diff --git a/__e2e__/config.test.ts b/__e2e__/config.test.ts
index 75cce706a..cd2c5560c 100644
--- a/__e2e__/config.test.ts
+++ b/__e2e__/config.test.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ import {
   writeFiles,
   spawnScript,
   replaceProjectRootInOutput,
+  getAllPackages,
+  addRNCPrefix,
 } from '../jest/helpers';
 
 const DIR = getTempDirectory('test_root');
@@ -36,8 +38,10 @@ function createCorruptedSetupEnvScript() {
 }
 
 beforeAll(() => {
+  const packages = getAllPackages();
+
   // Register all packages to be linked
-  for (const pkg of ['cli-platform-ios', 'cli-platform-android']) {
+  for (const pkg of packages) {
     spawnScript('yarn', ['link'], {
       cwd: path.join(__dirname, `../packages/${pkg}`),
     });
@@ -48,18 +52,17 @@ beforeAll(() => {
   writeFiles(DIR, {});
 
   // Initialise React Native project
-
-  runCLI(DIR, ['init', 'TestProject', '--install-pods']);
+  runCLI(DIR, ['init', 'TestProject']);
 
   // Link CLI to the project
-  const pkgs = [
-    '@react-native-community/cli-platform-ios',
-    '@react-native-community/cli-platform-android',
-  ];
-
-  spawnScript('yarn', ['link', ...pkgs], {
+  spawnScript('yarn', ['link', ...addRNCPrefix(packages)], {
     cwd: path.join(DIR, 'TestProject'),
   });
+
+  // Install pods after linking packages because Podfile uses `use_native_modules` function that executes `config` command. In case there was introduce breaking change in `cli-config` package, it will fail since it will be using old version of the package.
+  spawnScript('pod', ['install'], {
+    cwd: path.join(DIR, 'TestProject', 'ios'),
+  });
 });
 
 afterAll(() => {
diff --git a/__e2e__/root.test.ts b/__e2e__/root.test.ts
index ade652f8b..a3253d8c9 100644
--- a/__e2e__/root.test.ts
+++ b/__e2e__/root.test.ts
@@ -6,13 +6,17 @@ import {
   getTempDirectory,
   cleanup,
   writeFiles,
+  addRNCPrefix,
+  getAllPackages,
 } from '../jest/helpers';
 
 const cwd = getTempDirectory('test_different_roots');
 
 beforeAll(() => {
+  const packages = getAllPackages();
+
   // Register all packages to be linked
-  for (const pkg of ['cli-platform-ios', 'cli-platform-android']) {
+  for (const pkg of packages) {
     spawnScript('yarn', ['link'], {
       cwd: path.join(__dirname, `../packages/${pkg}`),
     });
@@ -23,14 +27,11 @@ beforeAll(() => {
   writeFiles(cwd, {});
 
   // Initialise React Native project
-  runCLI(cwd, ['init', 'TestProject', '--install-pods']);
+  runCLI(cwd, ['init', 'TestProject']);
+
   // Link CLI to the project
-  const pkgs = [
-    '@react-native-community/cli-platform-ios',
-    '@react-native-community/cli-platform-android',
-  ];
 
-  spawnScript('yarn', ['link', ...pkgs], {
+  spawnScript('yarn', ['link', ...addRNCPrefix(packages)], {
     cwd: path.join(cwd, 'TestProject'),
   });
 });
diff --git a/jest/helpers.ts b/jest/helpers.ts
index f65a779b9..20f1ed003 100644
--- a/jest/helpers.ts
+++ b/jest/helpers.ts
@@ -207,3 +207,11 @@ export function replaceProjectRootInOutput(output: string, testFolder: string) {
   const regex = new RegExp(`(:\\s").*(${slash(testFolder)})`, 'g');
   return slash(output).replace(regex, '$1<<REPLACED_ROOT>>');
 }
+
+export function getAllPackages() {
+  return fs.readdirSync(path.resolve(__dirname, '../packages'));
+}
+
+export function addRNCPrefix(packages: string[]) {
+  return packages.map((p) => `@react-native-community/${p}`);
+}
diff --git a/packages/cli-platform-ios/src/tools/installPods.ts b/packages/cli-platform-ios/src/tools/installPods.ts
index d49866a96..32bd75eea 100644
--- a/packages/cli-platform-ios/src/tools/installPods.ts
+++ b/packages/cli-platform-ios/src/tools/installPods.ts
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ async function runPodInstall(loader: Ora, options?: RunPodInstallOptions) {
       },
     });
   } catch (error) {
+    logger.debug(error as string);
     // "pod" command outputs errors to stdout (at least some of them)
     const stderr = (error as any).stderr || (error as any).stdout;