diff --git a/Examples/SDWebImage Demo.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj b/Examples/SDWebImage Demo.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
index 4d6238f8..8d308667 100644
--- a/Examples/SDWebImage Demo.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj	
+++ b/Examples/SDWebImage Demo.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj	
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@
 				GCC_WARN_UNINITIALIZED_AUTOS = YES;
 				GCC_WARN_UNUSED_FUNCTION = YES;
 				GCC_WARN_UNUSED_VARIABLE = YES;
-				IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET = 8.0;
+				IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET = 9.0;
 				ONLY_ACTIVE_ARCH = YES;
 				SDKROOT = iphoneos;
 			};
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@
 				GCC_WARN_UNINITIALIZED_AUTOS = YES;
 				GCC_WARN_UNUSED_FUNCTION = YES;
 				GCC_WARN_UNUSED_VARIABLE = YES;
-				IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET = 8.0;
+				IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET = 9.0;
 				OTHER_CFLAGS = "-DNS_BLOCK_ASSERTIONS=1";
 				SDKROOT = iphoneos;
 				VALIDATE_PRODUCT = YES;
@@ -424,6 +424,7 @@
 					"\"$(TARGET_BUILD_DIR)/usr/local/lib/include\"",
 				);
 				INFOPLIST_FILE = "SDWebImage Demo/SDWebImage Demo-Info.plist";
+				IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET = 9.0;
 				OTHER_CFLAGS = "";
 				OTHER_LDFLAGS = "-ObjC";
 				PRODUCT_BUNDLE_IDENTIFIER = "com.dailymotion.${PRODUCT_NAME:rfc1034identifier}";
@@ -447,6 +448,7 @@
 					"\"$(TARGET_BUILD_DIR)/usr/local/lib/include\"",
 				);
 				INFOPLIST_FILE = "SDWebImage Demo/SDWebImage Demo-Info.plist";
+				IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET = 9.0;
 				OTHER_LDFLAGS = "-ObjC";
 				PRODUCT_BUNDLE_IDENTIFIER = "com.dailymotion.${PRODUCT_NAME:rfc1034identifier}";
 				PRODUCT_NAME = "$(TARGET_NAME)";
diff --git a/SDWebImage.podspec b/SDWebImage.podspec
index 37dfcee0..f4262cf3 100644
--- a/SDWebImage.podspec
+++ b/SDWebImage.podspec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Pod::Spec.new do |s|
   s.name = 'SDWebImage'
   s.version = '3.8.3'
-  s.ios.deployment_target = '7.0'
+  s.ios.deployment_target = '9.0'
   s.tvos.deployment_target = '9.0'
   s.license = 'MIT'
   s.summary = 'Asynchronous image downloader with cache support with an UIImageView category.'
diff --git a/SDWebImage.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj b/SDWebImage.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
index 16d60cb2..38a9b648 100644
--- a/SDWebImage.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
+++ b/SDWebImage.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
@@ -1336,7 +1336,7 @@
 				GCC_WARN_UNINITIALIZED_AUTOS = YES_AGGRESSIVE;
 				INFOPLIST_FILE = WebImage/Info.plist;
 				INSTALL_PATH = "$(LOCAL_LIBRARY_DIR)/Frameworks";
-				IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET = 8.0;
+				IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET = 9.0;
 				LD_RUNPATH_SEARCH_PATHS = "$(inherited) @executable_path/Frameworks @loader_path/Frameworks";
 				MTL_ENABLE_DEBUG_INFO = YES;
 				PRODUCT_BUNDLE_IDENTIFIER = "com.dailymotion.$(PRODUCT_NAME:rfc1034identifier)";
@@ -1382,7 +1382,7 @@
 				GCC_WARN_UNINITIALIZED_AUTOS = YES_AGGRESSIVE;
 				INFOPLIST_FILE = WebImage/Info.plist;
 				INSTALL_PATH = "$(LOCAL_LIBRARY_DIR)/Frameworks";
-				IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET = 8.0;
+				IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET = 9.0;
 				LD_RUNPATH_SEARCH_PATHS = "$(inherited) @executable_path/Frameworks @loader_path/Frameworks";
 				MTL_ENABLE_DEBUG_INFO = NO;
 				PRODUCT_BUNDLE_IDENTIFIER = "com.dailymotion.$(PRODUCT_NAME:rfc1034identifier)";
@@ -1583,7 +1583,7 @@
 				GCC_WARN_UNUSED_PARAMETER = NO;
 				GCC_WARN_UNUSED_VARIABLE = YES;
 				HEADER_SEARCH_PATHS = Vendors/libwebp/src;
-				IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET = 8.0;
+				IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET = 9.0;
 				ONLY_ACTIVE_ARCH = YES;
 				PUBLIC_HEADERS_FOLDER_PATH = include/SDWebImage;
 				RUN_CLANG_STATIC_ANALYZER = YES;
@@ -1633,7 +1633,7 @@
 				GCC_WARN_UNUSED_PARAMETER = NO;
 				GCC_WARN_UNUSED_VARIABLE = YES;
 				HEADER_SEARCH_PATHS = Vendors/libwebp/src;
-				IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET = 8.0;
+				IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET = 9.0;
 				PUBLIC_HEADERS_FOLDER_PATH = include/SDWebImage;
 				RUN_CLANG_STATIC_ANALYZER = YES;
 				SDKROOT = iphoneos;
diff --git a/Tests/SDWebImage Tests.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj b/Tests/SDWebImage Tests.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
index b08e40e0..e0feebc7 100644
--- a/Tests/SDWebImage Tests.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj	
+++ b/Tests/SDWebImage Tests.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj	
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@
 				GCC_WARN_UNINITIALIZED_AUTOS = YES;
 				GCC_WARN_UNUSED_FUNCTION = YES;
 				GCC_WARN_UNUSED_VARIABLE = YES;
-				IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET = 8.0;
+				IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET = 9.0;
 				ONLY_ACTIVE_ARCH = YES;
 			};
 			name = Debug;
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@
 				GCC_WARN_UNINITIALIZED_AUTOS = YES;
 				GCC_WARN_UNUSED_FUNCTION = YES;
 				GCC_WARN_UNUSED_VARIABLE = YES;
-				IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET = 8.0;
+				IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET = 9.0;
 			};
 			name = Release;
 		};
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@
 				GCC_WARN_UNUSED_FUNCTION = YES;
 				GCC_WARN_UNUSED_VARIABLE = YES;
 				INFOPLIST_FILE = "Tests/Tests-Info.plist";
-				IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET = 8.0;
+				IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET = 9.0;
 				ONLY_ACTIVE_ARCH = YES;
 				PRODUCT_BUNDLE_IDENTIFIER = "com.SDWebImage.${PRODUCT_NAME:rfc1034identifier}";
 				PRODUCT_NAME = "$(TARGET_NAME)";
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@
 				GCC_WARN_UNUSED_FUNCTION = YES;
 				GCC_WARN_UNUSED_VARIABLE = YES;
 				INFOPLIST_FILE = "Tests/Tests-Info.plist";
-				IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET = 8.0;
+				IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET = 9.0;
 				PRODUCT_BUNDLE_IDENTIFIER = "com.SDWebImage.${PRODUCT_NAME:rfc1034identifier}";
 				PRODUCT_NAME = "$(TARGET_NAME)";
 				SDKROOT = iphoneos;