diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 49483863..a7b88509 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+- We added the `LocationWhenInUse` permission to the iOS configuration to support react-native-permissions.
 - We removed leftover Detox references from the Android build files. This fixes an issue where generating Android APKs would fail due to Detox dependencies not being found.
 
 ## [17.0.2] - 2026-01-12
diff --git a/ios/Podfile b/ios/Podfile
index 332369cc..bbc1daa5 100644
--- a/ios/Podfile
+++ b/ios/Podfile
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ end
 setup_permissions([
   'Camera',
   'PhotoLibrary',
+  'LocationWhenInUse',
 ])
 
 def common_pods