diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 2fb33ed4a3..0cccfe212c 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -561,7 +561,7 @@ hyper = { version = "1", features = ["server", "http1"] }
 http-body-util = "0.1"
 anyhow = "1"
 macro_rules_attribute = "0.2"
-accesskit = "0.17"
+accesskit = "0.18"
 nonmax = "0.5"
 
 [target.'cfg(not(target_family = "wasm"))'.dev-dependencies]
diff --git a/crates/bevy_a11y/Cargo.toml b/crates/bevy_a11y/Cargo.toml
index ad301b4184..0d593c4ced 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_a11y/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/bevy_a11y/Cargo.toml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ bevy_ecs = { path = "../bevy_ecs", version = "0.16.0-rc.1", default-features = f
 bevy_reflect = { path = "../bevy_reflect", version = "0.16.0-rc.1", default-features = false, optional = true }
 
 # other
-accesskit = { version = "0.17", default-features = false }
+accesskit = { version = "0.18", default-features = false }
 serde = { version = "1", default-features = false, features = [
   "alloc",
 ], optional = true }
diff --git a/crates/bevy_ui/Cargo.toml b/crates/bevy_ui/Cargo.toml
index c33ddd77df..c958124a29 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_ui/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/bevy_ui/Cargo.toml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ thiserror = { version = "2", default-features = false }
 derive_more = { version = "1", default-features = false, features = ["from"] }
 nonmax = "0.5"
 smallvec = "1.11"
-accesskit = "0.17"
+accesskit = "0.18"
 tracing = { version = "0.1", default-features = false, features = ["std"] }
 
 [features]
diff --git a/crates/bevy_winit/Cargo.toml b/crates/bevy_winit/Cargo.toml
index aa249fb2da..a8a7f36e8a 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_winit/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/bevy_winit/Cargo.toml
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ bevy_image = { path = "../bevy_image", version = "0.16.0-rc.1", optional = true
 # other
 # feature rwh_06 refers to window_raw_handle@v0.6
 winit = { version = "0.30", default-features = false, features = ["rwh_06"] }
-accesskit_winit = { version = "0.23", default-features = false, features = [
+accesskit_winit = { version = "0.25", default-features = false, features = [
   "rwh_06",
 ] }
 approx = { version = "0.5", default-features = false }
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ raw-window-handle = "0.6"
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"], optional = true }
 bytemuck = { version = "1.5", optional = true }
 wgpu-types = { version = "24", optional = true }
-accesskit = "0.17"
+accesskit = "0.18"
 tracing = { version = "0.1", default-features = false, features = ["std"] }
 
 [target.'cfg(target_arch = "wasm32")'.dependencies]
diff --git a/crates/bevy_winit/src/accessibility.rs b/crates/bevy_winit/src/accessibility.rs
index c2545d249a..575971ae18 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_winit/src/accessibility.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_winit/src/accessibility.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 use alloc::{collections::VecDeque, sync::Arc};
 use bevy_input_focus::InputFocus;
 use std::sync::Mutex;
+use winit::event_loop::ActiveEventLoop;
 
 use accesskit::{
     ActionHandler, ActionRequest, ActivationHandler, DeactivationHandler, Node, NodeId, Role, Tree,
@@ -66,8 +67,7 @@ impl AccessKitState {
     fn build_initial_tree(&mut self) -> TreeUpdate {
         let root = self.build_root();
         let accesskit_window_id = NodeId(self.entity.to_bits());
-        let mut tree = Tree::new(accesskit_window_id);
-        tree.app_name = Some(self.name.clone());
+        let tree = Tree::new(accesskit_window_id);
         self.requested.set(true);
 
         TreeUpdate {
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ impl DeactivationHandler for WinitDeactivationHandler {
 
 /// Prepares accessibility for a winit window.
 pub(crate) fn prepare_accessibility_for_window(
+    event_loop: &ActiveEventLoop,
     winit_window: &winit::window::Window,
     entity: Entity,
     name: String,
@@ -131,6 +132,7 @@ pub(crate) fn prepare_accessibility_for_window(
     let deactivation_handler = WinitDeactivationHandler;
 
     let adapter = Adapter::with_direct_handlers(
+        event_loop,
         winit_window,
         activation_handler,
         action_handler,
diff --git a/crates/bevy_winit/src/winit_windows.rs b/crates/bevy_winit/src/winit_windows.rs
index cd281103e4..dfb68fbcce 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_winit/src/winit_windows.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_winit/src/winit_windows.rs
@@ -278,6 +278,7 @@ impl WinitWindows {
         let winit_window = event_loop.create_window(winit_window_attributes).unwrap();
         let name = window.title.clone();
         prepare_accessibility_for_window(
+            event_loop,
             &winit_window,
             entity,
             name,