diff --git a/cli/src/ios/update.ts b/cli/src/ios/update.ts
index e5aaea6c4..7c7959c02 100644
--- a/cli/src/ios/update.ts
+++ b/cli/src/ios/update.ts
@@ -149,9 +149,18 @@ async function updatePodfile(config: Config, plugins: Plugin[], deployment: bool
 
   const isXcodebuildAvailable = await isInstalled('xcodebuild');
   if (isXcodebuildAvailable) {
-    await runCommand('xcodebuild', ['-project', basename(`${config.ios.nativeXcodeProjDirAbs}`), 'clean'], {
-      cwd: config.ios.nativeProjectDirAbs,
-    });
+    await runCommand(
+      'xcodebuild',
+      [
+        '-project',
+        basename(`${config.ios.nativeXcodeProjDirAbs}`),
+        ...(config.ios.scheme ? ['-scheme', config.ios.scheme] : []),
+        'clean',
+      ],
+      {
+        cwd: config.ios.nativeProjectDirAbs,
+      },
+    );
   } else {
     logger.warn('Unable to find "xcodebuild". Skipping xcodebuild clean step...');
   }