diff --git a/src/config/ios/findProject.js b/src/config/ios/findProject.js
index 8503aa3..2b8d58a 100644
--- a/src/config/ios/findProject.js
+++ b/src/config/ios/findProject.js
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ const IOS_BASE = 'ios';
 /**
  * These folders will be excluded from search to speed it up
  */
-const GLOB_EXCLUDE_PATTERN = ['@(Pods|node_modules)/**'];
+const GLOB_EXCLUDE_PATTERN = ['**/@(Pods|node_modules)/**'];
 
 /**
  * Finds iOS project by looking for all .xcodeproj files
diff --git a/test/ios/findProject.spec.js b/test/ios/findProject.spec.js
index f7a3593..2a8326f 100644
--- a/test/ios/findProject.spec.js
+++ b/test/ios/findProject.spec.js
@@ -32,6 +32,16 @@ describe('ios::findProject', () => {
     expect(findProject('')).toBe(null);
   });
 
+  it('should ignore Pods inside `ios` folder', () => {
+    mockFs({
+      ios: {
+        Pods: projects.flat,
+        SampleApp: projects.flat.ios,
+      },
+    });
+    expect(findProject('')).toBe('ios/SampleApp/sampleProject.xcodeproj');
+  });
+
   it('should ignore xcodeproj from example folders', () => {
     mockFs({
       examples: projects.flat,