diff --git a/bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT PI/cocoa/org/eclipse/swt/internal/cocoa/AppKitFull.bridgesupport b/bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT PI/cocoa/org/eclipse/swt/internal/cocoa/AppKitFull.bridgesupport
index cc41662c1b..c9b09006ac 100644
--- a/bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT PI/cocoa/org/eclipse/swt/internal/cocoa/AppKitFull.bridgesupport	
+++ b/bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT PI/cocoa/org/eclipse/swt/internal/cocoa/AppKitFull.bridgesupport	
@@ -32642,6 +32642,10 @@
 <arg declared_type='NSURL * _Nonnull' index='0' name='url' type='@'/>
 <retval declared_type='NSURL * _Nullable' type='@'/>
 </method>
+<method selector='URLForApplicationToOpenContentType:'>
+<arg declared_type='UTType * _Nonnull' index='0' name='contentType' type='@'/>
+<retval declared_type='NSURL * _Nullable' type='@'/>
+</method>
 <method selector='URLForApplicationWithBundleIdentifier:'>
 <arg declared_type='NSString * _Nonnull' index='0' name='bundleIdentifier' type='@'/>
 <retval declared_type='NSURL * _Nullable' type='@'/>
@@ -32935,6 +32939,12 @@
 <retval declared_type='BOOL' type='B'/>
 </method>
 </class>
+<class name='UTType'>
+<method class_method='true' selector='typeWithFilenameExtension:'>
+<arg declared_type='NSString * _Nonnull' index='0' name='filenameExtension' type='@'/>
+<retval declared_type='UTType * _Nullable' type='@'/>
+</method>
+</class>
 <informal_protocol name='NSAccessibility'>
 <method selector='accessibilityActionDescription:' type='@12@0:4@8' type64='@24@0:8@16'>
 <arg declared_type='NSString * _Nonnull' index='0' name='action' type='@'/>
diff --git a/bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT PI/cocoa/org/eclipse/swt/internal/cocoa/AppKitFull.bridgesupport.extras b/bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT PI/cocoa/org/eclipse/swt/internal/cocoa/AppKitFull.bridgesupport.extras
index d1ca0ed5bf..f9adf872e0 100644
--- a/bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT PI/cocoa/org/eclipse/swt/internal/cocoa/AppKitFull.bridgesupport.extras	
+++ b/bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT PI/cocoa/org/eclipse/swt/internal/cocoa/AppKitFull.bridgesupport.extras	
@@ -4154,6 +4154,14 @@
 		</method>
 	</class>
 	<class name="NSWorkspace" swt_gen="mixed">
+		<method selector="URLForApplicationToOpenContentType:" swt_gen="true">
+			<arg swt_gen="true" swt_java_type="UTType"></arg>
+			<retval swt_gen="true"></retval>
+		</method>
+		<method selector="URLForApplicationToOpenURL:" swt_gen="true">
+			<arg swt_gen="true" swt_java_type="NSURL"></arg>
+			<retval swt_gen="true"></retval>
+		</method>
 		<method selector="fullPathForApplication:" swt_gen="true">
 			<arg swt_gen="true"></arg>
 			<retval swt_gen="true"></retval>
@@ -4192,6 +4200,12 @@
 			<retval swt_gen="true"></retval>
 		</method>
 	</class>
+	<class name="UTType" swt_gen="mixed">
+		<method class_method="true" selector="typeWithFilenameExtension:" swt_gen="true">
+			<arg swt_gen="true"></arg>
+			<retval swt_gen="true"></retval>
+		</method>
+	</class>
 	<constant name="NSAccessibilityAttributedStringForRangeParameterizedAttribute" swt_gen="true"></constant>
 	<constant name="NSAccessibilityBackgroundColorTextAttribute" swt_gen="true"></constant>
 	<constant name="NSAccessibilityBoundsForRangeParameterizedAttribute" swt_gen="true"></constant>
diff --git a/bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT PI/cocoa/org/eclipse/swt/internal/cocoa/NSWorkspace.java b/bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT PI/cocoa/org/eclipse/swt/internal/cocoa/NSWorkspace.java
index 9bfa02eae8..16d5910854 100644
--- a/bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT PI/cocoa/org/eclipse/swt/internal/cocoa/NSWorkspace.java	
+++ b/bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT PI/cocoa/org/eclipse/swt/internal/cocoa/NSWorkspace.java	
@@ -7,9 +7,6 @@
  * https://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0/
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0
- *
- * Contributors:
