diff --git a/examples/objective-c/auth_sample/AuthTestService.podspec b/examples/objective-c/auth_sample/AuthTestService.podspec
index 1df6f98ad5b..d709c7e636f 100644
--- a/examples/objective-c/auth_sample/AuthTestService.podspec
+++ b/examples/objective-c/auth_sample/AuthTestService.podspec
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Pod::Spec.new do |s|
   src = "../../protos"
 
   # Run protoc with the Objective-C and gRPC plugins to generate protocol messages and gRPC clients.
-  s.dependency "!ProtoCompiler-gRPCPlugin", "~> 1.0"
+  s.dependency "!ProtoCompiler-gRPCPlugin", "~> 1.0.0-pre1"
 
   # Pods directory corresponding to this app's Podfile, relative to the location of this podspec.
   pods_root = 'Pods'
diff --git a/examples/objective-c/helloworld/HelloWorld.podspec b/examples/objective-c/helloworld/HelloWorld.podspec
index 11c7fb3bcf0..48364fc0af1 100644
--- a/examples/objective-c/helloworld/HelloWorld.podspec
+++ b/examples/objective-c/helloworld/HelloWorld.podspec
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Pod::Spec.new do |s|
   src = "../../protos"
 
   # Run protoc with the Objective-C and gRPC plugins to generate protocol messages and gRPC clients.
-  s.dependency "!ProtoCompiler-gRPCPlugin", "~> 1.0"
+  s.dependency "!ProtoCompiler-gRPCPlugin", "~> 1.0.0-pre1"
 
   # Pods directory corresponding to this app's Podfile, relative to the location of this podspec.
   pods_root = 'Pods'
diff --git a/examples/objective-c/route_guide/RouteGuide.podspec b/examples/objective-c/route_guide/RouteGuide.podspec
index 729b45f87a2..04bc10bc0b5 100644
--- a/examples/objective-c/route_guide/RouteGuide.podspec
+++ b/examples/objective-c/route_guide/RouteGuide.podspec
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Pod::Spec.new do |s|
   src = "../../protos"
 
   # Run protoc with the Objective-C and gRPC plugins to generate protocol messages and gRPC clients.
-  s.dependency "!ProtoCompiler-gRPCPlugin", "~> 1.0"
+  s.dependency "!ProtoCompiler-gRPCPlugin", "~> 1.0.0-pre1"
 
   # Pods directory corresponding to this app's Podfile, relative to the location of this podspec.
   pods_root = 'Pods'
diff --git a/gRPC-Core.podspec b/gRPC-Core.podspec
index cb243c80c7d..4c82f12432d 100644
--- a/gRPC-Core.podspec
+++ b/gRPC-Core.podspec
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 
 Pod::Spec.new do |s|
   s.name     = 'gRPC-Core'
-  version = '1.0.0'
+  version = '1.0.0-pre1'
   s.version  = version
   s.summary  = 'Core cross-platform gRPC library, written in C'
   s.homepage = 'http://www.grpc.io'
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ Pod::Spec.new do |s|
 
   s.source = {
     :git => 'https://github.com/grpc/grpc.git',
-    :tag => "v#{version}",
+    :tag => "objective-c-v#{version}",
     # TODO(jcanizales): Depend explicitly on the nanopb pod, and disable submodules.
     :submodules => true,
   }
diff --git a/gRPC-ProtoRPC.podspec b/gRPC-ProtoRPC.podspec
index 1f1235c1ba2..741067b23f4 100644
--- a/gRPC-ProtoRPC.podspec
+++ b/gRPC-ProtoRPC.podspec
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 
 Pod::Spec.new do |s|
   s.name     = 'gRPC-ProtoRPC'
-  version = '1.0.0'
+  version = '1.0.0-pre1'
   s.version  = version
   s.summary  = 'RPC library for Protocol Buffers, based on gRPC'
   s.homepage = 'http://www.grpc.io'
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ Pod::Spec.new do |s|
 
   s.source = {
     :git => 'https://github.com/grpc/grpc.git',
-    :tag => "v#{version}",
+    :tag => "objective-c-v#{version}",
   }
 
   s.ios.deployment_target = '7.1'
diff --git a/gRPC-RxLibrary.podspec b/gRPC-RxLibrary.podspec
index 05e64e59742..862ed8974ba 100644
--- a/gRPC-RxLibrary.podspec
+++ b/gRPC-RxLibrary.podspec
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 
 Pod::Spec.new do |s|
   s.name     = 'gRPC-RxLibrary'
-  version = '1.0.0'
+  version = '1.0.0-pre1'
   s.version  = version
   s.summary  = 'Reactive Extensions library for iOS/OSX.'
   s.homepage = 'http://www.grpc.io'
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ Pod::Spec.new do |s|
 
   s.source = {
     :git => 'https://github.com/grpc/grpc.git',
-    :tag => "v#{version}",
+    :tag => "objective-c-v#{version}",
   }
 
