diff --git a/ios/RNAdMobManager.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj b/ios/RNAdMobManager.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
index 6ec1a58e6..3bc6b54c7 100644
--- a/ios/RNAdMobManager.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
+++ b/ios/RNAdMobManager.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@
 				GCC_WARN_UNINITIALIZED_AUTOS = YES_AGGRESSIVE;
 				GCC_WARN_UNUSED_FUNCTION = YES;
 				GCC_WARN_UNUSED_VARIABLE = YES;
-				IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET = 9.1;
+				IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET = 8.0;
 				MTL_ENABLE_DEBUG_INFO = YES;
 				ONLY_ACTIVE_ARCH = YES;
 				SDKROOT = iphoneos;
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@
 				GCC_WARN_UNINITIALIZED_AUTOS = YES_AGGRESSIVE;
 				GCC_WARN_UNUSED_FUNCTION = YES;
 				GCC_WARN_UNUSED_VARIABLE = YES;
-				IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET = 9.1;
+				IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET = 8.0;
 				MTL_ENABLE_DEBUG_INFO = NO;
 				SDKROOT = iphoneos;
 				VALIDATE_PRODUCT = YES;