diff --git a/.github/workflows/supabase_flutter.yml b/.github/workflows/supabase_flutter.yml
index f5c412d73..cd36b8639 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/supabase_flutter.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/supabase_flutter.yml
@@ -75,11 +75,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run unit tests
         run: flutter test --concurrency=1
 
-      - name: Run tests with downgraded app_links
-        run: |
-          flutter pub downgrade app_links
-          flutter test --concurrency=1
-
       - name: Build and test web (JS)
         if: ${{ matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest' && matrix.flutter-version == '3.x'}}
         run: |
diff --git a/packages/supabase_flutter/lib/src/supabase_auth.dart b/packages/supabase_flutter/lib/src/supabase_auth.dart
index ada94a24d..8f161190b 100644
--- a/packages/supabase_flutter/lib/src/supabase_auth.dart
+++ b/packages/supabase_flutter/lib/src/supabase_auth.dart
@@ -191,34 +191,22 @@ class SupabaseAuth with WidgetsBindingObserver {
     if (_initialDeeplinkIsHandled) return;
     _initialDeeplinkIsHandled = true;
 
-    try {
-      Uri? uri;
+    // Only web needs to handle initial uri. On mobile, the initial uri is
+    // included in the uriLinkStream.
+    if (kIsWeb) {
       try {
-        // before app_links 6.0.0
-        uri = await (_appLinks as dynamic).getInitialAppLink();
-      } on NoSuchMethodError catch (_) {
-        // The AppLinks package contains the initial link in the uriLinkStream
-        // starting from version 6.0.0. Before this version, getting the
-        // initial link was done with getInitialAppLink. Being in this catch
-        // handler means we are in at least version 6.0.0, meaning we do not
-        // need to handle the initial link manually.
-        //
-        // app_links claims that the initial link will be included in the
-        // `uriLinkStream`, but that is not the case for web
-        if (kIsWeb) {
-          uri = await (_appLinks as dynamic).getInitialLink();
+        final Uri? uri = await _appLinks.getInitialLink();
+        if (uri != null) {
+          await _handleDeeplink(uri);
         }
+      } on PlatformException catch (err, stackTrace) {
+        _onErrorReceivingDeeplink(err.message ?? err, stackTrace);
+        // Platform messages may fail but we ignore the exception
+      } on FormatException catch (err, stackTrace) {
+        _onErrorReceivingDeeplink(err.message, stackTrace);
+      } catch (err, stackTrace) {
+        _onErrorReceivingDeeplink(err, stackTrace);
       }
-      if (uri != null) {
-        await _handleDeeplink(uri);
-      }
-    } on PlatformException catch (err, stackTrace) {
-      _onErrorReceivingDeeplink(err.message ?? err, stackTrace);
-      // Platform messages may fail but we ignore the exception
-    } on FormatException catch (err, stackTrace) {
-      _onErrorReceivingDeeplink(err.message, stackTrace);
-    } catch (err, stackTrace) {
-      _onErrorReceivingDeeplink(err, stackTrace);
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/supabase_flutter/pubspec.yaml b/packages/supabase_flutter/pubspec.yaml
index 8a8f4b39f..b5f8a208b 100644
--- a/packages/supabase_flutter/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/packages/supabase_flutter/pubspec.yaml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ environment:
   flutter: '>=3.19.0'
 
 dependencies:
-  app_links: '>=3.5.0 <7.0.0'
+  app_links: ^6.2.0
   async: ^2.11.0
   crypto: ^3.0.2
   flutter:
diff --git a/packages/supabase_flutter/test/deep_link_test.dart b/packages/supabase_flutter/test/deep_link_test.dart
index 7bfadf84d..0db027ac7 100644
--- a/packages/supabase_flutter/test/deep_link_test.dart
+++ b/packages/supabase_flutter/test/deep_link_test.dart
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 @TestOn('!browser')
 
-import 'package:app_links/app_links.dart';
 import 'package:flutter_test/flutter_test.dart';
 import 'package:supabase_flutter/supabase_flutter.dart';
 
@@ -12,34 +11,13 @@ void main() {
 
   group('Deep Link with PKCE code', () {
     late final PkceHttpClient pkceHttpClient;
-    late final bool mockEventChannel;
-
-    /// Check if the current version of AppLinks uses an explicit call to get
-    /// the initial link. This is only the case before version 6.0.0, where we
-    /// can find the getInitialAppLink function.
-    ///
-    /// CI pipeline is set so that it tests both app_links newer and older than v6.0.0
-    bool appLinksExposesInitialLinkInStream() {
-      try {
-        // before app_links 6.0.0
-        (AppLinks() as dynamic).getInitialAppLink;
-        return false;
-      } on NoSuchMethodError catch (_) {
-        return true;
-      }
-    }
 
     setUp(() async {
       pkceHttpClient = PkceHttpClient();
 
-      // Add initial deep link with a `code` parameter, use method channel if
-      // we are in a version of AppLinks that use the explcit method for
-      // getting the initial link. Otherwise we want to mock the event channel
-      // and put the initial link there.
-      mockEventChannel = appLinksExposesInitialLinkInStream();
       mockAppLink(
-        mockMethodChannel: !mockEventChannel,
-        mockEventChannel: mockEventChannel,
+        mockMethodChannel: false,
+        mockEventChannel: true,
         initialLink: 'com.supabase://callback/?code=my-code-verifier',
       );
       await Supabase.initialize(
@@ -62,9 +40,7 @@ void main() {
         () async {
       // Wait for the initial app link to be handled, as this is an async
       // process when mocking the event channel.
-      if (mockEventChannel) {
-        await Future.delayed(const Duration(milliseconds: 500));
-      }
+      await Future.delayed(const Duration(milliseconds: 500));
       expect(pkceHttpClient.requestCount, 1);
       expect(pkceHttpClient.lastRequestBody['auth_code'], 'my-code-verifier');
     });