diff --git a/examples/objective-c/auth_sample/AuthTestService.podspec b/examples/objective-c/auth_sample/AuthTestService.podspec
index d75ee25297347828bc4d83d6ed590f25bb8f928e..af5ef2894648feb9e6ba20276edc540dff69805d 100644
--- a/examples/objective-c/auth_sample/AuthTestService.podspec
+++ b/examples/objective-c/auth_sample/AuthTestService.podspec
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ Pod::Spec.new do |s|
   s.dependency "!ProtoCompiler-gRPCPlugin", "~> 0.14"
 
   # Pods directory corresponding to this app's Podfile, relative to the location of this podspec.
-  pods_root = './Pods'
+  pods_root = 'Pods'
 
   # Path where Cocoapods downloads protoc and the gRPC plugin.
   protoc_dir = "#{pods_root}/!ProtoCompiler"
diff --git a/examples/objective-c/helloworld/HelloWorld.podspec b/examples/objective-c/helloworld/HelloWorld.podspec
index 11222cb232f84e1bf297e66dd4849ebcac43ec20..bce6cd517248485a9eccd84c99028c8d0616293e 100644
--- a/examples/objective-c/helloworld/HelloWorld.podspec
+++ b/examples/objective-c/helloworld/HelloWorld.podspec
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ Pod::Spec.new do |s|
   s.dependency "!ProtoCompiler-gRPCPlugin", "~> 0.14"
 
   # Pods directory corresponding to this app's Podfile, relative to the location of this podspec.
-  pods_root = './Pods'
+  pods_root = 'Pods'
 
   # Path where Cocoapods downloads protoc and the gRPC plugin.
   protoc_dir = "#{pods_root}/!ProtoCompiler"
diff --git a/examples/objective-c/route_guide/RouteGuide.podspec b/examples/objective-c/route_guide/RouteGuide.podspec
index 08e4d16cdf01577b56839e6265ca19bae6f131be..e2132507514a43ceb0002480fb4e0c84f4526663 100644
--- a/examples/objective-c/route_guide/RouteGuide.podspec
+++ b/examples/objective-c/route_guide/RouteGuide.podspec
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ Pod::Spec.new do |s|
   s.dependency "!ProtoCompiler-gRPCPlugin", "~> 0.14"
 
   # Pods directory corresponding to this app's Podfile, relative to the location of this podspec.
-  pods_root = './Pods'
+  pods_root = 'Pods'
 
   # Path where Cocoapods downloads protoc and the gRPC plugin.
   protoc_dir = "#{pods_root}/!ProtoCompiler"