diff --git a/.changes/nfc-close-session.md b/.changes/nfc-close-session.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..70735b34f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/nfc-close-session.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+nfc: patch
+nfc-js: patch
+---
+
+On iOS, the reader session will now get closed properly on errors, preventing dangling invalid sessions that could prevent subsequent write attempts.
diff --git a/plugins/nfc/ios/Sources/NfcPlugin.swift b/plugins/nfc/ios/Sources/NfcPlugin.swift
index 58d69a847a..af1a68d58b 100644
--- a/plugins/nfc/ios/Sources/NfcPlugin.swift
+++ b/plugins/nfc/ios/Sources/NfcPlugin.swift
@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ class NfcPlugin: Plugin, NFCTagReaderSessionDelegate, NFCNDEFReaderSessionDelega
   func tagReaderSession(_ session: NFCTagReaderSession, didInvalidateWithError error: Error) {
     Logger.error("Tag reader session error \(error)")
     self.session?.invoke.reject("session invalidated with error: \(error)")
+    self.session = nil
   }
 
   func readerSession(_ session: NFCNDEFReaderSession, didDetectNDEFs messages: [NFCNDEFMessage]) {
@@ -200,6 +201,7 @@ class NfcPlugin: Plugin, NFCTagReaderSessionDelegate, NFCNDEFReaderSessionDelega
     } else {
       Logger.error("NDEF reader session error \(error)")
       self.session?.invoke.reject("session invalidated with error: \(error)")
+      self.session = nil
     }
   }