diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index ac37cf4c..474a1ca3 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -855,7 +855,20 @@ checksum = "c07782be35f9e1140080c6b96f0d44b739e2278479f64e02fdab4e32dfd8b081"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags 1.3.2",
  "core-foundation 0.9.4",
- "core-graphics-types",
+ "core-graphics-types 0.1.3",
+ "foreign-types",
+ "libc",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "core-graphics"
+version = "0.25.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "064badf302c3194842cf2c5d61f56cc88e54a759313879cdf03abdd27d0c3b97"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags 2.13.2",
+ "core-foundation 0.10.1",
+ "core-graphics-types 0.2.0",
  "foreign-types",
  "libc",
 ]
@@ -872,17 +885,27 @@ dependencies = [
 ]
 
 [[package]]
-name = "core-text"
-version = "20.1.0"
+name = "core-graphics-types"
+version = "0.2.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c9d2790b5c08465d49f8dc05c8bcae9fea467855947db39b0f8145c091aaced5"
+checksum = "3d44a101f213f6c4cdc1853d4b78aef6db6bdfa3468798cc1d9912f4735013eb"
 dependencies = [
- "core-foundation",
- "core-graphics",
- "foreign-types",
+ "bitflags 2.13.2",
+ "core-foundation 0.10.1",
  "libc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "core-text"
+version = "22.0.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "333dab512ce710ca2d08574c373d246dbeac8b22769e47da4c0e72730ce442b7"
+dependencies = [
+ "core-foundation 0.10.1",
+ "core-graphics 0.25.0",
+ "foreign-types",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "core_detect"
 version = "1.0.0"
@@ -1796,6 +1819,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "figcraft-geom",
  "harfrust 0.13.3",
  "log",
+ "objc2 0.6.5",
  "png",
  "skrifa 0.47.0",
  "unicode-bidi",
@@ -5992,7 +6016,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "cfg_aliases",
  "concurrent-queue",
  "core-foundation 0.9.4",
- "core-graphics",
+ "core-graphics 0.23.2",
  "cursor-icon",
  "dpi",
  "js-sys",
diff --git a/crates/text/Cargo.toml b/crates/text/Cargo.toml
index d1b983af..5322ca58 100644
--- a/crates/text/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/text/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,8 +21,10 @@ log = { workspace = true }
 
 # Fonts that font managers (RightFont, FontBase, Typeface) activate without copying them into a font
 # folder are known only to Core Text. Its safe wrappers list every available font's file (Core Text
-# needs unsafe FFI, which the workspace forbids). Its dependencies (core-foundation 0.9,
-# core-graphics 0.23, foreign-types 0.5, libc) are already in the lockfile. Pinned exactly: review
-# the diff before bumping.
+# needs unsafe FFI, which the workspace forbids). 22.0 is the first release whose
+# `get_descriptors` takes ownership of the array correctly (20.x and 21.x leak it on every scan);
+# it brings core-foundation 0.10, core-graphics 0.25 and core-graphics-types 0.2 beside the older
+# versions other crates use. Pinned exactly: review the diff before bumping.
 [target.'cfg(target_os = "macos")'.dependencies]
-core-text = { version = "=20.1.0", default-features = false }
+core-text = { version = "=22.0.0", default-features = false, features = ["link"] }
+objc2 = "0.6"
diff --git a/crates/text/src/fontdb.rs b/crates/text/src/fontdb.rs
index 30319bc1..6fa096ae 100644
--- a/crates/text/src/fontdb.rs
+++ b/crates/text/src/fontdb.rs
@@ -850,10 +850,12 @@ fn files_outside_dirs(files: Vec<std::path::PathBuf>, dirs: &[std::path::PathBuf
 #[cfg(target_os = "macos")]
 fn font_manager_files() -> Vec<std::path::PathBuf> {
     std::panic::catch_unwind(|| {
-        core_text::font_collection::create_for_all_families()
-            .get_descriptors()
-            .map(|descriptors| descriptors.iter().filter_map(|descriptor| descriptor.font_path()).collect())
-            .unwrap_or_default()
+        objc2::rc::autoreleasepool(|_| {
+            core_text::font_collection::create_for_all_families()
+                .get_descriptors()
+                .map(|descriptors| descriptors.iter().filter_map(|descriptor| descriptor.font_path()).collect())
+                .unwrap_or_default()
+        })
     })
     .unwrap_or_default()
 }