diff --git a/mobile/ios/Podfile b/mobile/ios/Podfile
index 901ba5aaa1..ff3742742e 100644
--- a/mobile/ios/Podfile
+++ b/mobile/ios/Podfile
@@ -38,6 +38,13 @@ end
 post_install do |installer|
   installer.pods_project.targets.each do |target|
     flutter_additional_ios_build_settings(target)
+    target.build_configurations.each do |config|
+      minimum = Gem::Version.new('16.0')
+      current = config.build_settings['IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET']
+      if current && Gem::Version.new(current) < minimum
+        config.build_settings['IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET'] = minimum.to_s
+      end
+    end
   end
   # Flutter creates plugin symlinks during installation, so load the upstream
   # helper here rather than requiring an existing Pods install at parse time.
diff --git a/mobile/ios/Podfile.lock b/mobile/ios/Podfile.lock
index e25ae22ac6..0384f7355d 100644
--- a/mobile/ios/Podfile.lock
+++ b/mobile/ios/Podfile.lock
@@ -227,6 +227,6 @@ SPEC CHECKSUMS:
   url_launcher_ios: 7a95fa5b60cc718a708b8f2966718e93db0cef1b
   video_player_avfoundation: dd410b52df6d2466a42d28550e33e4146928280a
 
-PODFILE CHECKSUM: 3aac4aa13c3166f951fe137719268b7dc62b9110
+PODFILE CHECKSUM: ed10001903303a0ae660957e1d727012a3136046
 
 COCOAPODS: 1.16.2