diff --git a/gRPC-Core.podspec b/gRPC-Core.podspec
index b0bcd402fff..8ab072f29cf 100644
--- a/gRPC-Core.podspec
+++ b/gRPC-Core.podspec
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ Pod::Spec.new do |s|
     :submodules => true,
   }
 
-  s.ios.deployment_target = '7.1'
+  s.ios.deployment_target = '7.0'
   s.osx.deployment_target = '10.9'
   s.requires_arc = false
 
diff --git a/gRPC-ProtoRPC.podspec b/gRPC-ProtoRPC.podspec
index be4d3cf7c3e..cc6e31f7cf0 100644
--- a/gRPC-ProtoRPC.podspec
+++ b/gRPC-ProtoRPC.podspec
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ Pod::Spec.new do |s|
     :tag => "v#{version}",
   }
 
-  s.ios.deployment_target = '7.1'
+  s.ios.deployment_target = '7.0'
   s.osx.deployment_target = '10.9'
 
   name = 'ProtoRPC'
diff --git a/gRPC-RxLibrary.podspec b/gRPC-RxLibrary.podspec
index b0946bc8589..5b8558ebcd2 100644
--- a/gRPC-RxLibrary.podspec
+++ b/gRPC-RxLibrary.podspec
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ Pod::Spec.new do |s|
     :tag => "v#{version}",
   }
 
-  s.ios.deployment_target = '7.1'
+  s.ios.deployment_target = '7.0'
   s.osx.deployment_target = '10.9'
 
   name = 'RxLibrary'
diff --git a/gRPC.podspec b/gRPC.podspec
index 176b66462d7..cdef59c5748 100644
--- a/gRPC.podspec
+++ b/gRPC.podspec
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ Pod::Spec.new do |s|
     :tag => "v#{version}",
   }
 
-  s.ios.deployment_target = '7.1'
+  s.ios.deployment_target = '7.0'
   s.osx.deployment_target = '10.9'
 
   name = 'GRPCClient'
diff --git a/src/objective-c/!ProtoCompiler-gRPCPlugin.podspec b/src/objective-c/!ProtoCompiler-gRPCPlugin.podspec
index 6cc4f289a8f..e64762b726a 100644
--- a/src/objective-c/!ProtoCompiler-gRPCPlugin.podspec
+++ b/src/objective-c/!ProtoCompiler-gRPCPlugin.podspec
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ Pod::Spec.new do |s|
   # Restrict the protoc version to the one supported by this plugin.
   s.dependency '!ProtoCompiler', '3.1.0'
   # For the Protobuf dependency not to complain:
-  s.ios.deployment_target = '7.1'
+  s.ios.deployment_target = '7.0'
   s.osx.deployment_target = '10.9'
   # Restrict the gRPC runtime version to the one supported by this plugin.
   s.dependency 'gRPC-ProtoRPC', v
diff --git a/src/objective-c/!ProtoCompiler.podspec b/src/objective-c/!ProtoCompiler.podspec
index dc4d8e964e6..bbff57ba77d 100644
--- a/src/objective-c/!ProtoCompiler.podspec
+++ b/src/objective-c/!ProtoCompiler.podspec
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ Pod::Spec.new do |s|
   # Restrict the protobuf runtime version to the one supported by this version of protoc.
   s.dependency 'Protobuf', '~> 3.0'
   # For the Protobuf dependency not to complain:
-  s.ios.deployment_target = '7.1'
+  s.ios.deployment_target = '7.0'
   s.osx.deployment_target = '10.9'
 
   # This is only for local development of protoc: If the Podfile brings this pod from a local
diff --git a/templates/gRPC-Core.podspec.template b/templates/gRPC-Core.podspec.template
index 66b36593099..5b1f0630bfc 100644
--- a/templates/gRPC-Core.podspec.template
+++ b/templates/gRPC-Core.podspec.template
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
       :submodules => true,
     }
 
-    s.ios.deployment_target = '7.1'
+    s.ios.deployment_target = '7.0'
     s.osx.deployment_target = '10.9'
     s.requires_arc = false
 
diff --git a/templates/gRPC-ProtoRPC.podspec.template b/templates/gRPC-ProtoRPC.podspec.template
index 5d7d90d2318..47b22dd2a52 100644
--- a/templates/gRPC-ProtoRPC.podspec.template
+++ b/templates/gRPC-ProtoRPC.podspec.template
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
       :tag => "v#{version}",
     }
 
-    s.ios.deployment_target = '7.1'
+    s.ios.deployment_target = '7.0'
     s.osx.deployment_target = '10.9'
 
     name = 'ProtoRPC'
diff --git a/templates/gRPC-RxLibrary.podspec.template b/templates/gRPC-RxLibrary.podspec.template
index 35a06c8a856..48f0df8f9e6 100644
--- a/templates/gRPC-RxLibrary.podspec.template
+++ b/templates/gRPC-RxLibrary.podspec.template
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
       :tag => "v#{version}",
     }
 
-    s.ios.deployment_target = '7.1'
+    s.ios.deployment_target = '7.0'
     s.osx.deployment_target = '10.9'
 
     name = 'RxLibrary'
diff --git a/templates/gRPC.podspec.template b/templates/gRPC.podspec.template
index d33ce277dc3..ce473608dd8 100644
--- a/templates/gRPC.podspec.template
+++ b/templates/gRPC.podspec.template
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
       :tag => "v#{version}",
     }
 
-    s.ios.deployment_target = '7.1'
+    s.ios.deployment_target = '7.0'
     s.osx.deployment_target = '10.9'
 
     name = 'GRPCClient'
diff --git a/templates/src/objective-c/!ProtoCompiler-gRPCPlugin.podspec.template b/templates/src/objective-c/!ProtoCompiler-gRPCPlugin.podspec.template
index 3a10cfab3cc..b100fa7cfe1 100644
--- a/templates/src/objective-c/!ProtoCompiler-gRPCPlugin.podspec.template
+++ b/templates/src/objective-c/!ProtoCompiler-gRPCPlugin.podspec.template
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
     # Restrict the protoc version to the one supported by this plugin.
     s.dependency '!ProtoCompiler', '3.1.0'
     # For the Protobuf dependency not to complain:
-    s.ios.deployment_target = '7.1'
+    s.ios.deployment_target = '7.0'
     s.osx.deployment_target = '10.9'
     # Restrict the gRPC runtime version to the one supported by this plugin.
     s.dependency 'gRPC-ProtoRPC', v