diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 21626d97d..d18182fcc 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ github "TheLevelUp/ZXingObjC" ~> 3.6
 [CocoaPods](http://cocoapods.org) is a dependency manager for Swift and Objective-C Cocoa projects. After installing CocoaPods add ZXingObjC to your Podfile:
 
 ```ruby
-platform :ios, '8.0'
+platform :ios, '11.0'
 pod 'ZXingObjC', '~> 3.6.4'
 ```
 
diff --git a/ZXingObjC.podspec b/ZXingObjC.podspec
index a6c7531c5..17adc2b63 100644
--- a/ZXingObjC.podspec
+++ b/ZXingObjC.podspec
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ Pod::Spec.new do |s|
   s.requires_arc = true
   s.xcconfig = { "OTHER_LDFLAGS" => "-ObjC" }
 
-  s.ios.deployment_target = '8.0'
-  s.osx.deployment_target = '10.8'
+  s.ios.deployment_target = '11.0'
+  s.osx.deployment_target = '10.15'
 
   s.ios.frameworks = 'AVFoundation', 'CoreGraphics', 'CoreMedia', 'CoreVideo', 'ImageIO', 'QuartzCore'
   s.osx.frameworks = 'AVFoundation', 'CoreMedia', 'QuartzCore'
diff --git a/examples/BarcodeScanner/BarcodeScanner.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj b/examples/BarcodeScanner/BarcodeScanner.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
index e62a3e743..f5d7ecc93 100644
--- a/examples/BarcodeScanner/BarcodeScanner.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
+++ b/examples/BarcodeScanner/BarcodeScanner.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@
 				GCC_WARN_UNINITIALIZED_AUTOS = YES;
 				GCC_WARN_UNUSED_FUNCTION = YES;
 				GCC_WARN_UNUSED_VARIABLE = YES;
-				IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET = 8.0;
+				IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET = 11.0;
 				ONLY_ACTIVE_ARCH = YES;
 				OTHER_LDFLAGS = "-ObjC";
 				SDKROOT = iphoneos;
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@
 				GCC_WARN_UNINITIALIZED_AUTOS = YES;
 				GCC_WARN_UNUSED_FUNCTION = YES;
 				GCC_WARN_UNUSED_VARIABLE = YES;
-				IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET = 8.0;
+				IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET = 11.0;
 				OTHER_CFLAGS = "-DNS_BLOCK_ASSERTIONS=1";
 				OTHER_LDFLAGS = "-ObjC";
 				SDKROOT = iphoneos;
@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@
 					"$(SRCROOT)/../../**",
 				);
 				INFOPLIST_FILE = "BarcodeScanner-Info.plist";
-				IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET = 8.0;
+				IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET = 11.0;
 				LIBRARY_SEARCH_PATHS = "";
 				PRODUCT_BUNDLE_IDENTIFIER = "com.zxing.${PRODUCT_NAME:rfc1034identifier}";
 				PRODUCT_NAME = "$(TARGET_NAME)";
@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@
 					"$(SRCROOT)/../../**",
 				);
 				INFOPLIST_FILE = "BarcodeScanner-Info.plist";
-				IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET = 8.0;
+				IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET = 11.0;
 				LIBRARY_SEARCH_PATHS = "";
 				PRODUCT_BUNDLE_IDENTIFIER = "com.zxing.${PRODUCT_NAME:rfc1034identifier}";
 				PRODUCT_NAME = "$(TARGET_NAME)";
diff --git a/examples/BarcodeScannerSwift/BarcodeScannerSwift.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj b/examples/BarcodeScannerSwift/BarcodeScannerSwift.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
index 43dc70e97..18685b7ac 100644
--- a/examples/BarcodeScannerSwift/BarcodeScannerSwift.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
+++ b/examples/BarcodeScannerSwift/BarcodeScannerSwift.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
@@ -422,7 +422,7 @@
 				CODE_SIGN_STYLE = Automatic;
 				DEVELOPMENT_TEAM = "";
 				INFOPLIST_FILE = BarcodeScannerSwift/BarcodeScannerSwift.plist;
-				IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET = 8.0;
+				IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET = 11.0;
 				LD_RUNPATH_SEARCH_PATHS = (
 					"$(inherited)",
 					"@executable_path/Frameworks",
@@ -441,7 +441,7 @@
 				CODE_SIGN_STYLE = Automatic;
 				DEVELOPMENT_TEAM = "";
 				INFOPLIST_FILE = BarcodeScannerSwift/BarcodeScannerSwift.plist;
-				IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET = 8.0;
+				IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET = 11.0;
 				LD_RUNPATH_SEARCH_PATHS = (
 					"$(inherited)",
 					"@executable_path/Frameworks",