diff --git a/RxCocoa.podspec b/RxCocoa.podspec
index af9b9877..0c479346 100644
--- a/RxCocoa.podspec
+++ b/RxCocoa.podspec
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Pod::Spec.new do |s|
   s.author           = { "Krunoslav Zaher" => "krunoslav.zaher@gmail.com" }
   s.source           = { :git => "https://github.com/kzaher/RxSwift.git", :tag => s.version.to_s }
 
-  s.platform     = :ios, '7.0'
+  s.platform     = :ios, '8.0'
   s.requires_arc = true
 
   s.source_files = 'RxCocoa/RxCocoa/**/*'