diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index e9b4cc2be6d7..e7162a4dadb6 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -3,10 +3,17 @@ source 'https://rubygems.org'
 # You may use http://rbenv.org/ or https://rvm.io/ to install and use this version
 ruby ">= 2.6.10"
 
+# concurrent-ruby >= 1.3.5 no longer requires 'logger', and activesupport 6.1.x
+# references Logger without requiring it, so `bundle exec pod` crashes with
+# "uninitialized constant ActiveSupport::LoggerThreadSafeLevel::Logger". A bare
+# `gem 'logger'` is not enough because bundler does not auto-require Gemfile gems;
+# require it here so it is loaded before cocoapods loads active_support.
+require 'logger'
+
 gem 'cocoapods', '~> 1.13', '!= 1.15.0', '!= 1.15.1'
 gem 'activesupport', '>= 6.1.7.5', '< 7.1.0'
 gem 'xcodeproj', '< 1.26.0'
-gem 'concurrent-ruby', '<= 1.3.4'
+gem 'concurrent-ruby', '>= 1.3.7'
 
 # Ruby 3.4.0 has removed some libraries from the standard library.
 gem 'bigdecimal'
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 8eb0039d4c08..cc3096498876 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ GEM
       netrc (~> 0.11)
     cocoapods-try (1.2.0)
     colored2 (3.1.2)
-    concurrent-ruby (1.2.2)
+    concurrent-ruby (1.3.7)
     escape (0.0.4)
     ethon (0.16.0)
       ffi (>= 1.15.0)
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   benchmark
   bigdecimal
   cocoapods (~> 1.13, != 1.15.1, != 1.15.0)
-  concurrent-ruby (<= 1.3.4)
+  concurrent-ruby (>= 1.3.7)
   logger
   mutex_m
   xcodeproj (< 1.26.0)
diff --git a/packages/rn-tester/Gemfile b/packages/rn-tester/Gemfile
index c8b1aad6c2f3..f81cbd110085 100644
--- a/packages/rn-tester/Gemfile
+++ b/packages/rn-tester/Gemfile
@@ -3,13 +3,20 @@ source 'https://rubygems.org'
 # You may use http://rbenv.org/ or https://rvm.io/ to install and use this version
 ruby ">= 2.6.10"
 
+# concurrent-ruby >= 1.3.5 no longer requires 'logger', and activesupport 6.1.x
+# references Logger without requiring it, so `bundle exec pod` crashes with
+# "uninitialized constant ActiveSupport::LoggerThreadSafeLevel::Logger". A bare
+# `gem 'logger'` is not enough because bundler does not auto-require Gemfile gems;
+# require it here so it is loaded before cocoapods loads active_support.
+require 'logger'
+
 # Cocoapods 1.15 introduced a bug which break the build. We will remove the upper
 # bound in the template on Cocoapods with next React Native release.
 gem 'cocoapods', '~> 1.13', '!= 1.15.0', '!= 1.15.1'
 gem 'rexml'
 gem 'activesupport', '>= 6.1.7.5', '< 7.1.0'
 gem 'xcodeproj', '< 1.26.0'
-gem 'concurrent-ruby', '<= 1.3.4'
+gem 'concurrent-ruby', '>= 1.3.7'
 
 # Ruby 3.4.0 has removed some libraries from the standard library.
 gem 'bigdecimal'
diff --git a/private/helloworld/Gemfile b/private/helloworld/Gemfile
index 4fbe0d436d40..b694d98f521a 100644
--- a/private/helloworld/Gemfile
+++ b/private/helloworld/Gemfile
@@ -2,10 +2,17 @@ source 'https://rubygems.org'
 
 ruby ">= 2.6.10"
 
+# concurrent-ruby >= 1.3.5 no longer requires 'logger', and activesupport 6.1.x
+# references Logger without requiring it, so `bundle exec pod` crashes with
+# "uninitialized constant ActiveSupport::LoggerThreadSafeLevel::Logger". A bare
+# `gem 'logger'` is not enough because bundler does not auto-require Gemfile gems;
+# require it here so it is loaded before cocoapods loads active_support.
+require 'logger'
+
 gem 'cocoapods', '~> 1.13', '!= 1.15.0', '!= 1.15.1'
 gem 'activesupport', '>= 6.1.7.5', '< 7.1.0'
 gem 'xcodeproj', '< 1.26.0'
-gem 'concurrent-ruby', '<= 1.3.4'
+gem 'concurrent-ruby', '>= 1.3.7'
 
 # Ruby 3.4.0 has removed some libraries from the standard library.
 gem 'bigdecimal'
diff --git a/private/helloworld/Gemfile.lock b/private/helloworld/Gemfile.lock
index 30ada298ab8a..18811995a299 100644
--- a/private/helloworld/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/private/helloworld/Gemfile.lock
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ GEM
       netrc (~> 0.11)
     cocoapods-try (1.2.0)
     colored2 (3.1.2)
-    concurrent-ruby (1.3.4)
+    concurrent-ruby (1.3.7)
     escape (0.0.4)
     ethon (0.16.0)
       ffi (>= 1.15.0)
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   benchmark
   bigdecimal
   cocoapods (~> 1.13, != 1.15.1, != 1.15.0)
-  concurrent-ruby (<= 1.3.4)
+  concurrent-ruby (>= 1.3.7)
   ffi (>= 1.17.2)
   logger
   mutex_m