diff --git a/ios/Demo-iOS/Gutenberg.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj b/ios/Demo-iOS/Gutenberg.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
index 93af79239..ce2077d9b 100644
--- a/ios/Demo-iOS/Gutenberg.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
+++ b/ios/Demo-iOS/Gutenberg.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
@@ -573,8 +573,8 @@
 			isa = XCRemoteSwiftPackageReference;
 			repositoryURL = "https://github.com/Automattic/wordpress-rs";
 			requirement = {
-				kind = exactVersion;
-				version = 0.6.0;
+				kind = revision;
+				revision = d70c99e1ff38772353bd8f6a81879320990a560e;
 			};
 		};
 /* End XCRemoteSwiftPackageReference section */
diff --git a/ios/Demo-iOS/Gutenberg.xcodeproj/project.xcworkspace/xcshareddata/swiftpm/Package.resolved b/ios/Demo-iOS/Gutenberg.xcodeproj/project.xcworkspace/xcshareddata/swiftpm/Package.resolved
index cfb811687..f71bdb783 100644
--- a/ios/Demo-iOS/Gutenberg.xcodeproj/project.xcworkspace/xcshareddata/swiftpm/Package.resolved
+++ b/ios/Demo-iOS/Gutenberg.xcodeproj/project.xcworkspace/xcshareddata/swiftpm/Package.resolved
@@ -24,8 +24,7 @@
       "kind" : "remoteSourceControl",
       "location" : "https://github.com/Automattic/wordpress-rs",
       "state" : {
-        "revision" : "2525759228b0b5ba0379671354399cf8ede8d0a3",
-        "version" : "0.6.0"
+        "revision" : "d70c99e1ff38772353bd8f6a81879320990a560e"
       }
     }
   ],
diff --git a/ios/Demo-iOS/Sources/Views/SitePreparationView.swift b/ios/Demo-iOS/Sources/Views/SitePreparationView.swift
index 62a0acc1a..b2920478e 100644
--- a/ios/Demo-iOS/Sources/Views/SitePreparationView.swift
+++ b/ios/Demo-iOS/Sources/Views/SitePreparationView.swift
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ class SitePreparationViewModel {
                         try await self.loadPostTypes()
                         let newConfiguration = try await self.loadConfiguration(for: account)
                         self.editorConfiguration = Self.applyDemoAppDefaults(to: newConfiguration)
-                    } catch let error where Self.isUnreachableSiteError(error) {
+                    } catch let error as WpApiError where error.isSiteUnreachable {
                         throw AppError(errorDescription: "Could not connect to Local WordPress at localhost:8888.\n\nThe wp-env server may not be running. Start it with 'make wp-env-start'.")
                     }
                 case .account(let account):
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ class SitePreparationViewModel {
                         try await self.loadPostTypes()
                         let newConfiguration = try await self.loadConfiguration(for: account)
                         self.editorConfiguration = Self.applyDemoAppDefaults(to: newConfiguration)
-                    } catch let error where Self.isNetworkError(error) {
+                    } catch let error as WpApiError where error.isDeviceOffline {
                         self.postTypes = [.post, .page]
                         let fallback = Self.buildOfflineConfiguration(for: account)
                         self.editorConfiguration = Self.applyDemoAppDefaults(to: fallback)
@@ -322,28 +322,6 @@ class SitePreparationViewModel {
             .build()
     }
 
-    /// Whether the site could not be reached at all — the host did not resolve
-    /// or refused the connection.
-    ///
-    /// wordpress-rs intercepts the underlying `URLError` and rewraps it as a
-    /// `WpApiError`, so matching `URLError` alone never fires for a site that
-    /// is simply not running.
-    private static func isUnreachableSiteError(_ error: Error) -> Bool {
-        if let wpError = error as? WpApiError,
-           case .RequestExecutionFailed(_, _, .nonExistentSiteError, _, _) = wpError {
-            return true
-        }
-        return error is URLError
-    }
-
-    private static func isNetworkError(_ error: Error) -> Bool {
-        if let wpError = error as? WpApiError,
-           case .RequestExecutionFailed(_, _, .deviceIsOfflineError, _, _) = wpError {
-            return true
-        }
-        return error is URLError
-    }
-
     private static func buildOfflineConfiguration(for account: Account) -> EditorConfiguration {
         EditorConfigurationBuilder(
             postType: .post,