diff --git a/src/objective-c/tests/Podfile b/src/objective-c/tests/Podfile
index 0d7672f17eb..2aa837f764e 100644
--- a/src/objective-c/tests/Podfile
+++ b/src/objective-c/tests/Podfile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 source 'https://github.com/CocoaPods/Specs.git'
 platform :ios, '8.0'
 
-pod 'Protobuf', :git => 'https://github.com/google/protobuf.git'
+pod 'Protobuf', :path => "../../../third_party/protobuf"
 pod 'gRPC', :path => "../../.."
 pod 'RemoteTest', :path => "../generated_libraries/RemoteTestClient"
 pod 'RouteGuide', :path => "../generated_libraries/RouteGuideClient"