diff --git a/Socket.IO-Client-Swift.podspec b/Socket.IO-Client-Swift.podspec
index 243071f0..366c8e73 100644
--- a/Socket.IO-Client-Swift.podspec
+++ b/Socket.IO-Client-Swift.podspec
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ Pod::Spec.new do |s|
   s.homepage     = "https://github.com/socketio/socket.io-client-swift"
   s.license      = { :type => 'MIT' }
   s.author       = { "Erik" => "nuclear.ace@gmail.com" }
-  s.ios.deployment_target = '11.0'
+  s.ios.deployment_target = '12.0'
   s.osx.deployment_target = '10.13'
   s.tvos.deployment_target = '12.0'
   s.watchos.deployment_target = '5.0'