diff --git a/FirebaseCore/CHANGELOG.md b/FirebaseCore/CHANGELOG.md
index 49629fa233b..b87251e28b5 100644
--- a/FirebaseCore/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/FirebaseCore/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
   resolves build failures when using static linking
   (`use_frameworks! :linkage => :static`) in projects using frameworks like
   React Native (#15506).
+- [fixed] Fix UnfairLock deadlock that is known to occur from Crashlytics or
+  Performance. (#15394)
 
 # Firebase 12.0.0
 - [changed] **Breaking change**: Firebase's minimum supported versions have
diff --git a/FirebaseCore/Internal/Sources/Utilities/UnfairLock.swift b/FirebaseCore/Internal/Sources/Utilities/UnfairLock.swift
index 9028029763c..b3c0f53a4c0 100644
--- a/FirebaseCore/Internal/Sources/Utilities/UnfairLock.swift
+++ b/FirebaseCore/Internal/Sources/Utilities/UnfairLock.swift
@@ -13,54 +13,35 @@
 // limitations under the License.
 
 import Foundation
-private import os.lock
 
-/// A reference wrapper around `os_unfair_lock`. Replace this class with
-/// `OSAllocatedUnfairLock` once we support only iOS 16+. For an explanation
-/// on why this is necessary, see the docs:
-/// https://developer.apple.com/documentation/os/osallocatedunfairlock
+/// A thread-safe wrapper around a value.
 public final class UnfairLock<Value>: @unchecked Sendable {
-  private var lockPointer: UnsafeMutablePointer<os_unfair_lock>
+  private var lock: NSRecursiveLock = .init()
   private var _value: Value
 
   public init(_ value: consuming sending Value) {
-    lockPointer = UnsafeMutablePointer<os_unfair_lock>
-      .allocate(capacity: 1)
-    lockPointer.initialize(to: os_unfair_lock())
     _value = value
   }
 
-  deinit {
-    lockPointer.deallocate()
-  }
-
   public func value() -> Value {
-    lock()
-    defer { unlock() }
+    lock.lock()
+    defer { lock.unlock() }
     return _value
   }
 
   @discardableResult
   public borrowing func withLock<Result>(_ body: (inout sending Value) throws
     -> sending Result) rethrows -> sending Result {
-    lock()
-    defer { unlock() }
+    lock.lock()
+    defer { lock.unlock() }
     return try body(&_value)
   }
 
   @discardableResult
   public borrowing func withLock<Result>(_ body: (inout sending Value) -> sending Result)
     -> sending Result {
-    lock()
-    defer { unlock() }
+    lock.lock()
+    defer { lock.unlock() }
     return body(&_value)
   }
-
-  private func lock() {
-    os_unfair_lock_lock(lockPointer)
-  }
-
-  private func unlock() {
-    os_unfair_lock_unlock(lockPointer)
-  }
 }