diff --git a/gRPC-Core.podspec b/gRPC-Core.podspec
index 8b67a5dcdd21b..9cb5552bac555 100644
--- a/gRPC-Core.podspec
+++ b/gRPC-Core.podspec
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ Pod::Spec.new do |s|
     :submodules => true,
   }
 
-  s.ios.deployment_target = '7.1'
+  s.ios.deployment_target = '7.0'
   s.osx.deployment_target = '10.9'
   s.requires_arc = false
 
diff --git a/gRPC-ProtoRPC.podspec b/gRPC-ProtoRPC.podspec
index 8fbdf7ad55d59..e46440339e180 100644
--- a/gRPC-ProtoRPC.podspec
+++ b/gRPC-ProtoRPC.podspec
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ Pod::Spec.new do |s|
     :tag => "v#{version}",
   }
 
-  s.ios.deployment_target = '7.1'
+  s.ios.deployment_target = '7.0'
   s.osx.deployment_target = '10.9'
 
   name = 'ProtoRPC'
diff --git a/gRPC-RxLibrary.podspec b/gRPC-RxLibrary.podspec
index e302e6482e3de..5c8a4c8a76039 100644
--- a/gRPC-RxLibrary.podspec
+++ b/gRPC-RxLibrary.podspec
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ Pod::Spec.new do |s|
     :tag => "v#{version}",
   }
 
-  s.ios.deployment_target = '7.1'
+  s.ios.deployment_target = '7.0'
   s.osx.deployment_target = '10.9'
 
   name = 'RxLibrary'
diff --git a/gRPC.podspec b/gRPC.podspec
index 64a6f0aba475a..109e0e08c1c27 100644
--- a/gRPC.podspec
+++ b/gRPC.podspec
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ Pod::Spec.new do |s|
     :tag => "v#{version}",
   }
 
-  s.ios.deployment_target = '7.1'
+  s.ios.deployment_target = '7.0'
   s.osx.deployment_target = '10.9'
 
   name = 'GRPCClient'
diff --git a/src/objective-c/!ProtoCompiler-gRPCPlugin.podspec b/src/objective-c/!ProtoCompiler-gRPCPlugin.podspec
index 392a86106b3a2..5f9ea2e840551 100644
--- a/src/objective-c/!ProtoCompiler-gRPCPlugin.podspec
+++ b/src/objective-c/!ProtoCompiler-gRPCPlugin.podspec
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ Pod::Spec.new do |s|
   # Restrict the protoc version to the one supported by this plugin.
   s.dependency '!ProtoCompiler', '3.2.0'
   # For the Protobuf dependency not to complain:
-  s.ios.deployment_target = '7.1'
+  s.ios.deployment_target = '7.0'
   s.osx.deployment_target = '10.9'
   # Restrict the gRPC runtime version to the one supported by this plugin.
   s.dependency 'gRPC-ProtoRPC', v
diff --git a/templates/gRPC-Core.podspec.template b/templates/gRPC-Core.podspec.template
index 9ed32e31cffc6..11146a490b80a 100644
--- a/templates/gRPC-Core.podspec.template
+++ b/templates/gRPC-Core.podspec.template
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
       :submodules => true,
     }
 
-    s.ios.deployment_target = '7.1'
+    s.ios.deployment_target = '7.0'
     s.osx.deployment_target = '10.9'
     s.requires_arc = false
 
diff --git a/templates/gRPC-ProtoRPC.podspec.template b/templates/gRPC-ProtoRPC.podspec.template
index 5d7d90d2318c3..47b22dd2a52fe 100644
--- a/templates/gRPC-ProtoRPC.podspec.template
+++ b/templates/gRPC-ProtoRPC.podspec.template
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
       :tag => "v#{version}",
     }
 
-    s.ios.deployment_target = '7.1'
+    s.ios.deployment_target = '7.0'
     s.osx.deployment_target = '10.9'
 
     name = 'ProtoRPC'
diff --git a/templates/gRPC-RxLibrary.podspec.template b/templates/gRPC-RxLibrary.podspec.template
index 35a06c8a85633..48f0df8f9e64a 100644
--- a/templates/gRPC-RxLibrary.podspec.template
+++ b/templates/gRPC-RxLibrary.podspec.template
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
       :tag => "v#{version}",
     }
 
-    s.ios.deployment_target = '7.1'
+    s.ios.deployment_target = '7.0'
     s.osx.deployment_target = '10.9'
 
     name = 'RxLibrary'
diff --git a/templates/gRPC.podspec.template b/templates/gRPC.podspec.template
index d33ce277dc33e..ce473608dd899 100644
--- a/templates/gRPC.podspec.template
+++ b/templates/gRPC.podspec.template
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
       :tag => "v#{version}",
     }
 
-    s.ios.deployment_target = '7.1'
+    s.ios.deployment_target = '7.0'
     s.osx.deployment_target = '10.9'
 
     name = 'GRPCClient'
diff --git a/templates/src/objective-c/!ProtoCompiler-gRPCPlugin.podspec.template b/templates/src/objective-c/!ProtoCompiler-gRPCPlugin.podspec.template
index 3a10cfab3cca3..b100fa7cfe158 100644
--- a/templates/src/objective-c/!ProtoCompiler-gRPCPlugin.podspec.template
+++ b/templates/src/objective-c/!ProtoCompiler-gRPCPlugin.podspec.template
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
     # Restrict the protoc version to the one supported by this plugin.
     s.dependency '!ProtoCompiler', '3.1.0'
     # For the Protobuf dependency not to complain:
-    s.ios.deployment_target = '7.1'
+    s.ios.deployment_target = '7.0'
     s.osx.deployment_target = '10.9'
     # Restrict the gRPC runtime version to the one supported by this plugin.
     s.dependency 'gRPC-ProtoRPC', v