diff --git a/JSONWebToken.podspec b/JSONWebToken.podspec
index df08b5c..9fc13de 100644
--- a/JSONWebToken.podspec
+++ b/JSONWebToken.podspec
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Pod::Spec.new do |spec|
   spec.social_media_url = 'http://twitter.com/kylefuller'
   spec.source = { :git => 'https://github.com/kylef/JSONWebToken.swift.git', :tag => "#{spec.version}" }
   spec.source_files = 'JWT/*.swift'
-  spec.ios.deployment_target = '8.0'
+  spec.ios.deployment_target = '7.0'
   spec.osx.deployment_target = '10.9'
   spec.requires_arc = true
   spec.dependency 'CryptoSwift', '0.0.10'