diff --git a/tools_webrtc/ios/build_ios_libs.py b/tools_webrtc/ios/build_ios_libs.py
index 39cc886685..0051982e04 100755
--- a/tools_webrtc/ios/build_ios_libs.py
+++ b/tools_webrtc/ios/build_ios_libs.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ SDK_LIB_NAME = 'librtc_sdk_objc.a'
 SDK_FRAMEWORK_NAME = 'WebRTC.framework'
 
 DEFAULT_ARCHS = ENABLED_ARCHS = ['arm64', 'arm', 'x64', 'x86']
-IOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET = '8.0'
+IOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET = '9.0'
 LIBVPX_BUILD_VP9 = False
 
 sys.path.append(os.path.join(SCRIPT_DIR, '..', 'libs'))