   s.ios.deployment_target = '7.1'
diff --git a/gRPC.podspec b/gRPC.podspec
index 10a1f0f80ff..eda965a3280 100644
--- a/gRPC.podspec
+++ b/gRPC.podspec
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 
 Pod::Spec.new do |s|
   s.name     = 'gRPC'
-  version = '1.0.0'
+  version = '1.0.0-pre1'
   s.version  = version
   s.summary  = 'gRPC client library for iOS/OSX'
   s.homepage = 'http://www.grpc.io'
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ Pod::Spec.new do |s|
 
   s.source = {
     :git => 'https://github.com/grpc/grpc.git',
-    :tag => "v#{version}",
+    :tag => "objective-c-v#{version}",
   }
 
   s.ios.deployment_target = '7.1'
diff --git a/src/objective-c/!ProtoCompiler-gRPCPlugin.podspec b/src/objective-c/!ProtoCompiler-gRPCPlugin.podspec
index 279549cfafc..97f4f586b72 100644
--- a/src/objective-c/!ProtoCompiler-gRPCPlugin.podspec
+++ b/src/objective-c/!ProtoCompiler-gRPCPlugin.podspec
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ Pod::Spec.new do |s|
   # exclamation mark ensures that other "regular" pods will be able to find it as it'll be installed
   # before them.
   s.name     = '!ProtoCompiler-gRPCPlugin'
-  v = '1.0.0'
+  v = '1.0.0-pre1'
   s.version  = v
   s.summary  = 'The gRPC ProtoC plugin generates Objective-C files from .proto services.'
   s.description = <<-DESC
@@ -82,9 +82,10 @@ Pod::Spec.new do |s|
   s.authors  = { 'The gRPC contributors' => 'grpc-packages@google.com' }
 
   repo = 'grpc/grpc'
+  release = "objective-c-v#{v}"
   file = "grpc_objective_c_plugin-#{v}-macos-x86_64.zip"
   s.source = {
-    :http => "https://github.com/#{repo}/releases/download/v#{v}/#{file}",
+    :http => "https://github.com/#{repo}/releases/download/#{release}/#{file}",
     # TODO(jcanizales): Add sha1 or sha256
     # :sha1 => '??',
   }
diff --git a/src/objective-c/examples/RemoteTestClient/RemoteTest.podspec b/src/objective-c/examples/RemoteTestClient/RemoteTest.podspec
index 8839b81b616..7222a80b887 100644
--- a/src/objective-c/examples/RemoteTestClient/RemoteTest.podspec
+++ b/src/objective-c/examples/RemoteTestClient/RemoteTest.podspec
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ Pod::Spec.new do |s|
   s.osx.deployment_target = '10.9'
 
   # Run protoc with the Objective-C and gRPC plugins to generate protocol messages and gRPC clients.
-  s.dependency "!ProtoCompiler-gRPCPlugin", "~> 1.0"
+  s.dependency "!ProtoCompiler-gRPCPlugin", "~> 1.0.0-pre1"
 
   repo_root = '../../../..'
   bin_dir = "#{repo_root}/bins/$CONFIG"
diff --git a/src/objective-c/tests/RemoteTestClient/RemoteTest.podspec b/src/objective-c/tests/RemoteTestClient/RemoteTest.podspec
index 30173a332f4..53ba1019131 100644
--- a/src/objective-c/tests/RemoteTestClient/RemoteTest.podspec
+++ b/src/objective-c/tests/RemoteTestClient/RemoteTest.podspec
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ Pod::Spec.new do |s|
   s.osx.deployment_target = '10.9'
 
   # Run protoc with the Objective-C and gRPC plugins to generate protocol messages and gRPC clients.
-  s.dependency "!ProtoCompiler-gRPCPlugin", "~> 1.0"
+  s.dependency "!ProtoCompiler-gRPCPlugin", "~> 1.0.0-pre1"
 
   repo_root = '../../../..'
   bin_dir = "#{repo_root}/bins/$CONFIG"
diff --git a/templates/gRPC-Core.podspec.template b/templates/gRPC-Core.podspec.template
index b9f5d18d723..cf7ec31a8e1 100644
--- a/templates/gRPC-Core.podspec.template
+++ b/templates/gRPC-Core.podspec.template
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
   %>
   Pod::Spec.new do |s|
     s.name     = 'gRPC-Core'
-    version = '1.0.0'
+    version = '1.0.0-pre1'
     s.version  = version
     s.summary  = 'Core cross-platform gRPC library, written in C'
     s.homepage = 'http://www.grpc.io'
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
 
     s.source = {
       :git => 'https://github.com/grpc/grpc.git',
-      :tag => "v#{version}",
+      :tag => "objective-c-v#{version}",
       # TODO(jcanizales): Depend explicitly on the nanopb pod, and disable submodules.
       :submodules => true,
     }