diff --git a/packages/react-native/scripts/cocoapods/__tests__/utils-test.rb b/packages/react-native/scripts/cocoapods/__tests__/utils-test.rb
index cc6963c73a4fc0..206496899513c9 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/scripts/cocoapods/__tests__/utils-test.rb
+++ b/packages/react-native/scripts/cocoapods/__tests__/utils-test.rb
@@ -484,6 +484,52 @@ def test_applyXcode15Patch_whenXcodebuild14_correctlyAppliesNecessaryPatch
         assert_equal(2, XcodebuildMock.version_invocation_count)
     end
 
+    def test_applyXcode15Patch_whenXcodebuild15_1_does_not_apply_patch
+        # Arrange
+        XcodebuildMock.set_version = "Xcode 15.1"
+        first_target = prepare_target("FirstTarget")
+        second_target = prepare_target("SecondTarget")
+        third_target = TargetMock.new("ThirdTarget", [
+            BuildConfigurationMock.new("Debug", {
+              "GCC_PREPROCESSOR_DEFINITIONS" => '$(inherited) "SomeFlag=1" '
+            }),
+            BuildConfigurationMock.new("Release", {
+              "GCC_PREPROCESSOR_DEFINITIONS" => '$(inherited) "SomeFlag=1" '
+            }),
+        ], nil)
+
+        user_project_mock = UserProjectMock.new("/a/path", [
+                prepare_config("Debug"),
+                prepare_config("Release"),
+            ],
+            :native_targets => [
+                first_target,
+                second_target
+            ]
+        )
+        pods_projects_mock = PodsProjectMock.new([], {"hermes-engine" => {}}, :native_targets => [
+            third_target
+        ])
+        installer = InstallerMock.new(pods_projects_mock, [
+            AggregatedProjectMock.new(user_project_mock)
+        ])
+
+        # Act
+        user_project_mock.build_configurations.each do |config|
+            assert_nil(config.build_settings["OTHER_LDFLAGS"])
+        end
+
+        ReactNativePodsUtils.apply_xcode_15_patch(installer, :xcodebuild_manager => XcodebuildMock)
+
+        # Assert
+        user_project_mock.build_configurations.each do |config|
+            assert_equal("$(inherited) ", config.build_settings["OTHER_LDFLAGS"])
+        end
+
+        # User project and Pods project
+        assert_equal(2, XcodebuildMock.version_invocation_count)
+    end
+
     def test_applyXcode15Patch_whenXcodebuild15_correctlyAppliesNecessaryPatch
         # Arrange
         XcodebuildMock.set_version = "Xcode 15.0"
@@ -1018,13 +1064,13 @@ def test_add_flag_to_map_with_inheritance_whenUsedWithBuildConfigBuildSettings
         })
         twiceProcessed_config = BuildConfigurationMock.new("TwiceProcessedConfig");
         test_flag = " -DTEST_FLAG=1"
-    
+
         # Act
         ReactNativePodsUtils.add_flag_to_map_with_inheritance(empty_config.build_settings, "OTHER_CPLUSPLUSFLAGS", test_flag)
         ReactNativePodsUtils.add_flag_to_map_with_inheritance(initialized_config.build_settings, "OTHER_CPLUSPLUSFLAGS", test_flag)
         ReactNativePodsUtils.add_flag_to_map_with_inheritance(twiceProcessed_config.build_settings, "OTHER_CPLUSPLUSFLAGS", test_flag)
         ReactNativePodsUtils.add_flag_to_map_with_inheritance(twiceProcessed_config.build_settings, "OTHER_CPLUSPLUSFLAGS", test_flag)
-    
+
         # Assert
         assert_equal("$(inherited)" + test_flag, empty_config.build_settings["OTHER_CPLUSPLUSFLAGS"])
         assert_equal("$(inherited) INIT_FLAG" + test_flag, initialized_config.build_settings["OTHER_CPLUSPLUSFLAGS"])
@@ -1051,7 +1097,7 @@ def test_add_flag_to_map_with_inheritance_whenUsedWithXCConfigAttributes
         assert_equal("$(inherited) INIT_FLAG" + test_flag, initialized_xcconfig.attributes["OTHER_CPLUSPLUSFLAGS"])
         assert_equal("$(inherited)" + test_flag, twiceProcessed_xcconfig.attributes["OTHER_CPLUSPLUSFLAGS"])
     end
-    
+
     def test_add_ndebug_flag_to_pods_in_release
         # Arrange
         xcconfig = XCConfigMock.new("Config")
@@ -1061,7 +1107,7 @@ def test_add_ndebug_flag_to_pods_in_release
         custom_debug_config2 = BuildConfigurationMock.new("Custom")
         custom_release_config1 = BuildConfigurationMock.new("CustomRelease")
         custom_release_config2 = BuildConfigurationMock.new("Production")
-    
+
         installer = prepare_installer_for_cpp_flags(
             [ xcconfig ],
             {
@@ -1072,7 +1118,7 @@ def test_add_ndebug_flag_to_pods_in_release
         )
         # Act
         ReactNativePodsUtils.add_ndebug_flag_to_pods_in_release(installer)
-    
+
         # Assert
         assert_equal(nil, default_debug_config.build_settings["OTHER_CPLUSPLUSFLAGS"])
         assert_equal("$(inherited) -DNDEBUG", default_release_config.build_settings["OTHER_CPLUSPLUSFLAGS"])
@@ -1150,4 +1196,3 @@ def prepare_installer_for_cpp_flags(xcconfigs, build_configs)
         :pod_target_installation_results => pod_target_installation_results_map
     )
 end
-
diff --git a/packages/react-native/scripts/cocoapods/utils.rb b/packages/react-native/scripts/cocoapods/utils.rb
index d93183dbbe478d..2692733cb984d9 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/scripts/cocoapods/utils.rb
+++ b/packages/react-native/scripts/cocoapods/utils.rb
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ def self.apply_xcode_15_patch(installer, xcodebuild_manager: Xcodebuild)
             project.build_configurations.each do |config|
                 # fix for weak linking
                 self.safe_init(config, other_ld_flags_key)
-                if self.is_using_xcode15_or_greater(:xcodebuild_manager => xcodebuild_manager)
+                if self.is_using_xcode15_0(:xcodebuild_manager => xcodebuild_manager)
                     self.add_value_to_setting_if_missing(config, other_ld_flags_key, xcode15_compatibility_flags)
                 else
                     self.remove_value_from_setting_if_present(config, other_ld_flags_key, xcode15_compatibility_flags)
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ def self.remove_value_from_setting_if_present(config, setting_name, value)
         end
     end
 
-    def self.is_using_xcode15_or_greater(xcodebuild_manager: Xcodebuild)
+    def self.is_using_xcode15_0(xcodebuild_manager: Xcodebuild)
         xcodebuild_version = xcodebuild_manager.version
 
         # The output of xcodebuild -version is something like
@@ -415,7 +415,8 @@ def self.is_using_xcode15_or_greater(xcodebuild_manager: Xcodebuild)
         regex = /(\d+)\.(\d+)(?:\.(\d+))?/
         if match_data = xcodebuild_version.match(regex)
             major = match_data[1].to_i
-            return major >= 15
+            minor = match_data[2].to_i
+            return major == 15 && minor == 0
         end
 
         return false