diff --git a/Podfile b/Podfile
index a544cea9a213..c2112636d8a6 100644
--- a/Podfile
+++ b/Podfile
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ abstract_target 'Apps' do
 
     pod 'NSURL+IDN', '~> 0.4'
 
-    pod 'WPMediaPicker', '~> 1.7.2'
+    pod 'WPMediaPicker', '~> 1.8.0-beta.1'
     #pod 'WPMediaPicker', :git => 'https://github.com/wordpress-mobile/MediaPicker-iOS.git', :tag => '1.7.0'
     ## while PR is in review:
     # pod 'WPMediaPicker', :git => 'https://github.com/wordpress-mobile/MediaPicker-iOS.git', :branch => ''
diff --git a/Podfile.lock b/Podfile.lock
index a42897e1d4a7..36d1cc67791f 100644
--- a/Podfile.lock
+++ b/Podfile.lock
@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ PODS:
     - CocoaLumberjack (~> 3.4)
     - FormatterKit/TimeIntervalFormatter (~> 1.8)
   - WordPressUI (1.12.2)
-  - WPMediaPicker (1.7.2)
+  - WPMediaPicker (1.8.0-beta.1)
   - wpxmlrpc (0.9.0)
   - Yoga (1.14.0)
   - ZendeskCommonUISDK (6.1.1)
@@ -557,7 +557,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES:
   - WordPressMocks (~> 0.0.15)
   - WordPressShared (~> 1.17.0)
   - WordPressUI (~> 1.12.2)
-  - WPMediaPicker (~> 1.7.2)
+  - WPMediaPicker (~> 1.8.0-beta.1)
   - Yoga (from `https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wordpress-mobile/gutenberg-mobile/v1.67.0/third-party-podspecs/Yoga.podspec.json`)
   - ZendeskSupportSDK (= 5.3.0)
   - ZIPFoundation (~> 0.9.8)
@@ -814,7 +814,7 @@ SPEC CHECKSUMS:
   WordPressMocks: 6b52b0764d9939408151367dd9c6e8a910877f4d
   WordPressShared: a4b0308a6345d4dda20c8f7ad9317df4246b4a00
   WordPressUI: c573f4b5c2e5d0ffcebe69ecf86ae75ab7b6ff4d
-  WPMediaPicker: d5ae9a83cd5cc0e4de46bfc1c59120aa86658bc3
+  WPMediaPicker: b71345bed88eb1b9ad6313e3410795e0f1182f47
   wpxmlrpc: bf55a43a7e710bd2a4fb8c02dfe83b1246f14f13
   Yoga: 982b1e7bf7c0873643955853293b269e4487890e
   ZendeskCommonUISDK: 5808802951ad2bb424f0bed4259dc3c0ce9b52ec
@@ -826,6 +826,6 @@ SPEC CHECKSUMS:
   ZendeskSupportSDK: 3a8e508ab1d9dd22dc038df6c694466414e037ba
   ZIPFoundation: e27423c004a5a1410c15933407747374e7c6cb6e
 
-PODFILE CHECKSUM: 22e47ac08ff376890a2371f01f5950f182d2bf06
+PODFILE CHECKSUM: 8c53e4d7f4095196157ab82d948b8f940075280f
 
 COCOAPODS: 1.10.1