diff --git a/packages/react-native-vision-camera-barcode-scanner/README.md b/packages/react-native-vision-camera-barcode-scanner/README.md
index 1f93084dd8..8a21189416 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-vision-camera-barcode-scanner/README.md
+++ b/packages/react-native-vision-camera-barcode-scanner/README.md
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ VisionCamera Barcode Scanner depends on VisionCamera Core.
 # Make sure VisionCamera Core is installed.
 ```
 
+## Minimum Requirements
+
+The `GoogleMLKit/BarcodeScanning` dependency (version `8.0.0`) requires a minimum iOS target version of 15.5. Adjust in your `Podfile` if needed.
+
 Then, update your native project:
 
 ```sh
diff --git a/packages/react-native-vision-camera-barcode-scanner/VisionCameraBarcodeScanner.podspec b/packages/react-native-vision-camera-barcode-scanner/VisionCameraBarcodeScanner.podspec
index fbc6f64f42..993ec98930 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-vision-camera-barcode-scanner/VisionCameraBarcodeScanner.podspec
+++ b/packages/react-native-vision-camera-barcode-scanner/VisionCameraBarcodeScanner.podspec
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Pod::Spec.new do |s|
   s.license      = package["license"]
   s.authors      = package["author"]
 
-  s.platforms    = { :ios => min_ios_version_supported, :visionos => 1.0 }
+  s.platforms    = { :ios => 15.5, :visionos => 1.0 }
   s.source       = { :git => "https://github.com/mrousavy/nitro.git", :tag => "#{s.version}" }
 
   s.source_files = [