diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index eee242d4..fe542669 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+## 4.9.2
+
+- feat: `NavigationAppBar` `leading` widget is now a minimum of `kCompactNavigationPaneWidth` width instead of being fixed to this width ([#1103](https://github.com/bdlukaa/fluent_ui/pull/1103))
+
 ## 4.9.1
 
 - feat: ¹ `NumberBox` now supports precision greater than 4. ² Add `NumberBox.pattern`, `NumberBox.formatter`, `NumberBox.format` ([#1080](https://github.com/bdlukaa/fluent_ui/pull/1080))
diff --git a/lib/src/controls/navigation/navigation_view/view.dart b/lib/src/controls/navigation/navigation_view/view.dart
index 05faa72a..5d30c88a 100644
--- a/lib/src/controls/navigation/navigation_view/view.dart
+++ b/lib/src/controls/navigation/navigation_view/view.dart
@@ -933,7 +933,10 @@ class NavigationAppBar with Diagnosticable {
       } else {
         return const SizedBox.shrink();
       }
-      widget = SizedBox(width: kCompactNavigationPaneWidth, child: widget);
+      widget = ConstrainedBox(
+          constraints:
+              const BoxConstraints(minWidth: kCompactNavigationPaneWidth),
+          child: widget);
       return widget;
     });
   }