diff --git a/.changeset/expo-refresh-native-after-pull.md b/.changeset/expo-refresh-native-after-pull.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..88a650ea5fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/expo-refresh-native-after-pull.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@clerk/expo': patch
+---
+
+Fix native components such as `UserButton` occasionally staying signed out after a JS sign-in. When the sign-in finished while the SDK was syncing a change from the native SDK, the native SDK was never refreshed with the new session.
diff --git a/packages/expo/src/provider/__tests__/nativeClientSyncBehavior/nativeClientSync.behavior.test.tsx b/packages/expo/src/provider/__tests__/nativeClientSyncBehavior/nativeClientSync.behavior.test.tsx
index 19404694f4c..18b923bdfc6 100644
--- a/packages/expo/src/provider/__tests__/nativeClientSyncBehavior/nativeClientSync.behavior.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/expo/src/provider/__tests__/nativeClientSyncBehavior/nativeClientSync.behavior.test.tsx
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ describe('native client sync behavior', () => {
 
       await expectConverged(h);
       expect(server.requestCount('js', 'GET /client') - jsClientFetchesBefore).toBe(1);
-      expect(h.native.clientRefreshCount - nativeRefreshesBefore).toBe(0);
+      expect(h.native.clientRefreshCount - nativeRefreshesBefore).toBe(1);
     });
   });
 
@@ -307,6 +307,29 @@ describe('native client sync behavior', () => {
       await expectConverged(h);
     });
 
+    it('refreshes native after a JS sign-in that lands while JS refetches a native change', async () => {
+      const { server, token } = seedDevice();
+      const h = await start({ server, jsDeviceToken: token, nativeDeviceToken: token });
+      const client = h.js.client;
+      if (!client) {
+        throw new Error('JS has no client');
+      }
+      const fetchClient = client.fetch;
+      let jsSessionId: string | undefined;
+      client.fetch = async options => {
+        client.fetch = fetchClient;
+        jsSessionId = await h.js.signIn('user_2');
+        return fetchClient(options);
+      };
+
+      await h.run(() => h.native.signIn('user_1'));
+      await h.settle();
+
+      expect(h.js.session?.id).toBe(jsSessionId);
+      expect(h.native.activeSessionId).toBe(jsSessionId);
+      await expectConverged(h);
+    });
+
     it('settles a JS change without an echo loop', async () => {
       const { server, token, sessionIds } = seedDevice(['user_1', 'user_2'], 'user_1');
       const h = await start({ server, jsDeviceToken: token, nativeDeviceToken: token });
diff --git a/packages/expo/src/provider/nativeClientSync.ts b/packages/expo/src/provider/nativeClientSync.ts
index e55c754dc9d..ca58041900d 100644
--- a/packages/expo/src/provider/nativeClientSync.ts
+++ b/packages/expo/src/provider/nativeClientSync.ts
@@ -271,12 +271,11 @@ export function createNativeClientSync(
       if (await ready()) {
         await pull();
         await reconciling;
-        lastFingerprint = fingerprint(clerk);
       }
     });
 
     const toNative = singleFlight(async () => {
-      // Let an in-flight native pull settle first so its own emissions are not echoed back.
+      // Let an in-flight native pull settle first so one refresh covers what it applied.
       await fromNative.current()?.catch(noop);
       const next = fingerprint(clerk);
       if (next === lastFingerprint || !(await ready())) {