diff --git a/packages/react-native/template/Gemfile b/packages/react-native/template/Gemfile
index 8d72c37a80c..2a7ce357c5b 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/template/Gemfile
+++ b/packages/react-native/template/Gemfile
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ source 'https://rubygems.org'
 # You may use http://rbenv.org/ or https://rvm.io/ to install and use this version
 ruby ">= 2.6.10"
 
-# Cocoapods 1.15 introduced a bug which break the build. We will remove the upper
-# bound in the template on Cocoapods with next React Native release.
-gem 'cocoapods', '>= 1.13', '< 1.15'
-gem 'activesupport', '>= 6.1.7.5', '< 7.1.0'
+# Exclude problematic versions of cocoapods and activesupport that causes build failures.
+gem 'cocoapods', '>= 1.13', '!= 1.15.0', '!= 1.15.1'
+gem 'activesupport', '>= 6.1.7.5', '!= 7.1.0'