diff --git a/sdks/hermes-engine/hermes-engine.podspec b/sdks/hermes-engine/hermes-engine.podspec
index 00dfcc4d90a6b6..87d0710b4b99a3 100644
--- a/sdks/hermes-engine/hermes-engine.podspec
+++ b/sdks/hermes-engine/hermes-engine.podspec
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ Pod::Spec.new do |spec|
   spec.preserve_paths      = '**/*.*'
   spec.source_files        = ''
 
-  spec.xcconfig = {
+  spec.pod_target_xcconfig = {
                     "CLANG_CXX_LANGUAGE_STANDARD" => "c++17",
                     "CLANG_CXX_LIBRARY" => "compiler-default"
                   }.merge!(build_type == :debug ? { "GCC_PREPROCESSOR_DEFINITIONS" => "HERMES_ENABLE_DEBUGGER=1" } : {})