diff --git a/WordPress/WordPress.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj b/WordPress/WordPress.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
index 65b9331093b9..6cbcdea94876 100644
--- a/WordPress/WordPress.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
+++ b/WordPress/WordPress.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
@@ -4460,7 +4460,6 @@
 				INFOPLIST_KEY_UILaunchScreen_Generation = YES;
 				INFOPLIST_KEY_UISupportedInterfaceOrientations_iPad = "UIInterfaceOrientationPortrait UIInterfaceOrientationPortraitUpsideDown UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeLeft UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeRight";
 				INFOPLIST_KEY_UISupportedInterfaceOrientations_iPhone = "UIInterfaceOrientationPortrait UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeLeft UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeRight";
-				IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET = 16;
 				LD_RUNPATH_SEARCH_PATHS = (
 					"$(inherited)",
 					"@executable_path/Frameworks",
@@ -4512,7 +4511,6 @@
 				INFOPLIST_KEY_UILaunchScreen_Generation = YES;
 				INFOPLIST_KEY_UISupportedInterfaceOrientations_iPad = "UIInterfaceOrientationPortrait UIInterfaceOrientationPortraitUpsideDown UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeLeft UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeRight";
 				INFOPLIST_KEY_UISupportedInterfaceOrientations_iPhone = "UIInterfaceOrientationPortrait UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeLeft UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeRight";
-				IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET = 16;
 				LD_RUNPATH_SEARCH_PATHS = (
 					"$(inherited)",
 					"@executable_path/Frameworks",
@@ -4563,7 +4561,6 @@
 				INFOPLIST_KEY_UILaunchScreen_Generation = YES;
 				INFOPLIST_KEY_UISupportedInterfaceOrientations_iPad = "UIInterfaceOrientationPortrait UIInterfaceOrientationPortraitUpsideDown UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeLeft UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeRight";
 				INFOPLIST_KEY_UISupportedInterfaceOrientations_iPhone = "UIInterfaceOrientationPortrait UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeLeft UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeRight";
-				IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET = 16;
 				LD_RUNPATH_SEARCH_PATHS = (
 					"$(inherited)",
 					"@executable_path/Frameworks",
@@ -4608,7 +4605,6 @@
 				GCC_WARN_ABOUT_RETURN_TYPE = YES_ERROR;
 				GCC_WARN_UNINITIALIZED_AUTOS = YES_AGGRESSIVE;
 				GENERATE_INFOPLIST_FILE = YES;
-				IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET = 16;
 				LOCALIZATION_PREFERS_STRING_CATALOGS = YES;
 				MARKETING_VERSION = 1.0;
 				MTL_ENABLE_DEBUG_INFO = INCLUDE_SOURCE;
@@ -4647,7 +4643,6 @@
 				GCC_WARN_ABOUT_RETURN_TYPE = YES_ERROR;
 				GCC_WARN_UNINITIALIZED_AUTOS = YES_AGGRESSIVE;
 				GENERATE_INFOPLIST_FILE = YES;
-				IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET = 16;
 				LOCALIZATION_PREFERS_STRING_CATALOGS = YES;
 				MARKETING_VERSION = 1.0;
 				MTL_ENABLE_DEBUG_INFO = NO;
@@ -4685,7 +4680,6 @@
 				GCC_WARN_ABOUT_RETURN_TYPE = YES_ERROR;
 				GCC_WARN_UNINITIALIZED_AUTOS = YES_AGGRESSIVE;
 				GENERATE_INFOPLIST_FILE = YES;
-				IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET = 16;
 				LOCALIZATION_PREFERS_STRING_CATALOGS = YES;
 				MARKETING_VERSION = 1.0;
 				MTL_ENABLE_DEBUG_INFO = NO;
diff --git a/config/Common.xcconfig b/config/Common.xcconfig
index 1fb649c342b0..7bc6bd1c6fe6 100644
--- a/config/Common.xcconfig
+++ b/config/Common.xcconfig
@@ -1,8 +1,13 @@
 GCC_WARN_UNUSED_PARAMETER = YES
 WARNING_CFLAGS = -Wno-nullability-completeness
-IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET = 16.0
+IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET = 17.0
 CODE_SIGN_STYLE = Manual
 
+// Temporarily disable this build settings. There are too many new warnings (mostly using deprecated APIs)
+// in the Objective-C code. We'll address them one by one, instead of on one go.
+// We can remove this config once all warnings are addressed.
+GCC_TREAT_WARNINGS_AS_ERRORS = NO
+
 // See https://forums.swift.org/t/swift-cant-see-objc-methods-that-include-package-symbols/65732/9
 // Without this flag, Objective-C APIs that contains Swift types in WordPressKit will not be available
 // to Swift code in the app target.