diff --git a/packages/video_player/video_player_avfoundation/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/video_player/video_player_avfoundation/CHANGELOG.md
index af4f99d5632..8ef74b3c441 100644
--- a/packages/video_player/video_player_avfoundation/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/video_player/video_player_avfoundation/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+## 2.9.7
+
+* Forces tone-mapping to SDR on iOS to prevent washed-out HDR video playback.
+
 ## 2.9.6
 
 * Adds a Swift version to fix a potential build issue when using CocoaPods.
diff --git a/packages/video_player/video_player_avfoundation/darwin/RunnerTests/TestClasses.swift b/packages/video_player/video_player_avfoundation/darwin/RunnerTests/TestClasses.swift
index 2dbef61b2f4..24fcc1ca38f 100644
--- a/packages/video_player/video_player_avfoundation/darwin/RunnerTests/TestClasses.swift
+++ b/packages/video_player/video_player_avfoundation/darwin/RunnerTests/TestClasses.swift
@@ -200,6 +200,7 @@ final class StubFVPAVFactory: NSObject, FVPAVFactory {
   let player: AVPlayer
   let playerItem: FVPAVPlayerItem
   let pixelBufferSource: FVPPixelBufferSource?
+  private(set) var lastOutputSettings: [String: Any]?
   #if os(iOS)
     var audioSession: FVPAVAudioSession
   #endif
@@ -233,7 +234,8 @@ final class StubFVPAVFactory: NSObject, FVPAVFactory {
     return self.player
   }
 
-  func videoOutput(pixelBufferAttributes attributes: [String: Any]) -> FVPPixelBufferSource {
+  func videoOutput(outputSettings: [String: Any]) -> FVPPixelBufferSource {
+    lastOutputSettings = outputSettings
     return pixelBufferSource ?? TestPixelBufferSource()
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/video_player/video_player_avfoundation/darwin/RunnerTests/VideoPlayerTests.swift b/packages/video_player/video_player_avfoundation/darwin/RunnerTests/VideoPlayerTests.swift
index 7d776258c4c..5d0784d636a 100644
--- a/packages/video_player/video_player_avfoundation/darwin/RunnerTests/VideoPlayerTests.swift
+++ b/packages/video_player/video_player_avfoundation/darwin/RunnerTests/VideoPlayerTests.swift
@@ -755,6 +755,28 @@ private let hlsAudioTestURI =
     }
   }
 
+  @Test func videoOutputIsConfiguredWithBT709ColorProperties() throws {
+    let item = StubPlayerItem()
+    let stubAVFactory = StubFVPAVFactory(player: nil, playerItem: item, pixelBufferSource: nil)
+    let stubViewProvider = StubViewProvider()
+    let _ = FVPVideoPlayer(
+      playerItem: item, avFactory: stubAVFactory, viewProvider: stubViewProvider)
+
+    // BT.709 color properties are required so AVFoundation tone-maps HDR sources
+    // into the Flutter texture. Without them HDR samples arrive unconverted and
+    // render washed out. See flutter/flutter#91241.
+    let settings = try #require(stubAVFactory.lastOutputSettings)
+    let colorProperties = try #require(
+      settings[AVVideoColorPropertiesKey] as? [String: Any])
+    #expect(
+      colorProperties[AVVideoColorPrimariesKey] as? String == AVVideoColorPrimaries_ITU_R_709_2)
+    #expect(
+      colorProperties[AVVideoTransferFunctionKey] as? String
+        == AVVideoTransferFunction_ITU_R_709_2)
+    #expect(
+      colorProperties[AVVideoYCbCrMatrixKey] as? String == AVVideoYCbCrMatrix_ITU_R_709_2)
+  }
+
   // MARK: - Helper Methods
 
   /// Creates a plugin with the given dependencies, and default stubs for any that aren't provided,
diff --git a/packages/video_player/video_player_avfoundation/darwin/video_player_avfoundation/Sources/video_player_avfoundation_objc/FVPAVFactory.m b/packages/video_player/video_player_avfoundation/darwin/video_player_avfoundation/Sources/video_player_avfoundation_objc/FVPAVFactory.m
index 4053bd0dbaa..d87a7c46c1b 100644
--- a/packages/video_player/video_player_avfoundation/darwin/video_player_avfoundation/Sources/video_player_avfoundation_objc/FVPAVFactory.m
+++ b/packages/video_player/video_player_avfoundation/darwin/video_player_avfoundation/Sources/video_player_avfoundation_objc/FVPAVFactory.m
@@ -84,10 +84,10 @@ @interface FVPDefaultAVPlayerItemVideoOutput : NSObject <FVPPixelBufferSource>
 @end
 
 @implementation FVPDefaultAVPlayerItemVideoOutput
-- (instancetype)initWithPixelBufferAttributes:(NSDictionary<NSString *, id> *)attributes {
+- (instancetype)initWithOutputSettings:(NSDictionary<NSString *, id> *)outputSettings {
   self = [super init];
   if (self) {
-    _videoOutput = [[AVPlayerItemVideoOutput alloc] initWithPixelBufferAttributes:attributes];
+    _videoOutput = [[AVPlayerItemVideoOutput alloc] initWithOutputSettings:outputSettings];
   }
   return self;
 }
@@ -150,9 +150,9 @@ - (AVPlayer *)playerWithPlayerItem:(NSObject<FVPAVPlayerItem> *)playerItem {
   return [AVPlayer playerWithPlayerItem:((FVPDefaultAVPlayerItem *)playerItem).playerItem];
 }
 
