diff --git a/packages/react-native/React/Modules/RCTUIManager.mm b/packages/react-native/React/Modules/RCTUIManager.mm
index c3d1cf6d72409b..689b63d077a39c 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/React/Modules/RCTUIManager.mm
+++ b/packages/react-native/React/Modules/RCTUIManager.mm
@@ -1248,7 +1248,7 @@ - (void)flushUIBlocksWithCompletion:(void (^)(void))completion
             [[RCTComposedViewRegistry alloc] initWithUIManager:strongSelf andRegistry:strongSelf->_viewRegistry];
         block(strongSelf, composedViewRegistry);
       }
-    } @catch (NSException *exception) {
+    } @catch (NSException *__unused exception) {
       RCTLogError(@"Exception thrown while executing UI block: %@", exception);
     }
   };