diff --git a/packages/react-native/scripts/cocoapods/__tests__/test_utils/InstallerMock.rb b/packages/react-native/scripts/cocoapods/__tests__/test_utils/InstallerMock.rb
index 6c0bfc7a353e76..b5fd92a4bce23a 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/scripts/cocoapods/__tests__/test_utils/InstallerMock.rb
+++ b/packages/react-native/scripts/cocoapods/__tests__/test_utils/InstallerMock.rb
@@ -134,10 +134,12 @@ def save()
 class PBXFileRefMock
     attr_reader :name
     attr_reader :path
+    attr_reader :real_path
 
     def initialize(name)
         @name = name
         @path = name
+        @real_path = name
     end
 end
 
diff --git a/packages/react-native/scripts/cocoapods/utils.rb b/packages/react-native/scripts/cocoapods/utils.rb
index d93183dbbe478d..a616041ef8e6b6 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/scripts/cocoapods/utils.rb
+++ b/packages/react-native/scripts/cocoapods/utils.rb
@@ -566,7 +566,7 @@ def self.get_plist_paths_from(user_project)
 
     def self.update_ats_in_plist(plistPaths, parent)
         plistPaths.each do |plistPath|
-            fullPlistPath = File.join(parent, plistPath.path)
+            fullPlistPath = plistPath.real_path
             plist = Xcodeproj::Plist.read_from_path(fullPlistPath)
             ats_configs = {
                 "NSAllowsArbitraryLoads" => false,