diff --git a/Modules/Package.resolved b/Modules/Package.resolved
index e16ac268b03a..b659a6385b9f 100644
--- a/Modules/Package.resolved
+++ b/Modules/Package.resolved
@@ -149,8 +149,7 @@
       "kind" : "remoteSourceControl",
       "location" : "https://github.com/wordpress-mobile/GutenbergKit",
       "state" : {
-        "revision" : "a508888e828eb215e074c00042d9e3fd9a71568d",
-        "version" : "0.2.0"
+        "revision" : "fdfe788530bbff864ce7147b5a68608d7025e078"
       }
     },
     {
diff --git a/Modules/Package.swift b/Modules/Package.swift
index b8b352da1f8c..545a8066f0db 100644
--- a/Modules/Package.swift
+++ b/Modules/Package.swift
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ let package = Package(
         .package(url: "https://github.com/zendesk/support_sdk_ios", from: "8.0.3"),
         // We can't use wordpress-rs branches nor commits here. Only tags work.
         .package(url: "https://github.com/Automattic/wordpress-rs", revision: "alpha-20250505"),
-        .package(url: "https://github.com/wordpress-mobile/GutenbergKit", from: "0.2.0"),
+        .package(url: "https://github.com/wordpress-mobile/GutenbergKit", revision: "fdfe788530bbff864ce7147b5a68608d7025e078"),
         .package(
             url: "https://github.com/Automattic/color-studio",
             revision: "bf141adc75e2769eb469a3e095bdc93dc30be8de"
diff --git a/WordPress/Classes/ViewRelated/NewGutenberg/NewGutenbergViewController.swift b/WordPress/Classes/ViewRelated/NewGutenberg/NewGutenbergViewController.swift
index c59a5db2a07a..cec09d5da859 100644
--- a/WordPress/Classes/ViewRelated/NewGutenberg/NewGutenbergViewController.swift
+++ b/WordPress/Classes/ViewRelated/NewGutenberg/NewGutenbergViewController.swift
@@ -167,6 +167,7 @@ class NewGutenbergViewController: UIViewController, PostEditor, PublishingEditor
         conf.themeStyles = FeatureFlag.newGutenbergThemeStyles.enabled
         // Limited to Simple sites until application password auth is supported
         conf.plugins = RemoteFeatureFlag.newGutenbergPlugins.enabled() && post.blog.isHostedAtWPcom
+        conf.locale = WordPressComLanguageDatabase().deviceLanguage.slug
 
         if !post.blog.isSelfHosted {
             let siteType: String = post.blog.isHostedAtWPcom ? "simple" : "atomic"