- *    IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
  *******************************************************************************/
 package org.eclipse.swt.internal.cocoa;
 
@@ -27,6 +24,16 @@ public NSWorkspace(id id) {
 	super(id);
 }
 
+public NSURL URLForApplicationToOpenURL(NSURL url) {
+	long result = OS.objc_msgSend(this.id, OS.sel_URLForApplicationToOpenURL_, url != null ? url.id : 0);
+	return result != 0 ? new NSURL(result) : null;
+}
+
+public NSURL URLForApplicationToOpenContentType(UTType contentType) {
+	long result = OS.objc_msgSend(this.id, OS.sel_URLForApplicationToOpenContentType_, contentType != null ? contentType.id : 0);
+	return result != 0 ? new NSURL(result) : null;
+}
+
 public NSString fullPathForApplication(NSString appName) {
 	long result = OS.objc_msgSend(this.id, OS.sel_fullPathForApplication_, appName != null ? appName.id : 0);
 	return result != 0 ? new NSString(result) : null;
@@ -45,16 +52,6 @@ public boolean openURL(NSURL url) {
 	return OS.objc_msgSend_bool(this.id, OS.sel_openURL_, url != null ? url.id : 0);
 }
 
-public NSURL urlForApplicationToOpenURL(NSURL url) {
-	long result = OS.objc_msgSend(this.id, OS.sel_URLForApplicationToOpenURL_, url != null ? url.id : 0);
-	return result != 0 ? new NSURL(result) : null;
-}
-
-public NSURL urlForApplicationToOpenContentType(long contentType) {
-	long result = OS.objc_msgSend(this.id, OS.sel_URLForApplicationToOpenContentType_, contentType);
-	return result != 0 ? new NSURL(result) : null;
-}
-
 public boolean openURLs(NSArray urls, NSString bundleIdentifier, long options, NSAppleEventDescriptor descriptor, long identifiers) {
 	return OS.objc_msgSend_bool(this.id, OS.sel_openURLs_withAppBundleIdentifier_options_additionalEventParamDescriptor_launchIdentifiers_, urls != null ? urls.id : 0, bundleIdentifier != null ? bundleIdentifier.id : 0, options, descriptor != null ? descriptor.id : 0, identifiers);
 }
diff --git a/bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT PI/cocoa/org/eclipse/swt/internal/cocoa/OS.java b/bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT PI/cocoa/org/eclipse/swt/internal/cocoa/OS.java
index 8c94dfd44e..bfe161cc67 100644
--- a/bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT PI/cocoa/org/eclipse/swt/internal/cocoa/OS.java	
+++ b/bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT PI/cocoa/org/eclipse/swt/internal/cocoa/OS.java	
@@ -767,6 +767,7 @@ public static boolean isSystemDarkAppearance() {
 public static final long class_NSWorkspace = objc_getClass("NSWorkspace");
 public static final long class_SFCertificatePanel = objc_getClass("SFCertificatePanel");
 public static final long class_SFCertificateTrustPanel = objc_getClass("SFCertificateTrustPanel");
+public static final long class_UTType = objc_getClass("UTType");
 public static final long class_WebDataSource = objc_getClass("WebDataSource");
 public static final long class_WebFrame = objc_getClass("WebFrame");
 public static final long class_WebFrameView = objc_getClass("WebFrameView");
@@ -830,9 +831,9 @@ public static Selector getSelector (long value) {
 public static final long sel_PMPrintSettings = Selector.sel_PMPrintSettings.value;
 public static final long sel_TIFFRepresentation = Selector.sel_TIFFRepresentation.value;
 public static final long sel_URL = Selector.sel_URL.value;
-public static final long sel_URLFromPasteboard_ = Selector.sel_URLFromPasteboard_.value;
-public static final long sel_URLForApplicationToOpenURL_ = Selector.sel_URLForApplicationToOpenURL_.value;
 public static final long sel_URLForApplicationToOpenContentType_ = Selector.sel_URLForApplicationToOpenContentType_.value;
+public static final long sel_URLForApplicationToOpenURL_ = Selector.sel_URLForApplicationToOpenURL_.value;
+public static final long sel_URLFromPasteboard_ = Selector.sel_URLFromPasteboard_.value;
 public static final long sel_URLWithString_ = Selector.sel_URLWithString_.value;
 public static final long sel_UTF8String = Selector.sel_UTF8String.value;
 public static final long sel_abortEditing = Selector.sel_abortEditing.value;
