diff --git a/SwiftValidator.podspec b/SwiftValidator.podspec
index fbfdd2c..290f1f0 100644
--- a/SwiftValidator.podspec
+++ b/SwiftValidator.podspec
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Pod::Spec.new do |s|
   s.author             = { "Jeff Potter" => "jeff.potter6@gmail.com" }
   s.social_media_url   = "http://twitter.com/jpotts18"
   s.platform     = :ios
-  s.ios.deployment_target	= '10.0'
+  s.ios.deployment_target	= '9.0'
   s.source       = { :git => "https://github.com/ed-mejia/SwiftValidator.git", :tag => "4.0.1" }
   s.source_files  = "SwiftValidator/**/*.swift"
   s.exclude_files = "Validator/AppDelegate.swift"
diff --git a/SwiftValidator/Rules/RegexRule.swift b/SwiftValidator/Rules/RegexRule.swift
index 697c626..5b500ea 100644
--- a/SwiftValidator/Rules/RegexRule.swift
+++ b/SwiftValidator/Rules/RegexRule.swift
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import Foundation
 /**
  `RegexRule` is a subclass of Rule that defines how a regular expression is validated.
  */
-public class RegexRule : Rule {
+open class RegexRule : Rule {
     /// Regular express string to be used in validation.
     private var REGEX: String = "^(?=.*?[A-Z]).{8,}$"
     /// String that holds error message.
diff --git a/Validator.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj b/Validator.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
index 17b420c..72b21a1 100644
--- a/Validator.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
+++ b/Validator.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
@@ -614,7 +614,7 @@
 				GCC_WARN_UNINITIALIZED_AUTOS = YES_AGGRESSIVE;
 				GCC_WARN_UNUSED_FUNCTION = YES;
 				GCC_WARN_UNUSED_VARIABLE = YES;
-				IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET = 8.0;
+				IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET = 9.0;
 				MTL_ENABLE_DEBUG_INFO = YES;
 				ONLY_ACTIVE_ARCH = YES;
 				SDKROOT = iphoneos;
@@ -653,7 +653,7 @@
 				GCC_WARN_UNINITIALIZED_AUTOS = YES_AGGRESSIVE;
 				GCC_WARN_UNUSED_FUNCTION = YES;
 				GCC_WARN_UNUSED_VARIABLE = YES;
-				IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET = 8.0;
+				IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET = 9.0;
 				MTL_ENABLE_DEBUG_INFO = NO;
 				SDKROOT = iphoneos;
 				VALIDATE_PRODUCT = YES;