diff --git a/platform/ios/ios.cmake b/platform/ios/ios.cmake
index 48f83daaf..a19f53eef 100644
--- a/platform/ios/ios.cmake
+++ b/platform/ios/ios.cmake
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ option(MBGL_WITH_IOS_CCACHE "Enable ccache for iOS" OFF)
 option(MBGL_IOS_RENDER_TEST "Include render tests" ON)
 
 if(NOT DEFINED IOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET)
-    set(IOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET "11.0")
+    set(IOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET "12.0")
 endif()
 
 # Override default CMake NATIVE_ARCH_ACTUAL
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ set_target_properties(mbgl-core PROPERTIES XCODE_ATTRIBUTE_CLANG_ENABLE_OBJC_ARC
 if(MBGL_WITH_OPENGL)
     target_compile_definitions(
         mbgl-core
-        PUBLIC MBGL_USE_GLES2 GLES_SILENCE_DEPRECATION
+        PUBLIC MBGL_USE_GLES2 GLES_SILENCE_DEPRECATION GLES_SILENCE_DEPRECATION
     )
     target_sources(
         mbgl-core
diff --git a/platform/ios/platform/ios/ios.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj b/platform/ios/platform/ios/ios.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
index 6581bdbe3..a2471c797 100644
--- a/platform/ios/platform/ios/ios.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
+++ b/platform/ios/platform/ios/ios.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
@@ -3739,6 +3739,7 @@
 				CODE_SIGN_IDENTITY = "Apple Development";
 				CODE_SIGN_STYLE = Automatic;
 				DEVELOPMENT_TEAM = "";
+				GCC_PREPROCESSOR_DEFINITIONS = GLES_SILENCE_DEPRECATION;
 				INFOPLIST_FILE = app/Info.plist;
 				IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET = 11.0;
 				LD_RUNPATH_SEARCH_PATHS = "$(inherited) @executable_path/Frameworks";
@@ -4318,6 +4319,7 @@
 				CODE_SIGN_IDENTITY = "Apple Development";
 				CODE_SIGN_STYLE = Automatic;
 				DEVELOPMENT_TEAM = "";
+				GCC_PREPROCESSOR_DEFINITIONS = GLES_SILENCE_DEPRECATION;
 				INFOPLIST_FILE = app/Info.plist;
 				IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET = 11.0;
 				LD_RUNPATH_SEARCH_PATHS = "$(inherited) @executable_path/Frameworks";
@@ -4337,6 +4339,7 @@
 				CODE_SIGN_IDENTITY = "Apple Development";
 				CODE_SIGN_STYLE = Automatic;
 				DEVELOPMENT_TEAM = "";
+				GCC_PREPROCESSOR_DEFINITIONS = GLES_SILENCE_DEPRECATION;
 				INFOPLIST_FILE = app/Info.plist;
 				IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET = 11.0;
 				LD_RUNPATH_SEARCH_PATHS = "$(inherited) @executable_path/Frameworks";
@@ -4416,9 +4419,10 @@
 				DYLIB_COMPATIBILITY_VERSION = 1;
 				DYLIB_CURRENT_VERSION = 15256;
 				DYLIB_INSTALL_NAME_BASE = "@rpath";
+				GCC_PREPROCESSOR_DEFINITIONS = GLES_SILENCE_DEPRECATION;
 				INFOPLIST_FILE = framework/Info.plist;
 				INSTALL_PATH = "$(LOCAL_LIBRARY_DIR)/Frameworks";
-				IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET = 11.0;
+				IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET = 12.0;
 				LD_RUNPATH_SEARCH_PATHS = "$(inherited) @executable_path/Frameworks @loader_path/Frameworks";
 				ONLY_ACTIVE_ARCH = YES;
 				PRODUCT_BUNDLE_IDENTIFIER = com.mapbox.Mapbox;
@@ -4440,10 +4444,10 @@
 				DYLIB_COMPATIBILITY_VERSION = 1;
 				DYLIB_CURRENT_VERSION = 15256;
 				DYLIB_INSTALL_NAME_BASE = "@rpath";
-				GCC_PREPROCESSOR_DEFINITIONS = "NDEBUG=1";
+				GCC_PREPROCESSOR_DEFINITIONS = GLES_SILENCE_DEPRECATION;
 				INFOPLIST_FILE = framework/Info.plist;
 				INSTALL_PATH = "$(LOCAL_LIBRARY_DIR)/Frameworks";
-				IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET = 11.0;
+				IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET = 12.0;
 				LD_RUNPATH_SEARCH_PATHS = "$(inherited) @executable_path/Frameworks @loader_path/Frameworks";
 				LLVM_LTO = YES;
 				ONLY_ACTIVE_ARCH = YES;