diff --git a/bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT PI/cocoa/org/eclipse/swt/internal/cocoa/Selector.java b/bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT PI/cocoa/org/eclipse/swt/internal/cocoa/Selector.java
index 589d736607..09e0ae8c00 100644
--- a/bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT PI/cocoa/org/eclipse/swt/internal/cocoa/Selector.java	
+++ b/bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT PI/cocoa/org/eclipse/swt/internal/cocoa/Selector.java	
@@ -96,9 +96,9 @@ public enum Selector {
 	, sel_PMPrintSettings("PMPrintSettings")
 	, sel_TIFFRepresentation("TIFFRepresentation")
 	, sel_URL("URL")
-	, sel_URLFromPasteboard_("URLFromPasteboard:")
-	, sel_URLForApplicationToOpenURL_("URLForApplicationToOpenURL:")
 	, sel_URLForApplicationToOpenContentType_("URLForApplicationToOpenContentType:")
+	, sel_URLForApplicationToOpenURL_("URLForApplicationToOpenURL:")
+	, sel_URLFromPasteboard_("URLFromPasteboard:")
 	, sel_URLWithString_("URLWithString:")
 	, sel_UTF8String("UTF8String")
 	, sel_abortEditing("abortEditing")
diff --git a/bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT PI/cocoa/org/eclipse/swt/internal/cocoa/UTType.java b/bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT PI/cocoa/org/eclipse/swt/internal/cocoa/UTType.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b836c18703
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT PI/cocoa/org/eclipse/swt/internal/cocoa/UTType.java	
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+/*******************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (c) 2026 IBM Corporation and others.
+ *
+ * This program and the accompanying materials
+ * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0
+ * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
+ * https://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0/
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0
+ *******************************************************************************/
+package org.eclipse.swt.internal.cocoa;
+
+public class UTType extends NSObject {
+
+public UTType() {
+	super();
+}
+
+public UTType(long id) {
+	super(id);
+}
+
+public UTType(id id) {
+	super(id);
+}
+
+public static UTType typeWithFilenameExtension(NSString filenameExtension) {
+	long result = OS.objc_msgSend(OS.class_UTType, OS.sel_typeWithFilenameExtension_, filenameExtension != null ? filenameExtension.id : 0);
+	return result != 0 ? new UTType(result) : null;
+}
+
+}
diff --git a/bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT Program/cocoa/org/eclipse/swt/program/Program.java b/bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT Program/cocoa/org/eclipse/swt/program/Program.java
index 465abcc118..786067fece 100644
--- a/bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT Program/cocoa/org/eclipse/swt/program/Program.java	
+++ b/bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT Program/cocoa/org/eclipse/swt/program/Program.java	
@@ -153,20 +153,17 @@ private static NSURL findAppURLForExtension(NSString ext) {
 	// On macOS 12.0+, use the content type-based API which works reliably
 	// for all file types including third-party ones.
 	if (OS.VERSION >= OS.VERSION(12, 0, 0)) {
-		long UTTypeClass = OS.objc_getClass("UTType");
-		if (UTTypeClass != 0) {
-			long utType = OS.objc_msgSend(UTTypeClass, OS.sel_typeWithFilenameExtension_, ext.id);
-			if (utType != 0) {
-				NSURL appURL = workspace.urlForApplicationToOpenContentType(utType);
-				if (appURL != null) {
-					return appURL;
-				}
+		UTType utType = UTType.typeWithFilenameExtension(ext);
+		if (utType != null) {
+			NSURL appURL = workspace.URLForApplicationToOpenContentType(utType);
+			if (appURL != null) {
+				return appURL;
 			}
 		}
 	}
 	// Fallback: URL-based lookup (available since macOS 10.6, deprecated in macOS 12.0)
 	NSURL fileURL = NSURL.fileURLWithPath(NSString.stringWith("/tmp/dummy." + ext.getString()));
-	return workspace.urlForApplicationToOpenURL(fileURL);
+	return workspace.URLForApplicationToOpenURL(fileURL);
 }
 
 static Program getProgram(NSBundle bundle) {