diff --git a/Podfile b/Podfile
index 961f40631c8c..2f4016fa7fac 100644
--- a/Podfile
+++ b/Podfile
@@ -11,12 +11,12 @@ source 'https://cdn.cocoapods.org/'
 
 raise 'Please run CocoaPods via `bundle exec`' unless %w[BUNDLE_BIN_PATH BUNDLE_GEMFILE].any? { |k| ENV.key?(k) }
 
-inhibit_all_warnings!
-use_frameworks!
-
-app_ios_deployment_target = Gem::Version.new(Xcodeproj::Config.new(File.new('./config/Common.xcconfig')).to_hash['IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET'])
+VERSION_XCCONFIG_PATH = File.join(File.expand_path(__dir__), 'config', 'Common.xcconfig')
+app_ios_deployment_target = Gem::Version.new(Xcodeproj::Config.new(VERSION_XCCONFIG_PATH).to_hash['IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET'])
 
 platform :ios, app_ios_deployment_target.version
+inhibit_all_warnings!
+use_frameworks!
 workspace 'WordPress.xcworkspace'
 
 ## Pods shared between all the targets
diff --git a/Podfile.lock b/Podfile.lock
index d49a3e89323a..80a107b61b1b 100644
--- a/Podfile.lock
+++ b/Podfile.lock
@@ -900,6 +900,6 @@ SPEC CHECKSUMS:
   ZendeskSupportSDK: 3a8e508ab1d9dd22dc038df6c694466414e037ba
   ZIPFoundation: ae5b4b813d216d3bf0a148773267fff14bd51d37
 
-PODFILE CHECKSUM: 426583a8ff5caa0841987b35183c76d4759de053
+PODFILE CHECKSUM: c7c2c52286d19a44c43428c8f4bb5647e1014861
 
 COCOAPODS: 1.11.3