diff --git a/examples/basic/ios/VideoPlayer.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj b/examples/basic/ios/VideoPlayer.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
index db5f9a39..91e4e3a0 100644
--- a/examples/basic/ios/VideoPlayer.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
+++ b/examples/basic/ios/VideoPlayer.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
@@ -1091,7 +1091,7 @@
 				GCC_WARN_UNINITIALIZED_AUTOS = YES_AGGRESSIVE;
 				GCC_WARN_UNUSED_FUNCTION = YES;
 				GCC_WARN_UNUSED_VARIABLE = YES;
-				IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET = 8.0;
+				IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET = 9.0;
 				MTL_ENABLE_DEBUG_INFO = YES;
 				ONLY_ACTIVE_ARCH = YES;
 				SDKROOT = iphoneos;
@@ -1126,7 +1126,7 @@
 				GCC_WARN_UNINITIALIZED_AUTOS = YES_AGGRESSIVE;
 				GCC_WARN_UNUSED_FUNCTION = YES;
 				GCC_WARN_UNUSED_VARIABLE = YES;
-				IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET = 8.0;
+				IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET = 9.0;
 				MTL_ENABLE_DEBUG_INFO = NO;
 				SDKROOT = iphoneos;
 				VALIDATE_PRODUCT = YES;
diff --git a/ios/RCTVideo.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj b/ios/RCTVideo.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
index 4e675ac7..1761485f 100644
--- a/ios/RCTVideo.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
+++ b/ios/RCTVideo.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@
 			developmentRegion = English;
 			hasScannedForEncodings = 0;
 			knownRegions = (
+				English,
 				en,
 			);
 			mainGroup = 58B511D21A9E6C8500147676;
@@ -236,7 +237,7 @@
 				GCC_WARN_UNINITIALIZED_AUTOS = YES_AGGRESSIVE;
 				GCC_WARN_UNUSED_FUNCTION = YES;
 				GCC_WARN_UNUSED_VARIABLE = YES;
-				IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET = 7.0;
+				IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET = 9.0;
 				MTL_ENABLE_DEBUG_INFO = YES;
 				ONLY_ACTIVE_ARCH = YES;
 				SDKROOT = iphoneos;
@@ -270,7 +271,7 @@
 				GCC_WARN_UNINITIALIZED_AUTOS = YES_AGGRESSIVE;
 				GCC_WARN_UNUSED_FUNCTION = YES;
 				GCC_WARN_UNUSED_VARIABLE = YES;
-				IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET = 7.0;
+				IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET = 9.0;
 				MTL_ENABLE_DEBUG_INFO = NO;
 				SDKROOT = iphoneos;
 				VALIDATE_PRODUCT = YES;