diff --git a/packages/rn-tester/Podfile.lock b/packages/rn-tester/Podfile.lock
index 7aa96f4ed7e530..25fcfef4bce536 100644
--- a/packages/rn-tester/Podfile.lock
+++ b/packages/rn-tester/Podfile.lock
@@ -954,7 +954,7 @@ SPEC CHECKSUMS:
   FlipperKit: cbdee19bdd4e7f05472a66ce290f1b729ba3cb86
   fmt: ff9d55029c625d3757ed641535fd4a75fedc7ce9
   glog: 04b94705f318337d7ead9e6d17c019bd9b1f6b1b
-  hermes-engine: e49758848596771dbb97c8f1b65e9d1ac353af69
+  hermes-engine: 68253c27099051b3a663f34f27f82f12f12a77b3
   libevent: 4049cae6c81cdb3654a443be001fb9bdceff7913
   OpenSSL-Universal: ebc357f1e6bc71fa463ccb2fe676756aff50e88c
   RCT-Folly: 424b8c9a7a0b9ab2886ffe9c3b041ef628fd4fb1
diff --git a/packages/rn-tester/RNTesterPods.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj b/packages/rn-tester/RNTesterPods.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
index 3f1016eaf000f2..d76853a1a9091f 100644
--- a/packages/rn-tester/RNTesterPods.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
+++ b/packages/rn-tester/RNTesterPods.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
@@ -415,6 +415,7 @@
 				5CF0FD27207FC6EC00C13D65 /* Start Metro */,
 				2FCDFB64B37634EC8EC3139B /* [CP] Embed Pods Frameworks */,
 				A8DE6393E2BB72D8FBBF6C27 /* [CP] Copy Pods Resources */,
+				9C4DBC25C644151BD596140F /* [RN] Copy Hermes Framework */,
 			);
 			buildRules = (
 			);
@@ -716,6 +717,24 @@
 			shellScript = "\"${PODS_ROOT}/Target Support Files/Pods-RNTesterUnitTests/Pods-RNTesterUnitTests-resources.sh\"\n";
 			showEnvVarsInLog = 0;
 		};
+		9C4DBC25C644151BD596140F /* [RN] Copy Hermes Framework */ = {
+			isa = PBXShellScriptBuildPhase;
+			buildActionMask = 2147483647;
+			files = (
+			);
+			inputFileListPaths = (
+			);
+			inputPaths = (
+			);
+			name = "[RN] Copy Hermes Framework";
+			outputFileListPaths = (
+			);
+			outputPaths = (
+			);
+			runOnlyForDeploymentPostprocessing = 0;
+			shellPath = /bin/sh;
+			shellScript = ". ../../sdks/hermes-engine/utils/copy-hermes-xcode.sh";
+		};
 		A8DE6393E2BB72D8FBBF6C27 /* [CP] Copy Pods Resources */ = {
 			isa = PBXShellScriptBuildPhase;
 			buildActionMask = 2147483647;
@@ -915,7 +934,7 @@
 				ENABLE_BITCODE = NO;
 				ENABLE_STRICT_OBJC_MSGSEND = YES;
 				ENABLE_TESTABILITY = YES;
-				"EXCLUDED_ARCHS[sdk=iphonesimulator*]" = "";
+				"EXCLUDED_ARCHS[sdk=iphonesimulator*]" = i386;
 				GCC_C_LANGUAGE_STANDARD = gnu11;
 				GCC_DYNAMIC_NO_PIC = NO;
 				GCC_NO_COMMON_BLOCKS = YES;
@@ -1000,7 +1019,7 @@
 				ENABLE_BITCODE = NO;
 				ENABLE_NS_ASSERTIONS = NO;
 				ENABLE_STRICT_OBJC_MSGSEND = YES;
-				"EXCLUDED_ARCHS[sdk=iphonesimulator*]" = "";
+				"EXCLUDED_ARCHS[sdk=iphonesimulator*]" = i386;
 				GCC_C_LANGUAGE_STANDARD = gnu11;
 				GCC_NO_COMMON_BLOCKS = YES;
 				GCC_TREAT_INCOMPATIBLE_POINTER_TYPE_WARNINGS_AS_ERRORS = YES;