diff --git a/src/ios/Calendar.m b/src/ios/Calendar.m
index eb24645..237b5f3 100644
--- a/src/ios/Calendar.m
+++ b/src/ios/Calendar.m
@@ -16,22 +16,34 @@ - (void) pluginInitialize {
 }
 
 - (void) initEventStoreWithCalendarCapabilities {
-  __block BOOL accessGranted = NO;
-  EKEventStore* eventStoreCandidate = [[EKEventStore alloc] init];
-  if([eventStoreCandidate respondsToSelector:@selector(requestAccessToEntityType:completion:)]) {
-    dispatch_semaphore_t sema = dispatch_semaphore_create(0);
-    [eventStoreCandidate requestAccessToEntityType:EKEntityTypeEvent completion:^(BOOL granted, NSError *error) {
-      accessGranted = granted;
-      dispatch_semaphore_signal(sema);
-    }];
-    dispatch_semaphore_wait(sema, DISPATCH_TIME_FOREVER);
-  } else { // we're on iOS 5 or older
-    accessGranted = YES;
-  }
-
-  if (accessGranted) {
-    self.eventStore = eventStoreCandidate;
-  }
+	EKEventStore* eventStoreCandidate = [[EKEventStore alloc] init];
+
+    if (@available(iOS 17.0, *)) {
+		[eventStoreCandidate requestFullAccessToEventsWithCompletion:^(BOOL granted, NSError *error) {
+			if (granted) {
+				self.eventStore = eventStoreCandidate;
+				NSLog(@"Full access to the event store granted and eventStore initialized.");
+			} else {
+				NSLog(@"Access to the event store not granted. Error: %@", error.localizedDescription);
+			}
+		}];
+	} else {
+		__block BOOL accessGranted = NO;
+		EKEventStore* eventStoreCandidate = [[EKEventStore alloc] init];
+		if([eventStoreCandidate respondsToSelector:@selector(requestAccessToEntityType:completion:)]) {
+			dispatch_semaphore_t sema = dispatch_semaphore_create(0);
+			[eventStoreCandidate requestAccessToEntityType:EKEntityTypeEvent completion:^(BOOL granted, NSError *error) {
+				accessGranted = granted;
+				dispatch_semaphore_signal(sema);
+			}];
+			dispatch_semaphore_wait(sema, DISPATCH_TIME_FOREVER);
+		} else { // we're on iOS 5 or older
+			accessGranted = YES;
+		}
+		if (accessGranted) {
+			self.eventStore = eventStoreCandidate;
+		}
+	}
 }
 
 #pragma mark Helper Functions