diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 791645ea61122d..f6ef1377abc39d 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ executors:
   reactnativeios:
     <<: *defaults
     macos:
-      xcode: &_XCODE_VERSION "11.5.0"
+      xcode: &_XCODE_VERSION "11.6.0"
 
 # -------------------------
 #        COMMANDS
diff --git a/RNTester/Gemfile b/RNTester/Gemfile
index d2674fe5851aa1..b3234140e54d42 100644
--- a/RNTester/Gemfile
+++ b/RNTester/Gemfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # Gemfile
 source 'https://rubygems.org'
 
-gem 'cocoapods', '= 1.9.1'
+gem 'cocoapods', '= 1.9.3'
diff --git a/RNTester/Podfile.lock b/RNTester/Podfile.lock
index 6fda7f40eaa151..6abf0222fa1bf7 100644
--- a/RNTester/Podfile.lock
+++ b/RNTester/Podfile.lock
@@ -543,6 +543,6 @@ SPEC CHECKSUMS:
   Yoga: f7fa200d8c49f97b54c9421079e781fb900b5cae
   YogaKit: f782866e155069a2cca2517aafea43200b01fd5a
 
-PODFILE CHECKSUM: cebfb084f7b5a37bbb87b7ab91419417f1220eb2
+PODFILE CHECKSUM: c38c19657f5aaa2d604f5f4c607f030b60452997
 
-COCOAPODS: 1.9.1
+COCOAPODS: 1.9.3
diff --git a/RNTester/RNTesterPods.xcodeproj/xcshareddata/xcschemes/RNTester.xcscheme b/RNTester/RNTesterPods.xcodeproj/xcshareddata/xcschemes/RNTester.xcscheme
index d287571e2c4004..7342976848dd0d 100644
--- a/RNTester/RNTesterPods.xcodeproj/xcshareddata/xcschemes/RNTester.xcscheme
+++ b/RNTester/RNTesterPods.xcodeproj/xcshareddata/xcschemes/RNTester.xcscheme
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <Scheme
-   LastUpgradeVersion = "1150"
+   LastUpgradeVersion = "1160"
    version = "1.3">
    <BuildAction
       parallelizeBuildables = "NO"
diff --git a/RNTester/RNTesterPods.xcodeproj/xcshareddata/xcschemes/RNTesterIntegrationTests.xcscheme b/RNTester/RNTesterPods.xcodeproj/xcshareddata/xcschemes/RNTesterIntegrationTests.xcscheme
index 60afe330696b72..013137ced9ab18 100644
--- a/RNTester/RNTesterPods.xcodeproj/xcshareddata/xcschemes/RNTesterIntegrationTests.xcscheme
+++ b/RNTester/RNTesterPods.xcodeproj/xcshareddata/xcschemes/RNTesterIntegrationTests.xcscheme
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <Scheme
-   LastUpgradeVersion = "1150"
+   LastUpgradeVersion = "1160"
    version = "1.3">
    <BuildAction
       parallelizeBuildables = "NO"
diff --git a/RNTester/RNTesterPods.xcodeproj/xcshareddata/xcschemes/RNTesterUnitTests.xcscheme b/RNTester/RNTesterPods.xcodeproj/xcshareddata/xcschemes/RNTesterUnitTests.xcscheme
index b04fc6ad7c62f2..6c7d9489a0e4e4 100644
--- a/RNTester/RNTesterPods.xcodeproj/xcshareddata/xcschemes/RNTesterUnitTests.xcscheme
+++ b/RNTester/RNTesterPods.xcodeproj/xcshareddata/xcschemes/RNTesterUnitTests.xcscheme
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <Scheme
-   LastUpgradeVersion = "1150"
+   LastUpgradeVersion = "1160"
    version = "1.3">
    <BuildAction
       parallelizeBuildables = "NO"
diff --git a/scripts/.tests.env b/scripts/.tests.env
index e5d3d2ad4b63f0..35f489c2b3dc63 100644
--- a/scripts/.tests.env
+++ b/scripts/.tests.env
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ export AVD_NAME="testAVD"
 export AVD_ABI=x86
 
 ## IOS ##
-export IOS_TARGET_OS="13.5"
+export IOS_TARGET_OS="13.6"
 export IOS_DEVICE="iPhone 8"
 export TVOS_DEVICE="Apple TV"
 export SDK_IOS="iphonesimulator"