platformView = nil;
   [super dealloc];
 }
diff --git a/shell/platform/darwin/ios/framework/Source/SemanticsObjectTest.mm b/shell/platform/darwin/ios/framework/Source/SemanticsObjectTest.mm
index 45285d7cc418b..7452c5c097c9e 100644
--- a/shell/platform/darwin/ios/framework/Source/SemanticsObjectTest.mm
+++ b/shell/platform/darwin/ios/framework/Source/SemanticsObjectTest.mm
@@ -994,19 +994,30 @@ - (void)testFlutterPlatformViewSemanticsContainer {
       new flutter::testing::MockAccessibilityBridge());
   fml::WeakPtr<flutter::testing::MockAccessibilityBridge> bridge = factory.GetWeakPtr();
   __weak FlutterTouchInterceptingView* weakPlatformView;
+  __weak FlutterPlatformViewSemanticsContainer* weakContainer;
   @autoreleasepool {
     FlutterTouchInterceptingView* platformView = [[FlutterTouchInterceptingView alloc] init];
     weakPlatformView = platformView;
-    FlutterPlatformViewSemanticsContainer* container =
-        [[FlutterPlatformViewSemanticsContainer alloc] initWithBridge:bridge
-                                                                  uid:1
-                                                         platformView:platformView];
-    XCTAssertEqualObjects(platformView.accessibilityContainer, container);
+
+    @autoreleasepool {
+      FlutterPlatformViewSemanticsContainer* container =
+          [[FlutterPlatformViewSemanticsContainer alloc] initWithBridge:bridge
+                                                                    uid:1
+                                                           platformView:platformView];
+      weakContainer = container;
+      XCTAssertEqualObjects(platformView.accessibilityContainer, container);
+      XCTAssertNotNil(weakPlatformView);
+      XCTAssertNotNil(weakContainer);
+    }
+    // Check the variables are still lived.
+    // `container` is `retain` in `platformView`, so it will not be nil here.
     XCTAssertNotNil(weakPlatformView);
+    XCTAssertNotNil(weakContainer);
   }
   // Check if there's no more strong references to `platformView` after container and platformView
   // are released.
   XCTAssertNil(weakPlatformView);
+  XCTAssertNil(weakContainer);
 }
 
 - (void)testTextInputSemanticsObject {