diff --git a/packages/react-native/React/CoreModules/React-CoreModules.podspec b/packages/react-native/React/CoreModules/React-CoreModules.podspec
index 855114667c1..f98c195770c 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/React/CoreModules/React-CoreModules.podspec
+++ b/packages/react-native/React/CoreModules/React-CoreModules.podspec
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ Pod::Spec.new do |s|
   s.dependency "React-Core/CoreModulesHeaders", version
   s.dependency "React-RCTImage", version
   s.dependency "React-jsi", version
-  s.dependency "React-featureflags"
+  add_dependency(s, "React-featureflags")
   s.dependency 'React-RCTBlob'
   add_dependency(s, "React-debug")
   add_dependency(s, "React-runtimeexecutor", :additional_framework_paths => ["platform/ios"])