diff --git a/change/react-native-windows-f47bdf2a-0807-483f-b63e-3c2c086bee92.json b/change/react-native-windows-f47bdf2a-0807-483f-b63e-3c2c086bee92.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..541f74718ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/change/react-native-windows-f47bdf2a-0807-483f-b63e-3c2c086bee92.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+  "type": "prerelease",
+  "comment": "fix: cancel active touches in onPointerCaptureLost to prevent zombie touch state",
+  "packageName": "react-native-windows",
+  "email": "gordomacmaster@gmail.com",
+  "dependentChangeType": "patch"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/vnext/Microsoft.ReactNative/Fabric/Composition/CompositionEventHandler.cpp b/vnext/Microsoft.ReactNative/Fabric/Composition/CompositionEventHandler.cpp
index 928ee52b407..99890b594eb 100644
--- a/vnext/Microsoft.ReactNative/Fabric/Composition/CompositionEventHandler.cpp
+++ b/vnext/Microsoft.ReactNative/Fabric/Composition/CompositionEventHandler.cpp
@@ -1092,12 +1092,26 @@ void CompositionEventHandler::onPointerCaptureLost(
   if (SurfaceId() == -1)
     return;
 
-  if (m_pointerCapturingComponentTag) {
+  if (m_pointerCapturingComponentTag != -1) {
     // copy array to avoid iterator being invalidated during deletion
     std::unordered_set<PointerId> capturedPointers = m_capturedPointers;
 
     for (auto pointerId : capturedPointers) {
       releasePointerCapture(pointerId, m_pointerCapturingComponentTag);
+
+      // Cancel any active touch for this pointer so React Native is notified that
+      // the touch ended. Without this, m_activeTouches retains a zombie entry and
+      // RN JS is never told the touch is gone — leaving Pressables stuck in a
+      // pressed state after a system-interrupted gesture (e.g. system back swipe,
+      // Alt+Tab, another window coming foreground).
+      auto activeTouch = m_activeTouches.find(pointerId);
+      if (activeTouch != m_activeTouches.end()) {
+        ActiveTouch cancelledTouchCopy = std::move(activeTouch->second);
+        m_activeTouches.erase(activeTouch);
+        if (cancelledTouchCopy.eventEmitter) {
+          DispatchSynthesizedTouchCancelForActiveTouch(cancelledTouchCopy, pointerPoint, keyModifiers);
+        }
+      }
     }
 
     m_pointerCapturingComponentTag = -1;