diff --git a/cli/src/ios/update.ts b/cli/src/ios/update.ts
index d2c0d2b7c..a41c5a661 100644
--- a/cli/src/ios/update.ts
+++ b/cli/src/ios/update.ts
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ async function updatePodfile(
   deployment: boolean,
 ): Promise<void> {
   const dependenciesContent = await generatePodFile(config, plugins);
+  const relativeCapacitoriOSPath = await getRelativeCapacitoriOSPath(config);
   const podfilePath = join(config.ios.nativeProjectDirAbs, 'Podfile');
   let podfileContent = await readFile(podfilePath, { encoding: 'utf-8' });
   podfileContent = podfileContent.replace(
@@ -102,7 +103,10 @@ async function updatePodfile(
     `$1${dependenciesContent}$2`,
   );
   podfileContent = podfileContent.replace(
-    `require_relative '../../node_modules/@capacitor/ios/scripts/pods_helpers'`,
+    /(require_relative)[\s\S]+?(@capacitor\/ios\/scripts\/pods_helpers')/,
+    `require_relative '${relativeCapacitoriOSPath}/scripts/pods_helpers'`,
+  );
+  podfileContent = podfileContent.replace(
     `def assertDeploymentTarget(installer)
   installer.pods_project.targets.each do |target|
     target.build_configurations.each do |config|
@@ -115,6 +119,7 @@ async function updatePodfile(
     end
   end
 end`,
+    `require_relative '${relativeCapacitoriOSPath}/scripts/pods_helpers'`,
   );
   await writeFile(podfilePath, podfileContent, { encoding: 'utf-8' });
 
@@ -155,15 +160,13 @@ end`,
   }
 }
 
-async function generatePodFile(
-  config: Config,
-  plugins: Plugin[],
-): Promise<string> {
+async function getRelativeCapacitoriOSPath(config: Config) {
   const capacitoriOSPath = resolveNode(
     config.app.rootDir,
     '@capacitor/ios',
     'package.json',
   );
+
   if (!capacitoriOSPath) {
     fatal(
       `Unable to find ${c.strong('node_modules/@capacitor/ios')}.\n` +
@@ -171,10 +174,19 @@ async function generatePodFile(
     );
   }
 
-  const podfilePath = config.ios.nativeProjectDirAbs;
-  const relativeCapacitoriOSPath = convertToUnixPath(
-    relative(podfilePath, await realpath(dirname(capacitoriOSPath))),
+  return convertToUnixPath(
+    relative(
+      config.ios.nativeProjectDirAbs,
+      await realpath(dirname(capacitoriOSPath)),
+    ),
   );
+}
+
+async function generatePodFile(
+  config: Config,
+  plugins: Plugin[],
+): Promise<string> {
+  const relativeCapacitoriOSPath = await getRelativeCapacitoriOSPath(config);
 
   const capacitorPlugins = plugins.filter(
     p => getPluginType(p, platform) === PluginType.Core,
@@ -186,7 +198,7 @@ async function generatePodFile(
       }
 
       return `  pod '${p.ios.name}', :path => '${convertToUnixPath(
-        relative(podfilePath, await realpath(p.rootPath)),
+        relative(config.ios.nativeProjectDirAbs, await realpath(p.rootPath)),
       )}'\n`;
     }),
   );
diff --git a/ios-template/App/Podfile b/ios-template/App/Podfile
index 36ff98e69..8e224c376 100644
--- a/ios-template/App/Podfile
+++ b/ios-template/App/Podfile
@@ -1,15 +1,4 @@
-def assertDeploymentTarget(installer)
-  installer.pods_project.targets.each do |target|
-    target.build_configurations.each do |config|
-      # ensure IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET is at least 13.0
-      deployment_target = config.build_settings['IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET'].to_f
-      should_upgrade = deployment_target < 13.0 && deployment_target != 0.0
-      if should_upgrade
-        config.build_settings['IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET'] = '13.0'
-      end
-    end
-  end
-end
+require_relative '../../node_modules/@capacitor/ios/scripts/pods_helpers'
 
 # workaround for Xcode 15 and Cocoapods 1.21.1
 # Should not be needed after Cocoapods 1.13.0