In fact, why does CocoaPods not install the latest version of pods?
Note - actually apparently it does. Use the syntax Marcelo explains. Hope it helps someone! With CocoaPods, you basically do this, pod 'GTScrollNavigationBar', '~>0.1.1' for example, and it will install 0.1.1 of 'GTScrollNavigatorBar'. That's fantastic. However - why does it not simply update 'GTScrollNavigatorBar' when a new release is available? Marcelo Fabri Basically, it respects what you say in your Podfile . You have several options (from CocoaPods guides ): > 0.1 Any version higher than 0.1 >= 0.1 Version 0.1 and any higher version < 0.1 Any version lower than 0.1 <= 0.1 Version 0.1 and