diff --git a/.changes/dialog-pin-rfd.md b/.changes/dialog-pin-rfd.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..18520d1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/dialog-pin-rfd.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"dialog": "patch"
+---
+
+Pin the version of `rfd` to 0.12.0. This is a workaround for [PolyMeilex/rfd#152](https://github.com/PolyMeilex/rfd/pull/152), in which rfd took over responsibility for `gtk_init` by running its own event loop thread.
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index cdd6ec08..b59943c5 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -4622,9 +4622,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rfd"
-version = "0.12.1"
+version = "0.12.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3c9e7b57df6e8472152674607f6cc68aa14a748a3157a857a94f516e11aeacc2"
+checksum = "241a0deb168c88050d872294f7b3106c1dfa8740942bcc97bc91b98e97b5c501"
 dependencies = [
  "block",
  "dispatch",
diff --git a/plugins/dialog/Cargo.toml b/plugins/dialog/Cargo.toml
index eea0ac07..1afb88bb 100644
--- a/plugins/dialog/Cargo.toml
+++ b/plugins/dialog/Cargo.toml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ tauri-plugin-fs = { path = "../fs", version = "2.0.0-alpha.4" }
 glib = "0.16"
 
 [target."cfg(any(target_os = \"macos\", windows, target_os = \"linux\", target_os = \"dragonfly\", target_os = \"freebsd\", target_os = \"openbsd\", target_os = \"netbsd\"))".dependencies]
-rfd = { version = "0.12", features = [ "gtk3", "common-controls-v6" ] }
+rfd = { version = "=0.12.0", features = [ "gtk3", "common-controls-v6" ] }
 raw-window-handle = "0.5"
 
 [build-dependencies]