diff --git a/packages/app/plugin/src/ios/appDelegate.ts b/packages/app/plugin/src/ios/appDelegate.ts
index 8a0f31d86f..22043f3579 100644
--- a/packages/app/plugin/src/ios/appDelegate.ts
+++ b/packages/app/plugin/src/ios/appDelegate.ts
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ export function modifyObjcAppDelegate(contents: string): string {
 export function modifySwiftAppDelegate(contents: string): string {
   const methodInvocationBlock = `FirebaseApp.configure()`;
   const methodInvocationLineMatcher =
-    /(?:self\.moduleName\s*=\s*"([^"]*)")|(?:reactNativeFactory\?\.\s*startReactNative)/;
+    /(?:self\.moduleName\s*=\s*"([^"]*)")|(?:factory\.startReactNative\()/;
 
   // Add import
   if (!contents.includes('import FirebaseCore')) {