diff --git a/leveldb-library.podspec b/leveldb-library.podspec
index c11c5dcf4f..c25e11b63b 100644
--- a/leveldb-library.podspec
+++ b/leveldb-library.podspec
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ Pod::Spec.new do |s|
   s.homepage     =  'https://github.com/google/leveldb'
   s.authors      =  'The LevelDB Authors'
 
+  s.cocoapods_version = '>= 1.12.0'
+
   s.ios.deployment_target = '11.0'
   s.osx.deployment_target = '10.13'
   s.tvos.deployment_target = '11.0'