Change tint of back button in UINavigationItem on iOS 26

I am struggling to change the tint of the back button in an UINavigationItem. In iOS 18.6 it looks like this while on iOS 26 the same looks like this

I can live without the Dictionary but I'd like to get the blue color back.

In viewDidLoad() I have tried navigationItem.backBarButtonItem?.tintColor = .link but this did not work since navigationItem.backBarButtonItem is nil. My second attempt was navigationController?.navigationBar.tintColor = .link but this didn't work either.

I have even set the Global Tint to Link Color but this had no effect either.

Does anyone have an idea how to change the tint of the back button in an UINavigationItem on iOS 26?

Change tint of back button in UINavigationItem on iOS 26
 
 
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