diff --git a/ios/RNBlur.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj b/ios/RNBlur.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
index c908e6a..2241f9d 100644
--- a/ios/RNBlur.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
+++ b/ios/RNBlur.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@
 				GCC_WARN_UNUSED_FUNCTION = YES;
 				GCC_WARN_UNUSED_VARIABLE = YES;
 				HEADER_SEARCH_PATHS = "";
-				IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET = 9.0;
+				IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET = 8.0;
 				MTL_ENABLE_DEBUG_INFO = YES;
 				ONLY_ACTIVE_ARCH = YES;
 				SDKROOT = iphoneos;
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@
 				GCC_WARN_UNUSED_FUNCTION = YES;
 				GCC_WARN_UNUSED_VARIABLE = YES;
 				HEADER_SEARCH_PATHS = "";
-				IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET = 9.0;
+				IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET = 8.0;
 				MTL_ENABLE_DEBUG_INFO = NO;
 				SDKROOT = iphoneos;
 				VALIDATE_PRODUCT = YES;