-- (NSObject<FVPPixelBufferSource> *)videoOutputWithPixelBufferAttributes:
-    (NSDictionary<NSString *, id> *)attributes {
-  return [[FVPDefaultAVPlayerItemVideoOutput alloc] initWithPixelBufferAttributes:attributes];
+- (NSObject<FVPPixelBufferSource> *)videoOutputWithOutputSettings:
+    (NSDictionary<NSString *, id> *)outputSettings {
+  return [[FVPDefaultAVPlayerItemVideoOutput alloc] initWithOutputSettings:outputSettings];
 }
 
 #if TARGET_OS_IOS
diff --git a/packages/video_player/video_player_avfoundation/darwin/video_player_avfoundation/Sources/video_player_avfoundation_objc/FVPVideoPlayer.m b/packages/video_player/video_player_avfoundation/darwin/video_player_avfoundation/Sources/video_player_avfoundation_objc/FVPVideoPlayer.m
index 04ce60e6a98..7f3fa3f2f77 100644
--- a/packages/video_player/video_player_avfoundation/darwin/video_player_avfoundation/Sources/video_player_avfoundation_objc/FVPVideoPlayer.m
+++ b/packages/video_player/video_player_avfoundation/darwin/video_player_avfoundation/Sources/video_player_avfoundation_objc/FVPVideoPlayer.m
@@ -138,12 +138,20 @@ - (instancetype)initWithPlayerItem:(NSObject<FVPAVPlayerItem> *)item
   _player = [avFactory playerWithPlayerItem:item];
   _player.actionAtItemEnd = AVPlayerActionAtItemEndNone;
 
-  // Configure output.
-  NSDictionary *pixBuffAttributes = @{
+  // Configure output. AVVideoColorPropertiesKey must be declared on the output settings (not on
+  // pixel buffer attributes, where AVFoundation silently ignores it) so that HDR sources are
+  // tone-mapped to BT.709 SDR for the Flutter texture.
+  // See https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/91241
+  NSDictionary *outputSettings = @{
+    AVVideoColorPropertiesKey : @{
+      AVVideoColorPrimariesKey : AVVideoColorPrimaries_ITU_R_709_2,
+      AVVideoTransferFunctionKey : AVVideoTransferFunction_ITU_R_709_2,
+      AVVideoYCbCrMatrixKey : AVVideoYCbCrMatrix_ITU_R_709_2,
+    },
     (id)kCVPixelBufferPixelFormatTypeKey : @(kCVPixelFormatType_32BGRA),
-    (id)kCVPixelBufferIOSurfacePropertiesKey : @{}
+    (id)kCVPixelBufferIOSurfacePropertiesKey : @{},
   };
-  _pixelBufferSource = [avFactory videoOutputWithPixelBufferAttributes:pixBuffAttributes];
+  _pixelBufferSource = [avFactory videoOutputWithOutputSettings:outputSettings];
 
   [asset loadValuesAsynchronouslyForKeys:@[ @"tracks" ] completionHandler:assetCompletionHandler];
 
diff --git a/packages/video_player/video_player_avfoundation/darwin/video_player_avfoundation/Sources/video_player_avfoundation_objc/include/video_player_avfoundation_objc/FVPAVFactory.h b/packages/video_player/video_player_avfoundation/darwin/video_player_avfoundation/Sources/video_player_avfoundation_objc/include/video_player_avfoundation_objc/FVPAVFactory.h
index 90d4fa3ed1b..6e80b8a5b67 100644
--- a/packages/video_player/video_player_avfoundation/darwin/video_player_avfoundation/Sources/video_player_avfoundation_objc/include/video_player_avfoundation_objc/FVPAVFactory.h
+++ b/packages/video_player/video_player_avfoundation/darwin/video_player_avfoundation/Sources/video_player_avfoundation_objc/include/video_player_avfoundation_objc/FVPAVFactory.h
@@ -94,10 +94,12 @@ NS_ASSUME_NONNULL_BEGIN
 /// Creates and returns an AVPlayer instance with the specified player item.
 - (AVPlayer *)playerWithPlayerItem:(NSObject<FVPAVPlayerItem> *)playerItem;
 
-/// Creates and returns a wrapped AVPlayerItemVideoOutput instance with the specified pixel buffer
-/// attributes.
-- (NSObject<FVPPixelBufferSource> *)videoOutputWithPixelBufferAttributes:
-    (NSDictionary<NSString *, id> *)attributes;
+/// Creates and returns a wrapped AVPlayerItemVideoOutput instance with the specified output
+/// settings. The dictionary may contain both video output keys (e.g. AVVideoColorPropertiesKey)
+/// and CVPixelBuffer attribute keys (e.g. kCVPixelBufferPixelFormatTypeKey), as accepted by
+/// -[AVPlayerItemVideoOutput initWithOutputSettings:].
+- (NSObject<FVPPixelBufferSource> *)videoOutputWithOutputSettings:
+    (NSDictionary<NSString *, id> *)outputSettings NS_SWIFT_NAME(videoOutput(outputSettings:));
 
 #if TARGET_OS_IOS
 /// Returns the AVAudioSession shared instance, wrapped in the protocol.
diff --git a/packages/video_player/video_player_avfoundation/pubspec.yaml b/packages/video_player/video_player_avfoundation/pubspec.yaml
index 9b462f0376f..b60381dc3c8 100644
--- a/packages/video_player/video_player_avfoundation/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/packages/video_player/video_player_avfoundation/pubspec.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ name: video_player_avfoundation
 description: iOS and macOS implementation of the video_player plugin.
 repository: https://github.com/flutter/packages/tree/main/packages/video_player/video_player_avfoundation
 issue_tracker: https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3A%22p%3A+video_player%22
-version: 2.9.6
+version: 2.9.7
 
 environment:
   sdk: ^3.10.0