diff --git a/ios/BT/ExposureManager.swift b/ios/BT/ExposureManager.swift
index eb0cf265a..024d19601 100644
--- a/ios/BT/ExposureManager.swift
+++ b/ios/BT/ExposureManager.swift
@@ -488,19 +488,19 @@ final class ExposureManager: NSObject {
         // Abort because daily file capacity is exceeded
         return []
       }
-      let indexFileString = try await(self.fetchIndexFile())
+      let indexFileString = try awaitPromise(self.fetchIndexFile())
       let remoteURLs = indexFileString.gaenFilePaths
       let targetUrls = self.urlPathsToProcess(remoteURLs, apiVersion: .V1)
       lastProcessedUrlPath = targetUrls.last ?? .default
       processedFileCount = targetUrls.count
-      let downloadedKeyArchives = try await(self.downloadKeyArchives(targetUrls: targetUrls))
-      unpackedArchiveURLs = try await(self.unpackKeyArchives(packages: downloadedKeyArchives))
-      let exposureConfiguration = try await(self.getExposureConfigurationV1())
-      let exposureSummary = try await(self.callDetectExposures(configuration: exposureConfiguration.asENExposureConfiguration,
+      let downloadedKeyArchives = try awaitPromise(self.downloadKeyArchives(targetUrls: targetUrls))
+      unpackedArchiveURLs = try awaitPromise(self.unpackKeyArchives(packages: downloadedKeyArchives))
+      let exposureConfiguration = try awaitPromise(self.getExposureConfigurationV1())
+      let exposureSummary = try awaitPromise(self.callDetectExposures(configuration: exposureConfiguration.asENExposureConfiguration,
                                                                diagnosisKeyURLs: unpackedArchiveURLs))
       var newExposures: [Exposure] = []
       if let summary = exposureSummary, summary.isAboveScoreThreshold(with: exposureConfiguration) {
-        newExposures = try await(self.getExposureInfoAndNotifyUser(summary: summary))
+        newExposures = try awaitPromise(self.getExposureInfoAndNotifyUser(summary: summary))
       }
       return newExposures
     }.then { result in
@@ -539,15 +539,15 @@ final class ExposureManager: NSObject {
         throw ExposureError.default("Detection Already in Progress")
       }
       self.isDetectingExposures = true
-      let indexFileString = try await(self.fetchIndexFile())
+      let indexFileString = try awaitPromise(self.fetchIndexFile())
       let remoteURLs = indexFileString.gaenFilePaths
       let targetUrls = self.urlPathsToProcess(remoteURLs, apiVersion: .V2)
       lastProcessedUrlPath = targetUrls.last ?? .default
       processedFileCount = targetUrls.count
-      let downloadedKeyArchives = try await(self.downloadKeyArchives(targetUrls: targetUrls))
-      unpackedArchiveURLs = try await(self.unpackKeyArchives(packages: downloadedKeyArchives))
-      let exposureConfiguraton = try await(self.getExposureConfigurationV2())
-      let exposureSummary = try await(self.callDetectExposures(configuration: exposureConfiguraton.asENExposureConfiguration,
+      let downloadedKeyArchives = try awaitPromise(self.downloadKeyArchives(targetUrls: targetUrls))
+      unpackedArchiveURLs = try awaitPromise(self.unpackKeyArchives(packages: downloadedKeyArchives))
+      let exposureConfiguraton = try awaitPromise(self.getExposureConfigurationV2())
+      let exposureSummary = try awaitPromise(self.callDetectExposures(configuration: exposureConfiguraton.asENExposureConfiguration,
                                                                diagnosisKeyURLs: unpackedArchiveURLs))
       var newExposures: [Exposure] = []
       if let summary = exposureSummary {
diff --git a/ios/COVIDSafePathsTests/ExposureManagerUnitTests.swift b/ios/COVIDSafePathsTests/ExposureManagerUnitTests.swift
index f23362553..bfdf096c8 100644
--- a/ios/COVIDSafePathsTests/ExposureManagerUnitTests.swift
+++ b/ios/COVIDSafePathsTests/ExposureManagerUnitTests.swift
@@ -584,7 +584,7 @@ class ExposureManagerUnitTests: XCTestCase {
     let expectation = self.expectation(description: "it falls back to the placeholder exposure configuration")
     let exposureManager = defaultExposureManager(enAPIVersion: .v1, forceDownloadConfigurationError: true)
     do {
-      let config = try await(exposureManager.getExposureConfigurationV1())
+      let config = try awaitPromise(exposureManager.getExposureConfigurationV1())
       XCTAssertEqual(config, ExposureConfigurationV1.placeholder)
       expectation.fulfill()
     } catch {
@@ -601,7 +601,7 @@ class ExposureManagerUnitTests: XCTestCase {
     let expectation = self.expectation(description: "it falls back to the placeholder exposure configuration")
     let exposureManager = defaultExposureManager(enAPIVersion: .v2, forceDownloadConfigurationError: true)
     do {
-      let config = try await(exposureManager.getExposureConfigurationV2())
+      let config = try awaitPromise(exposureManager.getExposureConfigurationV2())
       XCTAssertEqual(config, DailySummariesConfiguration.placeholder)
       expectation.fulfill()
     } catch {
diff --git a/ios/COVIDSafePathsTests/V2UnitTests.swift b/ios/COVIDSafePathsTests/V2UnitTests.swift
index 482fe088d..df52cffaa 100644
--- a/ios/COVIDSafePathsTests/V2UnitTests.swift
+++ b/ios/COVIDSafePathsTests/V2UnitTests.swift
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ class V2UnitTests: XCTestCase {
     let exposureManager = defaultExposureManager(enAPIVersion: .v2,
                                                  forceDownloadConfigurationError: true)
     do {
-      let config = try await(exposureManager.getExposureConfigurationV2())
+      let config = try awaitPromise(exposureManager.getExposureConfigurationV2())
       XCTAssertEqual(config, DailySummariesConfiguration.placeholder)
     } catch {
       XCTFail()
diff --git a/ios/Podfile b/ios/Podfile
index e13f19b56..e97cfec21 100644
--- a/ios/Podfile
+++ b/ios/Podfile
@@ -20,6 +20,13 @@ def shared_pods
   use_flipper!('Flipper' => '0.86.0', 'Flipper-Folly' => '2.5.3')
   post_install do |installer|
     flipper_post_install(installer)
+    installer.pods_project.targets.each do |target|
+      target.build_configurations.each do |config|
+        if config.build_settings['IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET'].to_f < 9.0
+          config.build_settings['IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET'] = '9.0'
+        end
+      end
+     end
   end
 end
 
diff --git a/ios/Podfile.lock b/ios/Podfile.lock
index 4a87248df..bfdddfa84 100644
--- a/ios/Podfile.lock
+++ b/ios/Podfile.lock
@@ -79,9 +79,9 @@ PODS:
   - OpenSSL-Universal (1.1.180)
   - Permission-Notifications (2.2.2):
     - RNPermissions
-  - PromisesObjC (1.2.12)
-  - PromisesSwift (1.2.12):
-    - PromisesObjC (= 1.2.12)
+  - PromisesObjC (2.0.0)
+  - PromisesSwift (2.0.0):
+    - PromisesObjC (= 2.0.0)
   - RCT-Folly (2020.01.13.00):
     - boost-for-react-native
     - DoubleConversion