diff --git a/platform/ios/ios.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj b/platform/ios/ios.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
index 54a9238a8..14548822c 100644
--- a/platform/ios/ios.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
+++ b/platform/ios/ios.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
@@ -2440,7 +2440,7 @@
 				GCC_WARN_UNINITIALIZED_AUTOS = YES_AGGRESSIVE;
 				GCC_WARN_UNUSED_FUNCTION = YES;
 				GCC_WARN_UNUSED_VARIABLE = YES;
-				IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET = 7.0;
+				IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET = 8.0;
 				MTL_ENABLE_DEBUG_INFO = YES;
 				ONLY_ACTIVE_ARCH = YES;
 				SDKROOT = iphoneos;
@@ -2486,7 +2486,7 @@
 				GCC_WARN_UNINITIALIZED_AUTOS = YES_AGGRESSIVE;
 				GCC_WARN_UNUSED_FUNCTION = YES;
 				GCC_WARN_UNUSED_VARIABLE = YES;
-				IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET = 7.0;
+				IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET = 8.0;
 				MTL_ENABLE_DEBUG_INFO = NO;
 				SDKROOT = iphoneos;
 				SYMROOT = ../../build/ios;