diff --git a/.changes/fix-ios-plugin-xcode-deployment-target.md b/.changes/fix-ios-plugin-xcode-deployment-target.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2477395c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/fix-ios-plugin-xcode-deployment-target.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+"tauri-cli": patch:bug
+"@tauri-apps/cli": patch:bug
+---
+
+Changed the deployment target of plugin iOS Xcode project to 13.0 so it works on older iOS releases.
diff --git a/tooling/cli/templates/plugin/ios-xcode/tauri-plugin-{{ plugin_name }}.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj b/tooling/cli/templates/plugin/ios-xcode/tauri-plugin-{{ plugin_name }}.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
index 7f48b46ec..dc9db42a6 100644
--- a/tooling/cli/templates/plugin/ios-xcode/tauri-plugin-{{ plugin_name }}.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj	
+++ b/tooling/cli/templates/plugin/ios-xcode/tauri-plugin-{{ plugin_name }}.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj	
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@
 				GCC_WARN_UNINITIALIZED_AUTOS = YES_AGGRESSIVE;
 				GCC_WARN_UNUSED_FUNCTION = YES;
 				GCC_WARN_UNUSED_VARIABLE = YES;
-				IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET = 17.5;
+				IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET = 13.0;
 				LOCALIZATION_PREFERS_STRING_CATALOGS = YES;
 				MTL_ENABLE_DEBUG_INFO = INCLUDE_SOURCE;
 				MTL_FAST_MATH = YES;
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@
 				GCC_WARN_UNINITIALIZED_AUTOS = YES_AGGRESSIVE;
 				GCC_WARN_UNUSED_FUNCTION = YES;
 				GCC_WARN_UNUSED_VARIABLE = YES;
-				IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET = 17.5;
+				IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET = 13.0;
 				LOCALIZATION_PREFERS_STRING_CATALOGS = YES;
 				MTL_ENABLE_DEBUG_INFO = NO;
 				MTL_FAST_MATH = YES;