diff --git a/packages/mobile/ios/Podfile b/packages/mobile/ios/Podfile
index c5d685c23e7..fa8f6f35214 100644
--- a/packages/mobile/ios/Podfile
+++ b/packages/mobile/ios/Podfile
@@ -140,6 +140,24 @@ target 'AudiusReactNative' do
       end
     end
 
+    # SwiftAudioEx 1.x only shifts the current index for an insert in front
+    # of the current item when the queue already has more than one item. With
+    # a single item, inserting at 0 leaves the index one slot early, so the
+    # player replays the current track instead of advancing. Fixed upstream
+    # on main but not released. Fail if the line changes so an update can't
+    # silently drop the patch.
+    queue_manager = File.join(__dir__, 'Pods/SwiftAudioEx/Sources/SwiftAudioEx/QueueManager.swift')
+    buggy_line = 'if (self.items.count > 1 && currentIndex >= index) {'
+    fixed_line = 'if (self.items.count > 0 && currentIndex >= index) {'
+    text = File.read(queue_manager)
+    if text.include?(buggy_line)
+      File.chmod(0644, queue_manager)
+      File.write(queue_manager, text.sub(buggy_line, fixed_line))
+      Pod::UI.puts "Patched SwiftAudioEx QueueManager.swift: shift current index when inserting into a one-item queue".green
+    elsif !text.include?(fixed_line)
+      raise "SwiftAudioEx QueueManager.swift no longer contains '#{buggy_line}'. Check whether the insert index fix is still needed and update the Podfile patch."
+    end
+
   end
 end