diff --git a/packages/camera/camera/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/camera/camera/CHANGELOG.md
index 38add27ff171..9fc9ad49bcf4 100644
--- a/packages/camera/camera/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/camera/camera/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+## 0.11.4
+
+* Fixes a bug where exceptions thrown during a return statement in an async function were not correctly caught, aligning behavior with expected Dart semantics (see [dart-lang/sdk#44395](https://github.com/dart-lang/sdk/issues/44395)).
+* Updates example to demonstrate correct exception handling for async return statements, ensuring exceptions thrown during return are properly caught as per [dart-lang/sdk#44395](https://github.com/dart-lang/sdk/issues/44395).
+
 ## 0.11.3+1
 
 * Fixes delivering errors from onCameraError.
@@ -828,4 +833,4 @@ Method changes:
 
 ## 0.0.1
 
-* Initial release
+* Initial release
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/camera/camera/example/lib/main.dart b/packages/camera/camera/example/lib/main.dart
index 9185f3e34f1e..cca528c04fda 100644
--- a/packages/camera/camera/example/lib/main.dart
+++ b/packages/camera/camera/example/lib/main.dart
@@ -888,7 +888,7 @@ class _CameraExampleHomeState extends State<CameraExampleHome>
     }
 
     try {
-      return cameraController.stopVideoRecording();
+      return await cameraController.stopVideoRecording();
     } on CameraException catch (e) {
       _showCameraException(e);
       return null;
diff --git a/packages/camera/camera/lib/src/camera_controller.dart b/packages/camera/camera/lib/src/camera_controller.dart
index 3656e4d67ab9..8492cda13b8b 100644
--- a/packages/camera/camera/lib/src/camera_controller.dart
+++ b/packages/camera/camera/lib/src/camera_controller.dart
@@ -766,7 +766,7 @@ class CameraController extends ValueNotifier<CameraValue> {
   Future<double> getMinExposureOffset() async {
     _throwIfNotInitialized('getMinExposureOffset');
     try {
-      return CameraPlatform.instance.getMinExposureOffset(_cameraId);
+      return await CameraPlatform.instance.getMinExposureOffset(_cameraId);
     } on PlatformException catch (e) {
       throw CameraException(e.code, e.message);
     }
@@ -776,7 +776,7 @@ class CameraController extends ValueNotifier<CameraValue> {
   Future<double> getMaxExposureOffset() async {
     _throwIfNotInitialized('getMaxExposureOffset');
     try {
-      return CameraPlatform.instance.getMaxExposureOffset(_cameraId);
+      return await CameraPlatform.instance.getMaxExposureOffset(_cameraId);
     } on PlatformException catch (e) {
       throw CameraException(e.code, e.message);
     }
@@ -788,7 +788,7 @@ class CameraController extends ValueNotifier<CameraValue> {
   Future<double> getExposureOffsetStepSize() async {
     _throwIfNotInitialized('getExposureOffsetStepSize');
     try {
-      return CameraPlatform.instance.getExposureOffsetStepSize(_cameraId);
+      return await CameraPlatform.instance.getExposureOffsetStepSize(_cameraId);
     } on PlatformException catch (e) {
       throw CameraException(e.code, e.message);
     }
@@ -833,7 +833,7 @@ class CameraController extends ValueNotifier<CameraValue> {
     }
 
     try {
-      return CameraPlatform.instance.setExposureOffset(_cameraId, offset);
+      return await CameraPlatform.instance.setExposureOffset(_cameraId, offset);
     } on PlatformException catch (e) {
       throw CameraException(e.code, e.message);
     }
diff --git a/packages/camera/camera/pubspec.yaml b/packages/camera/camera/pubspec.yaml
index 327b922a2b00..8623cf61e14a 100644
--- a/packages/camera/camera/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/packages/camera/camera/pubspec.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ description: A Flutter plugin for controlling the camera. Supports previewing
   Dart.
 repository: https://github.com/flutter/packages/tree/main/packages/camera/camera
 issue_tracker: https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3A%22p%3A+camera%22
-version: 0.11.3+1
+version: 0.11.4
 
 environment:
   sdk: ^3.9.0
diff --git a/packages/camera/camera_android/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/camera/camera_android/CHANGELOG.md
index 6ebd56630b06..916e152799a0 100644
--- a/packages/camera/camera_android/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/camera/camera_android/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+## 0.10.10+15
+
+* Updates example to demonstrate correct exception handling for async return statements, ensuring exceptions thrown during return are properly caught as per [dart-lang/sdk#44395](https://github.com/dart-lang/sdk/issues/44395).
+
 ## 0.10.10+14
 
