diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-deps.yml b/.github/workflows/update-deps.yml
index e7ec205a..a19701ea 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update-deps.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update-deps.yml
@@ -1,25 +1,24 @@
 name: Update Dependencies
 
 on:
-  # Run every day.
   schedule:
     - cron: '0 3 * * *'
-  # And on on every PR merge so we get the updated dependencies ASAP, and to make sure the changelog doesn't conflict.gi
   push:
     branches:
       - main
 
 jobs:
   cocoa:
-    uses: getsentry/github-workflows/.github/workflows/updater.yml@v3
+    uses: getsentry/github-workflows/.github/workflows/updater.yml@v2
     with:
       path: scripts/update-cocoa.sh
       name: Cocoa SDK
+      runs-on: macos-latest
     secrets:
       api-token: ${{ secrets.CI_DEPLOY_KEY }}
 
   java:
-    uses: getsentry/github-workflows/.github/workflows/updater.yml@v3
+    uses: getsentry/github-workflows/.github/workflows/updater.yml@v2
     with:
       path: scripts/update-java.sh
       name: Java SDK
diff --git a/scripts/update-cocoa.sh b/scripts/update-cocoa.sh
index 8e82cc1b..da0db50d 100755
--- a/scripts/update-cocoa.sh
+++ b/scripts/update-cocoa.sh
@@ -75,6 +75,10 @@ set-version)
     newValue="${sample_podspec_var_name}'$2'"
     echo "${sample_podspec_content/${sample_podspec_whole_match}/$newValue}" >$sample_podspec_file
 
+    # Generate dummy framework first (required for pod update to work)
+    echo "Generating dummy framework for shared module..."
+    ./gradlew :sentry-samples:kmp-app-cocoapods:shared:generateDummyFramework
+
     # Run pod update in the sample iOS app directory to update Podfile.lock
     echo "Running pod update in $sample_ios_app_dir..."
     (cd $sample_ios_app_dir && pod update)