diff --git a/packages/cli-platform-apple/src/tools/__tests__/getInfo.test.ts b/packages/cli-platform-apple/src/tools/__tests__/getInfo.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8dbde0ff0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/cli-platform-apple/src/tools/__tests__/getInfo.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+import type {IOSProjectInfo} from '@react-native-community/cli-types';
+
+import execa from 'execa';
+import fs from 'fs';
+import {getInfo} from '../getInfo';
+
+jest.mock('execa', () => ({
+  sync: jest.fn(),
+}));
+
+jest.mock('fs', () => ({
+  readFileSync: jest.fn(),
+}));
+
+describe('getInfo', () => {
+  it('handles non-project / workspace locations in a ', () => {
+    const name = `YourProjectName`;
+    (fs.readFileSync as jest.Mock)
+      .mockReturnValueOnce(`<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<Workspace
+   version = "1.0">
+   <FileRef
+      location = "group:${name}.xcodeproj">
+   </FileRef>
+   <FileRef
+      location = "group:Pods/Pods.xcodeproj">
+   </FileRef>
+   <FileRef
+      location = "group:container/some_other_file.mm">
+   </FileRef>
+</Workspace>`);
+    (execa.sync as jest.Mock).mockReturnValue({stdout: '{}'});
+    getInfo({isWorkspace: true, name} as IOSProjectInfo, 'some/path');
+
+    const execaSync = execa.sync as jest.Mock;
+    // Should not call on Pods or the other misc groups
+    expect(execaSync.mock.calls).toEqual([
+      [
+        'xcodebuild',
+        ['-list', '-json', '-project', `some/path/${name}.xcodeproj`],
+      ],
+    ]);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/cli-platform-apple/src/tools/getInfo.ts b/packages/cli-platform-apple/src/tools/getInfo.ts
index a4de21ed8..7f45855d7 100644
--- a/packages/cli-platform-apple/src/tools/getInfo.ts
+++ b/packages/cli-platform-apple/src/tools/getInfo.ts
@@ -59,6 +59,10 @@ export function getInfo(
   return refs.reduce<IosInfo | undefined>((result, ref) => {
     const location = ref['@_location'];
 
+    if (!location.endsWith('.xcodeproj')) {
+      return result;
+    }
+
     // Ignore the project generated by CocoaPods
     if (location.endsWith('/Pods.xcodeproj')) {
       return result;