diff --git a/packages/react-native/scripts/cocoapods/helpers.rb b/packages/react-native/scripts/cocoapods/helpers.rb
index 1e115ef1755528..68017d1f0cc535 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/scripts/cocoapods/helpers.rb
+++ b/packages/react-native/scripts/cocoapods/helpers.rb
@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@ def self.min_ios_version_supported
             return '13.4'
         end
 
+        def self.min_xcode_version_supported
+            return '14.3'
+        end
+
         def self.folly_config
             return {
                 :version => '2024.01.01.00',
diff --git a/packages/react-native/scripts/cocoapods/utils.rb b/packages/react-native/scripts/cocoapods/utils.rb
index ffe6a70c7e95ca..8873af4860440c 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/scripts/cocoapods/utils.rb
+++ b/packages/react-native/scripts/cocoapods/utils.rb
@@ -407,19 +407,39 @@ def self.remove_value_from_setting_if_present(config, setting_name, value)
     def self.is_using_xcode15_0(xcodebuild_manager: Xcodebuild)
         xcodebuild_version = xcodebuild_manager.version
 
+        if version = self.parse_xcode_version(xcodebuild_version)
+            return version["major"] == 15 && version["minor"] == 0
+        end
+
+        return false
+    end
+
+    def self.parse_xcode_version(version_string)
         # The output of xcodebuild -version is something like
         # Xcode 15.0
         # or
         # Xcode 14.3.1
         # We want to capture the version digits
-        regex = /(\d+)\.(\d+)(?:\.(\d+))?/
-        if match_data = xcodebuild_version.match(regex)
-            major = match_data[1].to_i
-            minor = match_data[2].to_i
-            return major == 15 && minor == 0
+        match = version_string.match(/(\d+)\.(\d+)(?:\.(\d+))?/)
+        return nil if match.nil?
+
+        return {"str" => match[0], "major" => match[1].to_i, "minor" => match[2].to_i};
+    end
+
+    def self.check_minimum_required_xcode(xcodebuild_manager: Xcodebuild)
+        version = self.parse_xcode_version(xcodebuild_manager.version)
+        if (version.nil? || !Gem::Version::correct?(version["str"]))
+            Pod::UI.warn "Unexpected XCode version string '#{xcodebuild_manager.version}'"
+            return
         end
 
-        return false
+        current = version["str"]
+        min_required = Helpers::Constants.min_xcode_version_supported
+
+        if Gem::Version::new(current) < Gem::Version::new(min_required)
+            Pod::UI.puts "React Native requires XCode >= #{min_required}. Found #{current}.".red
+            raise "Please upgrade XCode"
+        end
     end
 
     def self.add_compiler_flag_to_project(installer, flag, configuration: nil)
diff --git a/packages/react-native/scripts/react_native_pods.rb b/packages/react-native/scripts/react_native_pods.rb
index e60920404de575..462048d89962ca 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/scripts/react_native_pods.rb
+++ b/packages/react-native/scripts/react_native_pods.rb
@@ -80,6 +80,8 @@ def use_react_native! (
   ENV['APP_PATH'] = app_path
   ENV['REACT_NATIVE_PATH'] = path
 
+  ReactNativePodsUtils.check_minimum_required_xcode()
+
   # Current target definition is provided by Cocoapods and it refers to the target
   # that has invoked the `use_react_native!` function.
   ReactNativePodsUtils.detect_use_frameworks(current_target_definition)