diff --git a/Podfile b/Podfile
index e375927..8c10d2e 100644
--- a/Podfile
+++ b/Podfile
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 use_frameworks!
 target 'hello-ios' do
     platform :ios, '13.0'
-    pod 'LaunchDarkly', '>= 9.6'
+    pod 'LaunchDarkly', '>= 11.2'
 end
 
 target 'hello-watchOS Extension' do
     platform :watchos, '6.0'
-    pod 'LaunchDarkly', '>= 9.6'
+    pod 'LaunchDarkly', '>= 11.2'
 end
diff --git a/hello-common/LDClientConfigurator.m b/hello-common/LDClientConfigurator.m
index e7caa8f..c771f9f 100644
--- a/hello-common/LDClientConfigurator.m
+++ b/hello-common/LDClientConfigurator.m
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ +(void)setupLDClient {
         LDConfig *config = [[LDConfig alloc]
                             initWithMobileKey:sdkKey autoEnvAttributes:true];
 
-        [LDClient startWithConfiguration:config context:result.success completion: nil];
+        [LDClient startWithConfiguration:config context:result.success startWaitSeconds:5 completion:nil];
     }
 }