diff --git a/packages/react-native/template/Gemfile b/packages/react-native/template/Gemfile
index 6a7d5c7a49c..8d72c37a80c 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/template/Gemfile
+++ b/packages/react-native/template/Gemfile
@@ -3,5 +3,7 @@ source 'https://rubygems.org'
 # You may use http://rbenv.org/ or https://rvm.io/ to install and use this version
 ruby ">= 2.6.10"
 
-gem 'cocoapods', '~> 1.13'
-gem 'activesupport', '>= 6.1.7.3', '< 7.1.0'
+# 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'
diff --git a/packages/rn-tester/Gemfile b/packages/rn-tester/Gemfile
index 4de6c10e5d6..e61b979adb5 100644
--- a/packages/rn-tester/Gemfile
+++ b/packages/rn-tester/Gemfile
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 # Gemfile
 source 'https://rubygems.org'
 
-gem 'cocoapods', '~> 1.12'
+# 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 'rexml'
 gem 'activesupport', '>= 6.1.7.3', '< 7.1.0'
diff --git a/packages/rn-tester/Podfile.lock b/packages/rn-tester/Podfile.lock
index b44fc9880ca..68e36bf75d4 100644
--- a/packages/rn-tester/Podfile.lock
+++ b/packages/rn-tester/Podfile.lock
@@ -1370,7 +1370,7 @@ EXTERNAL SOURCES:
 SPEC CHECKSUMS:
   boost: d3f49c53809116a5d38da093a8aa78bf551aed09
   CocoaAsyncSocket: 065fd1e645c7abab64f7a6a2007a48038fdc6a99
-  DoubleConversion: 5189b271737e1565bdce30deb4a08d647e3f5f54
+  DoubleConversion: fea03f2699887d960129cc54bba7e52542b6f953
   FBLazyVector: fbc4957d9aa695250b55d879c1d86f79d7e69ab4
   FBReactNativeSpec: 448eeada928188f02d561158d7167983f8cccfc1
   Flipper: c7a0093234c4bdd456e363f2f19b2e4b27652d44
@@ -1382,7 +1382,7 @@ SPEC CHECKSUMS:
   Flipper-PeerTalk: 116d8f857dc6ef55c7a5a75ea3ceaafe878aadc9
   FlipperKit: 37525a5d056ef9b93d1578e04bc3ea1de940094f
   fmt: ff9d55029c625d3757ed641535fd4a75fedc7ce9
-  glog: 04b94705f318337d7ead9e6d17c019bd9b1f6b1b
+  glog: c5d68082e772fa1c511173d6b30a9de2c05a69a2
   hermes-engine: b361c9ef5ef3cda53f66e195599b47e1f84ffa35
   libevent: 4049cae6c81cdb3654a443be001fb9bdceff7913
   OCMock: 9491e4bec59e0b267d52a9184ff5605995e74be8
@@ -1433,7 +1433,7 @@ SPEC CHECKSUMS:
   ReactCommon-Samples: 5ccf2a724444b611b064036cecc78785dbb00efd
   ScreenshotManager: 338d56378199c1e9fb50d896a7ce4400cd250b5e
   SocketRocket: f32cd54efbe0f095c4d7594881e52619cfe80b17
-  Yoga: 13c8ef87792450193e117976337b8527b49e8c03
+  Yoga: e64aa65de36c0832d04e8c7bd614396c77a80047
 
 PODFILE CHECKSUM: 7d1b558e28efc972a185230c56fef43ed86910a1
 
diff --git a/packages/rn-tester/RNTesterPods.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj b/packages/rn-tester/RNTesterPods.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
index 68261744016..ec0082dd9e3 100644
--- a/packages/rn-tester/RNTesterPods.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
+++ b/packages/rn-tester/RNTesterPods.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
@@ -943,8 +943,6 @@
 				OTHER_LDFLAGS = (
 					"-ObjC",
 					"-lc++",
-					"-Wl",
-					"-ld_classic",
 				);
 				REACT_NATIVE_PATH = "${PODS_ROOT}/../../react-native";
 				SDKROOT = iphoneos;
@@ -1029,8 +1027,6 @@
 				OTHER_LDFLAGS = (
 					"-ObjC",
 					"-lc++",
-					"-Wl",
-					"-ld_classic",
 				);
 				REACT_NATIVE_PATH = "${PODS_ROOT}/../../react-native";
 				SDKROOT = iphoneos;