 * Bumps com.android.tools.build:gradle from 8.12.1 to 8.13.1.
diff --git a/packages/camera/camera_android/example/lib/main.dart b/packages/camera/camera_android/example/lib/main.dart
index 999b281f2293..b669f6ac6831 100644
--- a/packages/camera/camera_android/example/lib/main.dart
+++ b/packages/camera/camera_android/example/lib/main.dart
@@ -908,7 +908,7 @@ class _CameraExampleHomeState extends State<CameraExampleHome>
     }
 
     try {
-      return cameraController.stopVideoRecording();
+      return await cameraController.stopVideoRecording();
     } on CameraException catch (e) {
       _showCameraException(e);
       return null;
diff --git a/packages/camera/camera_android/pubspec.yaml b/packages/camera/camera_android/pubspec.yaml
index f5dbe700d346..4448279e3a32 100644
--- a/packages/camera/camera_android/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/packages/camera/camera_android/pubspec.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ description: Android implementation of the camera plugin.
 repository: https://github.com/flutter/packages/tree/main/packages/camera/camera_android
 issue_tracker: https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3A%22p%3A+camera%22
 
-version: 0.10.10+14
+version: 0.10.10+15
 
 environment:
   sdk: ^3.9.0
diff --git a/packages/camera/camera_android_camerax/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/camera/camera_android_camerax/CHANGELOG.md
index 96664813481e..b003df7a8988 100644
--- a/packages/camera/camera_android_camerax/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/camera/camera_android_camerax/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+## 0.6.30+1
+
+* Updates example to demonstrate correct exception handling for async return statements, ensuring exceptions thrown during return are properly caught as per [dart-lang/sdk#44395](https://github.com/dart-lang/sdk/issues/44395).
+
 ## 0.6.30
 
 * Bump camerax_version from 1.5.2 to 1.5.3.
@@ -506,4 +510,4 @@ this plugin should now be compatible with [google_ml_kit_flutter](https://github
     * Displaying a live camera preview
     * Image streaming
 
-  See [`README.md`](README.md) for more details on the limitations of this implementation.
+  See [`README.md`](README.md) for more details on the limitations of this implementation.
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diff --git a/packages/camera/camera_android_camerax/example/lib/camera_controller.dart b/packages/camera/camera_android_camerax/example/lib/camera_controller.dart
index e09dfb861049..c9f989df5250 100644
--- a/packages/camera/camera_android_camerax/example/lib/camera_controller.dart
+++ b/packages/camera/camera_android_camerax/example/lib/camera_controller.dart
@@ -716,7 +716,7 @@ class CameraController extends ValueNotifier<CameraValue> {
   Future<double> getMinExposureOffset() async {
     _throwIfNotInitialized('getMinExposureOffset');
     try {
-      return CameraPlatform.instance.getMinExposureOffset(_cameraId);
+      return await CameraPlatform.instance.getMinExposureOffset(_cameraId);
     } on PlatformException catch (e) {
       throw CameraException(e.code, e.message);
     }
@@ -726,7 +726,7 @@ class CameraController extends ValueNotifier<CameraValue> {
   Future<double> getMaxExposureOffset() async {
     _throwIfNotInitialized('getMaxExposureOffset');
     try {
-      return CameraPlatform.instance.getMaxExposureOffset(_cameraId);
+      return await CameraPlatform.instance.getMaxExposureOffset(_cameraId);
     } on PlatformException catch (e) {
       throw CameraException(e.code, e.message);
     }
@@ -738,7 +738,7 @@ class CameraController extends ValueNotifier<CameraValue> {
   Future<double> getExposureOffsetStepSize() async {
     _throwIfNotInitialized('getExposureOffsetStepSize');
     try {
-      return CameraPlatform.instance.getExposureOffsetStepSize(_cameraId);
+      return await CameraPlatform.instance.getExposureOffsetStepSize(_cameraId);
     } on PlatformException catch (e) {
       throw CameraException(e.code, e.message);
     }
@@ -783,7 +783,7 @@ class CameraController extends ValueNotifier<CameraValue> {
     }
 
     try {
-      return CameraPlatform.instance.setExposureOffset(_cameraId, offset);
+      return await CameraPlatform.instance.setExposureOffset(_cameraId, offset);
     } on PlatformException catch (e) {
       throw CameraException(e.code, e.message);
     }
diff --git a/packages/camera/camera_android_camerax/example/lib/main.dart b/packages/camera/camera_android_camerax/example/lib/main.dart
index 956a86b20167..c3aba39ed60f 100644
--- a/packages/camera/camera_android_camerax/example/lib/main.dart
+++ b/packages/camera/camera_android_camerax/example/lib/main.dart
@@ -898,7 +898,7 @@ class _CameraExampleHomeState extends State<CameraExampleHome>
     }
 
     try {
-      return cameraController.stopVideoRecording();
+      return await cameraController.stopVideoRecording();
     } on CameraException catch (e) {
       _showCameraException(e);
       return null;
diff --git a/packages/camera/camera_android_camerax/pubspec.yaml b/packages/camera/camera_android_camerax/pubspec.yaml
index e08a62897458..9a35b4fd7f08 100644
--- a/packages/camera/camera_android_camerax/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/packages/camera/camera_android_camerax/pubspec.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ name: camera_android_camerax
 description: Android implementation of the camera plugin using the CameraX library.
 repository: https://github.com/flutter/packages/tree/main/packages/camera/camera_android_camerax
 issue_tracker: https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3A%22p%3A+camera%22
-version: 0.6.30
+version: 0.6.30+1
 
 environment:
   sdk: ^3.9.0
diff --git a/packages/camera/camera_avfoundation/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/camera/camera_avfoundation/CHANGELOG.md
index f66df6476e7d..14f7fe829a88 100644
--- a/packages/camera/camera_avfoundation/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/camera/camera_avfoundation/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+## 0.9.23+3
+
+* Updates example to demonstrate correct exception handling for async return statements, ensuring exceptions thrown during return are properly caught as per [dart-lang/sdk#44395](https://github.com/dart-lang/sdk/issues/44395).
+
 ## 0.9.23+2
 
