diff --git a/example/lib/custom_asset_loading.dart b/example/lib/custom_asset_loading.dart
index 7569b1d0..560df9bb 100644
--- a/example/lib/custom_asset_loading.dart
+++ b/example/lib/custom_asset_loading.dart
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ class _RiveRandomImageState extends State<_RiveRandomImage> {
           return true;
         },
       ),
+      bundle: DefaultAssetBundle.of(context),
     );
 
     setState(() {
@@ -149,6 +150,7 @@ class _RiveRandomFontState extends State<_RiveRandomFont> {
           return true;
         },
       ),
+      bundle: DefaultAssetBundle.of(context),
     );
 
     setState(() {
diff --git a/example/lib/custom_cached_asset_loading.dart b/example/lib/custom_cached_asset_loading.dart
index 406f46d0..98a0a092 100644
--- a/example/lib/custom_cached_asset_loading.dart
+++ b/example/lib/custom_cached_asset_loading.dart
@@ -174,6 +174,7 @@ class __RiveRandomCachedImageState extends State<_RiveRandomCachedImage> {
           return false;
         },
       ),
+      bundle: DefaultAssetBundle.of(context),
     );
 
     setState(() => _riveImageSampleFile = imageFile);
@@ -248,6 +249,7 @@ class __RiveRandomCachedFontState extends State<_RiveRandomCachedFont> {
           return false;
         },
       ),
+      bundle: DefaultAssetBundle.of(context),
     );
 
     setState(() {
diff --git a/lib/src/rive_file.dart b/lib/src/rive_file.dart
index c3928dc4..d5abbfda 100644
--- a/lib/src/rive_file.dart
+++ b/lib/src/rive_file.dart
@@ -309,14 +309,12 @@ class RiveFile {
   /// file - as set in the editor.
   static Future<RiveFile> asset(
     String bundleKey, {
-    AssetBundle? bundle,
+    required AssetBundle bundle,
     FileAssetLoader? assetLoader,
     bool loadCdnAssets = true,
     bool loadEmbeddedAssets = true,
   }) async {
-    final bytes = await (bundle ?? rootBundle).load(
-      bundleKey,
-    );
+    final bytes = await bundle.load(bundleKey);
 
     return RiveFile.import(
       bytes,
diff --git a/lib/src/widgets/rive_animation.dart b/lib/src/widgets/rive_animation.dart
index cffc2606..83a31571 100644
--- a/lib/src/widgets/rive_animation.dart
+++ b/lib/src/widgets/rive_animation.dart
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ class RiveAnimationState extends State<RiveAnimation> {
   @override
   void initState() {
     super.initState();
-    _configure();
+    WidgetsBinding.instance.addPostFrameCallback((_) => _configure());
   }
 
   /// Loads [RiveFile] and calls [_init]
@@ -189,6 +189,7 @@ class RiveAnimationState extends State<RiveAnimation> {
       case _Source.asset:
         return RiveFile.asset(
           widget.name!,
+          bundle: DefaultAssetBundle.of(context),
         );
       case _Source.network:
         return RiveFile.network(
diff --git a/test/asset_test.dart b/test/asset_test.dart
index ef401495..c558eb74 100644
--- a/test/asset_test.dart
+++ b/test/asset_test.dart
@@ -248,5 +248,24 @@ void main() {
                 'https://public.uat.rive.app/cdn/uuid/69a03ce3-83f0-4fcb-94a5-0d401b8c030e'),
           )).called(1);
     });
+
+    testWidgets('Uses AssetBundle of context instead of rootBundle',
+        (WidgetTester tester) async {
+      await HttpOverrides.runZoned(() async {
+        final assetBundle = MockAssetBundle();
+        final riveBytes = loadFile('assets/image_asset_uat.riv');
+
+        when(() => assetBundle.load(any())).thenAnswer((_) async => riveBytes);
+
+        await tester.pumpWidget(
+          DefaultAssetBundle(
+            bundle: assetBundle,
+            child: const RiveAnimation.asset('assets/image_asset_uat.riv'),
+          ),
+        );
+
+        verify(() => assetBundle.load(any())).called(1);
+      }, createHttpClient: (_) => mockHttpClient);
+    });
   });
 }
diff --git a/test/mocks/mocks.dart b/test/mocks/mocks.dart
index 64a8b8de..7778b326 100644
--- a/test/mocks/mocks.dart
+++ b/test/mocks/mocks.dart
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import 'package:flutter/widgets.dart';
 import 'package:mocktail/mocktail.dart';
 import 'package:rive/src/rive_core/artboard.dart';
 export 'fakes.dart';
@@ -8,3 +9,5 @@ abstract class _OnInitFunction {
 }
 
 class OnInitCallbackMock extends Mock implements _OnInitFunction {}
+
+class MockAssetBundle extends Mock implements AssetBundle {}