diff --git a/lib/manager/cocoapods/extract.ts b/lib/manager/cocoapods/extract.ts
index 7362adfa333186ec3f05f17750b17024f65e8954..0ae1eefe06cc7df8bd44a9edc3ede6ae92e28cfd 100644
--- a/lib/manager/cocoapods/extract.ts
+++ b/lib/manager/cocoapods/extract.ts
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ export interface ParsedLine {
 
 export function parseLine(line: string): ParsedLine {
   const result: ParsedLine = {};
+  if (!line) {
+    return result;
+  }
   for (const regex of Object.values(regexMappings)) {
     const match = regex.exec(line.replace(/#.*$/, ''));
     if (match && match.groups) {
diff --git a/lib/manager/cocoapods/update.spec.ts b/lib/manager/cocoapods/update.spec.ts
index ee73d947ceb93195fc5479a37acf8a8cb20c4baf..b87aa8b77769b8c9ac787f033ad4f8c4294ee0e0 100644
--- a/lib/manager/cocoapods/update.spec.ts
+++ b/lib/manager/cocoapods/update.spec.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,16 @@ const fileContent = fs.readFileSync(
 
 describe('lib/manager/cocoapods/update', () => {
   describe('updateDependency', () => {
+    it('handles undefined lines', () => {
+      const upgrade = {
+        depName: 'b',
+        managerData: { lineNumber: 999999999 },
+        currentValue: '1.2.3',
+        newValue: '2.0.0',
+      };
+      const res = updateDependency({ fileContent, upgrade });
+      expect(res).toBeNull();
+    });
     it('replaces existing value', () => {
       const upgrade = {
         depName: 'b',
diff --git a/lib/manager/cocoapods/update.ts b/lib/manager/cocoapods/update.ts
index c3c7a487791ba4789516510d70fac449125babe3..ac8b81ab17335e858bda633b024f98ef29a297af 100644
--- a/lib/manager/cocoapods/update.ts
+++ b/lib/manager/cocoapods/update.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,14 @@ export function updateDependency({
   const lines = fileContent.split('\n');
   const lineToChange = lines[managerData.lineNumber];
 
+  if (!lineToChange) {
+    logger.warn(
+      { fileContent, depName, currentValue, newValue },
+      'Undefined cocoapods lineToChange'
+    );
+    return null;
+  }
+
   if (!lineContainsDep(lineToChange, depName)) {
     return null;
   }