 * Code refactor related to Swift pigeon's generated struct MediaSettings being immutable.
diff --git a/packages/camera/camera_avfoundation/example/lib/main.dart b/packages/camera/camera_avfoundation/example/lib/main.dart
index 0df8ebe185f8..f9576b96398f 100644
--- a/packages/camera/camera_avfoundation/example/lib/main.dart
+++ b/packages/camera/camera_avfoundation/example/lib/main.dart
@@ -903,7 +903,7 @@ class _CameraExampleHomeState extends State<CameraExampleHome>
     }
 
     try {
-      return cameraController.stopVideoRecording();
+      return await cameraController.stopVideoRecording();
     } on CameraException catch (e) {
       _showCameraException(e);
       return null;
diff --git a/packages/camera/camera_avfoundation/pubspec.yaml b/packages/camera/camera_avfoundation/pubspec.yaml
index 1e87023aa7b0..241456f0c5d1 100644
--- a/packages/camera/camera_avfoundation/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/packages/camera/camera_avfoundation/pubspec.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ name: camera_avfoundation
 description: iOS implementation of the camera plugin.
 repository: https://github.com/flutter/packages/tree/main/packages/camera/camera_avfoundation
 issue_tracker: https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3A%22p%3A+camera%22
-version: 0.9.23+2
+version: 0.9.23+3
 
 environment:
   sdk: ^3.9.0
diff --git a/packages/google_fonts/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/google_fonts/CHANGELOG.md
index 5db0d9c11778..291d2284d4cd 100644
--- a/packages/google_fonts/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/google_fonts/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+## 8.0.2
+
+- Fixes a bug where exceptions thrown during a return statement in an async function were not correctly caught, aligning behavior with expected Dart semantics (see [dart-lang/sdk#44395](https://github.com/dart-lang/sdk/issues/44395)).
+
 ## 8.0.1
 
 - Fixes WOFF2/WOFF font selection when loading fonts bundled with the app to prefer compressed formats regardless of asset manifest order.
@@ -1002,4 +1006,4 @@
 
 - Initial release: supports all 960 fonts and variants from fonts.google.com
 - ttf files are downloaded via http on demand, and saved to local disk so that they can be loaded without making another http request for future font requests
-- Fonts are loaded asynchronously through the font loader and Text widgets that use them are refreshed when they are ready
+- Fonts are loaded asynchronously through the font loader and Text widgets that use them are refreshed when they are ready
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/google_fonts/lib/src/google_fonts_base.dart b/packages/google_fonts/lib/src/google_fonts_base.dart
index 2f0db1178859..93a6e630a2e7 100755
--- a/packages/google_fonts/lib/src/google_fonts_base.dart
+++ b/packages/google_fonts/lib/src/google_fonts_base.dart
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ Future<void> loadFontIfNecessary(GoogleFontsDescriptor descriptor) async {
       byteData = rootBundle.load(assetPath);
     }
     if (await byteData != null) {
-      return loadFontByteData(familyWithVariantString, byteData);
+      return await loadFontByteData(familyWithVariantString, byteData);
     }
 
     // Check if this font can be loaded from the device file system.
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ Future<void> loadFontIfNecessary(GoogleFontsDescriptor descriptor) async {
     );
 
     if (await byteData != null) {
-      return loadFontByteData(familyWithVariantString, byteData);
+      return await loadFontByteData(familyWithVariantString, byteData);
     }
 
     // Attempt to load this font via http, unless disallowed.
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ Future<void> loadFontIfNecessary(GoogleFontsDescriptor descriptor) async {
         descriptor.file,
       );
       if (await byteData != null) {
-        return loadFontByteData(familyWithVariantString, byteData);
+        return await loadFontByteData(familyWithVariantString, byteData);
       }
     } else {
       throw Exception(
diff --git a/packages/google_fonts/pubspec.yaml b/packages/google_fonts/pubspec.yaml
index 37bca4191329..021ef5dff338 100644
--- a/packages/google_fonts/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/packages/google_fonts/pubspec.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ name: google_fonts
 description: A Flutter package to use fonts from fonts.google.com. Supports HTTP fetching, caching, and asset bundling.
 repository: https://github.com/flutter/packages/tree/main/packages/google_fonts
 issue_tracker: https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3A%22p%3A+google_fonts%22
-version: 8.0.1
+version: 8.0.2
 
 environment:
   sdk: ^3.9.0