diff --git a/azure-pipelines-ios.yaml b/azure-pipelines-ios.yaml
index df1d791f6..40da5f60f 100644
--- a/azure-pipelines-ios.yaml
+++ b/azure-pipelines-ios.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 pool:
   name: Azure Pipelines
-  vmImage: 'macOS-13'
+  vmImage: 'macOS-14'
   demands:
     - xcode
     - msbuild
@@ -59,13 +59,35 @@ steps:
         **/TestSecrets.cs
       actionOnMissing: fail
       keepToken: true
+      
+  - task: PowerShell@2
+    displayName: Select Xcode Version
+    inputs:
+      targetType: 'inline'
+      script: |
+        echo Mac OS version:
+        sw_vers -productVersion
+        echo Installed Xcode versions:
+        ls /Applications | grep 'Xcode'
+        echo currently selected xcode:
+        xcrun xcode-select --print-path
+        echo selecting latest xcode...
+        sudo xcode-select -s /Applications/Xcode_16.1.app
+        xcrun xcode-select --print-path
+        xcodebuild -version
 
   - bash: |
       /bin/bash -c "sudo $AGENT_HOMEDIRECTORY/scripts/select-xamarin-sdk.sh 6_12_7"
-      xcodeRoot=/Applications/Xcode_12.4.app
+      xcodeRoot=/Applications/Xcode_15.4.app
       /bin/bash -c "echo '##vso[task.setvariable variable=MD_APPLE_SDK_ROOT;]'${xcodeRoot};sudo xcode-select --switch ${xcodeRoot}/Contents/Developer"
     displayName: 'Force SDK and Xcode version'
     enabled: false
+    
+  - bash: |
+      xcodeRoot=/Applications/Xcode_16.0.app
+      /bin/bash -c "echo '##vso[task.setvariable variable=MD_APPLE_SDK_ROOT;]'${xcodeRoot};sudo xcode-select --switch ${xcodeRoot}/Contents/Developer"
+    displayName: 'Force Xcode version'
+    enabled: false
 
   - bash: |
       URL="https://bmm-api.brunstad.org/AppVersion/iOSVersionCode"