diff --git a/react-native-mapbox-gl.podspec b/react-native-mapbox-gl.podspec
index ff0863f29..41d8406ce 100644
--- a/react-native-mapbox-gl.podspec
+++ b/react-native-mapbox-gl.podspec
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ require 'json'
 
 package = JSON.parse(File.read(File.join(__dir__, 'package.json')))
 
+
+REACT_NATIVE_MAPBOX_MAPBOX_IOS_VERSION = ENV["REACT_NATIVE_MAPBOX_MAPBOX_IOS_VERSION"] || '~> 5.8'
+
 Pod::Spec.new do |s|
   s.name		= "react-native-mapbox-gl"
   s.summary		= "React Native Component for Mapbox GL"
@@ -12,7 +15,7 @@ Pod::Spec.new do |s|
   s.license     	= "MIT"
   s.platform    	= :ios, "8.0"
 
-  s.dependency 'Mapbox-iOS-SDK', '~> 5.8'
+  s.dependency 'Mapbox-iOS-SDK', REACT_NATIVE_MAPBOX_MAPBOX_IOS_VERSION
   s.dependency 'React'
 
   s.subspec 'DynamicLibrary' do |sp|
@@ -23,7 +26,7 @@ Pod::Spec.new do |s|
     s.default_subspecs= ['DynamicLibrary']
   else
     s.subspec 'StaticLibraryFixer' do |sp|
-      s.dependency '@react-native-mapbox-gl-mapbox-static', '~> 5.8'
+      s.dependency '@react-native-mapbox-gl-mapbox-static', REACT_NATIVE_MAPBOX_MAPBOX_IOS_VERSION
     end
 
     s.default_subspecs= ['DynamicLibrary', 'StaticLibraryFixer']
diff --git a/scripts/autogenerate.js b/scripts/autogenerate.js
index 0579a7bf6..c534f3a28 100644
--- a/scripts/autogenerate.js
+++ b/scripts/autogenerate.js
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ function readIosVersion() {
     'react-native-mapbox-gl.podspec',
   );
   const lines = fs.readFileSync(podspecPath, 'utf8').split('\n');
-  const mapboxLineRegex = /^\s+s\.dependency\s+'Mapbox-iOS-SDK', '~>\s+(\d+\.\d+)'$/;
+  const mapboxLineRegex = /^REACT_NATIVE_MAPBOX_MAPBOX_IOS_VERSION\s*=\s*.+'~>\s+(\d+\.\d+)'$/;
   const mapboxLine = lines.filter(i => mapboxLineRegex.exec(i))[0];
   return `${mapboxLineRegex.exec(mapboxLine)[1]}.0`;
 }