diff --git a/Podfile b/Podfile
index 526421c56..6c588a2f1 100644
--- a/Podfile
+++ b/Podfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-platform :ios, '9.0'
+platform :ios, '8.0'
 source 'https://github.com/CocoaPods/Specs.git'
 
 target 'Signal' do
diff --git a/Podfile.lock b/Podfile.lock
index 2fc72a4b2..4ec300c50 100644
--- a/Podfile.lock
+++ b/Podfile.lock
@@ -161,6 +161,6 @@ SPEC CHECKSUMS:
   UnionFind: c33be5adb12983981d6e827ea94fc7f9e370f52d
   YapDatabase: cd911121580ff16675f65ad742a9eb0ab4d9e266
 
-PODFILE CHECKSUM: 549de6756fe8eab98647be8561b3988361f62e85
+PODFILE CHECKSUM: cb2cbbe74dab34123e1cb527417ef658aa60bd26
 
 COCOAPODS: 1.2.1
diff --git a/Signal.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj b/Signal.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
index d9a49371a..a48e2a467 100644
--- a/Signal.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
+++ b/Signal.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
@@ -2474,7 +2474,7 @@
 					"\"$(SRCROOT)/Libraries\"/**",
 				);
 				INFOPLIST_FILE = "$(SRCROOT)/Signal/Signal-Info.plist";
-				IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET = 9.0;
+				IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET = 8.0;
 				LD_RUNPATH_SEARCH_PATHS = "$(inherited) @executable_path/Frameworks";
 				LIBRARY_SEARCH_PATHS = (
 					"$(inherited)",
@@ -2534,7 +2534,7 @@
 					"\"$(SRCROOT)/Libraries\"/**",
 				);
 				INFOPLIST_FILE = "$(SRCROOT)/Signal/Signal-Info.plist";
-				IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET = 9.0;
+				IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET = 8.0;
 				LD_RUNPATH_SEARCH_PATHS = "$(inherited) @executable_path/Frameworks";
 				LIBRARY_SEARCH_PATHS = (
 					"$(inherited)",