diff --git a/.changes/cargo-mobile2.md b/.changes/cargo-mobile2.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b21dd85e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/cargo-mobile2.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+tauri-cli: "patch:bug"
+"@tauri-apps/cli": "patch:bug"
+---
+
+Updated `cargo-mobile2` to allow running on iOS simulators that have a higher version than the XCode SDK. This fixes compatiblity issues with Apple's recent "iOS 18.5 + iOS 18.6 Simulator" platform support component.
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 1dcd17693..98d9c94f8 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1055,9 +1055,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cargo-mobile2"
-version = "0.20.2"
+version = "0.20.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7f2e0347234eb5a7b47eb66d33dc18560a628f031dffe58c37a7efe44b53e6f9"
+checksum = "d93c1021dbbc971a4801008e7faf1c255b56c8317a2a10970703ee46caa3343e"
 dependencies = [
  "colored",
  "core-foundation 0.10.0",
@@ -5816,7 +5816,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "aes-gcm",
  "aes-kw",
  "argon2",
- "base64 0.22.1",
+ "base64 0.21.7",
  "bitfield",
  "block-padding",
  "blowfish",