diff --git a/.github/workflows/app-distribute.yml b/.github/workflows/app-distribute.yml
index 5f0d43b86..8743920ab 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/app-distribute.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/app-distribute.yml
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ permissions:
 jobs:
   build_and_deploy_ios:
     name: Build and Distribute Dogfooding Ios
-    runs-on: macos-15
+    runs-on: xcode-27
     timeout-minutes: 60
     if: ${{ github.event_name == 'push' || github.event_name == 'release'  || inputs.build_ios == true }}
     steps:
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Select Xcode
         uses: maxim-lobanov/setup-xcode@v1.7.0
         with:
-          xcode-version: "26.3"
+          xcode-version: "latest"
 
       - name: Setup Flutter
         uses: subosito/flutter-action@v2
diff --git a/dogfooding/ios/Podfile b/dogfooding/ios/Podfile
index ae577f1ac..aa8e20ad8 100644
--- a/dogfooding/ios/Podfile
+++ b/dogfooding/ios/Podfile
@@ -79,6 +79,12 @@ post_install do |installer|
         'PERMISSION_NOTIFICATIONS=1',
       ]
 
+      # some pods still declare deployment targets below the platform minimum,
+      # which recent Xcode/simulator SDKs reject outright
+      deployment_target = config.build_settings['IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET']
+      if deployment_target && Gem::Version.new(deployment_target) < Gem::Version.new('15.0')
+        config.build_settings['IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET'] = '15.0'
+      end
     end
   end
 end