diff --git a/app.config.js b/app.config.js
index 37f17b7510..db9a371654 100644
--- a/app.config.js
+++ b/app.config.js
@@ -256,6 +256,13 @@ module.exports = function (_config) {
               deploymentTarget: '15.1',
               buildReactNativeFromSource: true,
               ccacheEnabled: IS_DEV,
+              extraPods: [
+                {
+                  name: 'MCEmojiPicker',
+                  git: 'https://github.com/bluesky-social/MCEmojiPicker.git',
+                  branch: 'main',
+                },
+              ],
             },
             android: {
               compileSdkVersion: 35,
diff --git a/modules/expo-emoji-picker/ios/EmojiPickerModule.podspec b/modules/expo-emoji-picker/ios/EmojiPickerModule.podspec
index 78349c9504..e6a982a70e 100644
--- a/modules/expo-emoji-picker/ios/EmojiPickerModule.podspec
+++ b/modules/expo-emoji-picker/ios/EmojiPickerModule.podspec
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Pod::Spec.new do |s|
   s.static_framework = true
 
   s.dependency 'ExpoModulesCore'
-  s.dependency 'MCEmojiPicker', '1.2.3'
+  s.dependency 'MCEmojiPicker'
 
   # Swift/Objective-C compatibility
   s.pod_target_xcconfig = {