diff --git a/package/.gitignore b/package/.gitignore
index 7e7aab9..2d577f7 100644
--- a/package/.gitignore
+++ b/package/.gitignore
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ android/keystores/debug.keystore
 
 # generated by bob
 lib/
+libs/
 
 # Skia headers
 cpp/skia
diff --git a/package/example/ios/Podfile.lock b/package/example/ios/Podfile.lock
index 21cebe5..c20c56e 100644
--- a/package/example/ios/Podfile.lock
+++ b/package/example/ios/Podfile.lock
@@ -618,7 +618,7 @@ SPEC CHECKSUMS:
   React-jsinspector: 8baadae51f01d867c3921213a25ab78ab4fbcd91
   React-logger: 8edc785c47c8686c7962199a307015e2ce9a0e4f
   react-native-skia: 60202ab85d2ea2f90f9e3d70f4dcb00fd589e72e
-  react-native-skia-skottie: 69f79c001f2beccb9991c40cd684be99d4b45e8f
+  react-native-skia-skottie: 3b28eefda39685d1bea75d9e3910aef5e505fba5
   React-NativeModulesApple: b6868ee904013a7923128892ee4a032498a1024a
   React-perflogger: 31ea61077185eb1428baf60c0db6e2886f141a5a
   React-RCTActionSheet: 392090a3abc8992eb269ef0eaa561750588fc39d
diff --git a/package/react-native-skia-skottie.podspec b/package/react-native-skia-skottie.podspec
index b69fbf0..e8406d2 100644
--- a/package/react-native-skia-skottie.podspec
+++ b/package/react-native-skia-skottie.podspec
@@ -18,20 +18,25 @@ Pod::Spec.new do |s|
   s.platforms    = { :ios => "12.4" }
   s.source       = { :git => "https://github.com/margelo/react-native-skia-skottie.git", :tag => "#{s.version}" }
 
-  # TODO: what does that do, why do we need it?
-  s.requires_arc = true
-
   s.pod_target_xcconfig = {
     "GCC_PREPROCESSOR_DEFINITIONS" => "$(inherited) SK_METAL=1 SK_GANESH=1", # TODO: do i need this?
     "CLANG_CXX_LANGUAGE_STANDARD" => "c++17",
     "HEADER_SEARCH_PATHS" => "\"$(PODS_TARGET_SRCROOT)/cpp/\"/** \"#{skiaPath}/cpp/**\" "
   }
 
-  pwd = Pathname.new(Dir.pwd)
-  relative_skia_path = Pathname.new(skiaPath).relative_path_from(pwd).to_s
+  # Unfortunately vendored_frameworks doesn't support relative parent paths, or absolute paths.
+  # So we have to copy the frameworks to a path on the same level as the podspec.
+  s.prepare_command = <<-CMD
+    mkdir -p libs/
+    rm -rf libs/ios
+    mkdir -p libs/ios
+    cp -r "#{skiaPath}/libs/ios/libsksg.xcframework" libs/ios/
+    cp -r "#{skiaPath}/libs/ios/libskottie.xcframework" libs/ios/
+  CMD
+
   s.ios.vendored_frameworks = [
-    "#{relative_skia_path}/libs/ios/libsksg.xcframework",
-    "#{relative_skia_path}/libs/ios/libskottie.xcframework",
+    "libs/ios/libsksg.xcframework",
+    "libs/ios/libskottie.xcframework"
   ]
 
   s.source_files = "ios/**/*.{h,m,mm}", "cpp/**/*.{h,cpp}"