How to update a single pod without touching other dependencies

Make sure you have the latest version of CocoaPods installed.

$ pod update PODNAME was introduced recently.

See this issue thread for more information:

$ pod update

When you run pod update SomePodName, CocoaPods will try to find an updated version of the pod SomePodName, without taking into account the version listed in Podfile.lock. It will update the pod to the latest version possible (as long as it matches the version restrictions in your Podfile).

If you run pod update without any pod name, CocoaPods will update every pod listed in your Podfile to the latest version possible.

To install a single pod without updating existing ones-> Add that pod to your Podfile and use:

pod install --no-repo-update

To remove/update a specific pod use:

pod update POD_NAME

Tested!

It's 2015

So because pod update SomePod touches everything in the latest versions of cocoapods, I found a workaround.

Follow the next steps:

1. Remove SomePod from the Podfile

2. Run pod install

pods will now remove SomePod from our project and from the Podfile.lock file.

3. Put back SomePod into the Podfile

4. Run pod install again

This time the latest version of our pod will be installed and saved in the Podfile.lock.

just saying:

pod install - for installing new pods,

pod update - for updating existing pods,

pod update podName - for updating only specific pod without touching other pods,

pod update podName versionNum - for updating / DOWNGRADING specific pod without touching other pods