diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4486998e8..ccb633cd2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 ## Next
 
+- fix: read accessibilityLabel from parent's view to avoid performance hit on RN ([#259](https://github.com/PostHog/posthog-ios/pull/259))
+
 ## 3.15.5 - 2024-11-19
 
 - fix: properly mask SwiftUI Text (and text-based views) ([#257](https://github.com/PostHog/posthog-ios/pull/257))
diff --git a/PostHog/Replay/UIView+Util.swift b/PostHog/Replay/UIView+Util.swift
index 35e9f1c0c..08f713e3d 100644
--- a/PostHog/Replay/UIView+Util.swift
+++ b/PostHog/Replay/UIView+Util.swift
@@ -22,7 +22,9 @@
             if let identifier = accessibilityIdentifier {
                 isNoCapture = checkLabel(identifier)
             }
-            if let label = accessibilityLabel, !isNoCapture {
+            // read accessibilityLabel from the parent's view to skip the RCTRecursiveAccessibilityLabel on RN which is slow and may cause an endless loop
+            // see https://github.com/facebook/react-native/issues/33084
+            if let label = super.accessibilityLabel, !isNoCapture {
                 isNoCapture = checkLabel(label)
             }