diff --git a/.github/scripts/update_podspec_version.sh b/.github/scripts/update_podspec_version.sh
index 7d60f4da..5277cd34 100644
--- a/.github/scripts/update_podspec_version.sh
+++ b/.github/scripts/update_podspec_version.sh
@@ -1,15 +1,67 @@
-#!/bin/bash
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euo pipefail
 
-file="razorpay-pod.podspec"     #the file where you keep your string name
+NEW_PODSPEC_VERSION="${1:?missing podspec version}"
+PODSPEC_PATH="razorpay-pod.podspec"
+RESOLVED_CORE_VERSION="${CORE_VERSION:-}"
 
-NEW_PODSPEC_VERSION=$1
+if [ ! -f "${PODSPEC_PATH}" ]; then
+  echo "❌ Podspec not found: ${PODSPEC_PATH}"
+  exit 1
+fi
 
-myUser="$(grep 's.version ' $file)"
-lastVal=${myUser##* }
+CURRENT_VERSION=$(awk -F"'" '/^[[:space:]]*s\.version[[:space:]]*=/{print $2; exit}' "${PODSPEC_PATH}")
+if [ -z "${CURRENT_VERSION}" ]; then
+  echo "❌ Could not read current podspec version"
+  exit 1
+fi
 
-sed -i -e "s/$lastVal/'$NEW_PODSPEC_VERSION'/g" $file
+TEMP_PODSPEC="$(mktemp)"
+awk -v new_version="${NEW_PODSPEC_VERSION}" '
+  /^[[:space:]]*s\.version[[:space:]]*=/ {
+    sub(/\047[^'\''"]+\047/, "\047" new_version "\047")
+  }
+  { print }
+' "${PODSPEC_PATH}" > "${TEMP_PODSPEC}"
+mv "${TEMP_PODSPEC}" "${PODSPEC_PATH}"
 
-echo "$lastVal"
+echo "${CURRENT_VERSION}"
 
-# echo "$myUser" | awk '{print $NF}'
-    
\ No newline at end of file
+if [ -n "${RESOLVED_CORE_VERSION}" ]; then
+  DEPENDENCY_LINE="  s.dependency 'razorpay-core-pod' , '${RESOLVED_CORE_VERSION}'"
+  TEMP_PODSPEC="$(mktemp)"
+
+  if grep -q "razorpay-core-pod" "${PODSPEC_PATH}"; then
+    awk -v dependency_line="${DEPENDENCY_LINE}" '
+      /^[[:space:]]*s\.dependency[[:space:]]+'\''razorpay-core-pod'\''/ {
+        print dependency_line
+        replaced = 1
+        next
+      }
+      { print }
+      END {
+        if (!replaced) {
+          exit 1
+        }
+      }
+    ' "${PODSPEC_PATH}" > "${TEMP_PODSPEC}"
+  else
+    awk -v dependency_line="${DEPENDENCY_LINE}" '
+      /^[[:space:]]*s\.vendored_frameworks[[:space:]]*=/ {
+        print
+        print dependency_line
+        inserted = 1
+        next
+      }
+      { print }
+      END {
+        if (!inserted) {
+          exit 1
+        }
+      }
+    ' "${PODSPEC_PATH}" > "${TEMP_PODSPEC}"
+  fi
+
+  mv "${TEMP_PODSPEC}" "${PODSPEC_PATH}"
+  echo "✅ razorpay-pod configured to depend on razorpay-core-pod ${RESOLVED_CORE_VERSION}"
+fi
diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy-standard-checkout.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy-standard-checkout.yml
index c9f80832..85179c62 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy-standard-checkout.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy-standard-checkout.yml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ env:
   DEPLOYMENT_VERSION: ${{ github.event.client_payload.version || '' }}
   IS_RC: ${{ github.event.client_payload.is_rc || '' }}
   CORE_CHANGED: ${{ github.event.client_payload.core_changed || 'false' }}
+  CORE_VERSION: ${{ github.event.client_payload.core_version || '' }}
   ARTIFACT_REPOSITORY: ${{ github.event.client_payload.source_repo || '' }}
   ARTIFACT_RUN_ID: ${{ github.event.client_payload.run_id || '' }}
   SDK_ARTIFACT: ${{ github.event.client_payload.artifacts.sdk || '' }}