diff --git a/mobile/ios/Podfile b/mobile/ios/Podfile
index 901ba5aaa1..c26b45e02c 100644
--- a/mobile/ios/Podfile
+++ b/mobile/ios/Podfile
@@ -38,6 +38,14 @@ end
 post_install do |installer|
   installer.pods_project.targets.each do |target|
     flutter_additional_ios_build_settings(target)
+    # Xcode 27 rejects older pod deployment targets, even though Runner
+    # already requires iOS 16. Preserve pods that require a newer version.
+    target.build_configurations.each do |config|
+      minimum = config.build_settings['IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET'] || '0'
+      if Gem::Version.new(minimum) < Gem::Version.new('16.0')
+        config.build_settings['IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET'] = '16.0'
+      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.