Issue with Hand Gesture Emojis Defaulting to White Hands

Dear Apple Support,

Since the last update, I’ve noticed that the hand gesture emojis have all defaulted to white hands, which is particularly noticeable on WhatsApp. Even when I change them to darker hands, they revert to white when I use them again.

For example, when I use 🙏🏾, it should stay as this and not revert to the white hand version when I respond to a text. This is quite frustrating, and I would like this issue to be fixed so that my chosen skin tone remains consistent.

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Best regards,