diff --git a/packages/cli/src/actions/packagers.ts b/packages/cli/src/actions/packagers.ts
index c338309182..9ee5150786 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/actions/packagers.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/actions/packagers.ts
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ export default defineAction(async (): Promise<void> => {
     try {
       for await (const line of execa({
         cwd: path.project.resolve('ios'),
-      })`pod install`) {
+      })(isCI ? 'bundle exec pod install' : 'pod install')) {
         logger.debug(line);
       }
 
diff --git a/packages/cli/templates/react-native-0.72/addons/ios/Gemfile b/packages/cli/templates/react-native-0.72/addons/ios/Gemfile
index d77e6e13a3..b2f1d6d7da 100644
--- a/packages/cli/templates/react-native-0.72/addons/ios/Gemfile
+++ b/packages/cli/templates/react-native-0.72/addons/ios/Gemfile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 source "https://rubygems.org"
 
-# 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'
+# Cocoapods 1.16 requires xcodeproj 1.26.0, which is not compatible with React Native due to a bug.
+gem 'cocoapods', '>= 1.13', '< 1.16'
 gem 'activesupport', '>= 6.1.7.5', '< 7.1.0'
+gem 'xcodeproj', '< 1.26.0'
diff --git a/packages/cli/templates/react-native-0.73/addons/ios/Gemfile b/packages/cli/templates/react-native-0.73/addons/ios/Gemfile
index d77e6e13a3..b2f1d6d7da 100644
--- a/packages/cli/templates/react-native-0.73/addons/ios/Gemfile
+++ b/packages/cli/templates/react-native-0.73/addons/ios/Gemfile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 source "https://rubygems.org"
 
-# 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'
+# Cocoapods 1.16 requires xcodeproj 1.26.0, which is not compatible with React Native due to a bug.
+gem 'cocoapods', '>= 1.13', '< 1.16'
 gem 'activesupport', '>= 6.1.7.5', '< 7.1.0'
+gem 'xcodeproj', '< 1.26.0'