diff --git a/.changeset/loud-streets-raise.md b/.changeset/loud-streets-raise.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ce17f7eb43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/loud-streets-raise.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'posthog-react-native': patch
+---
+
+prevent xcode build abort when npm is not in PATH
diff --git a/packages/react-native/tooling/posthog-xcode.sh b/packages/react-native/tooling/posthog-xcode.sh
index ef8db5fc5f..8673c0c2f9 100755
--- a/packages/react-native/tooling/posthog-xcode.sh
+++ b/packages/react-native/tooling/posthog-xcode.sh
@@ -36,18 +36,18 @@ if [ -f "$HOME/.posthog/posthog-cli" ]; then
   PH_CLI_PATH="$HOME/.posthog/posthog-cli"
 else
   # Check if installed via npm -g @posthog/cli
-  NPM_GLOBAL_PREFIX=$(npm prefix -g 2>/dev/null)
+  NPM_GLOBAL_PREFIX=$(npm prefix -g 2>/dev/null || true)
   if [ -n "$NPM_GLOBAL_PREFIX" ] && [ -f "$NPM_GLOBAL_PREFIX/bin/posthog-cli" ]; then
     PH_CLI_PATH="$NPM_GLOBAL_PREFIX/bin/posthog-cli"
   else
     # Check if installed as local dependency
-    NPM_LOCAL_ROOT=$(npm root 2>/dev/null)
+    NPM_LOCAL_ROOT=$(npm root 2>/dev/null || true)
     if [ -n "$NPM_LOCAL_ROOT" ] && [ -f "$NPM_LOCAL_ROOT/.bin/posthog-cli" ]; then
       PH_CLI_PATH="$NPM_LOCAL_ROOT/.bin/posthog-cli"
     else
       # Fallback to searching common locations
       export PATH="/usr/local/bin:/opt/homebrew/bin:$HOME/.cargo/bin:$HOME/.local/bin:$HOME/.posthog:$PATH"
-      PH_CLI_PATH=$(command -v posthog-cli 2>/dev/null)
+      PH_CLI_PATH=$(command -v posthog-cli 2>/dev/null || true)
     fi
   fi
 fi