diff --git a/src/platforms/ios/__tests__/runner-client.test.ts b/src/platforms/ios/__tests__/runner-client.test.ts
index 27f5f55a..1524bdad 100644
--- a/src/platforms/ios/__tests__/runner-client.test.ts
+++ b/src/platforms/ios/__tests__/runner-client.test.ts
@@ -519,6 +519,55 @@ test('xctestrunReferencesExistingProducts accepts xctestruns when referenced pro
   assert.equal(xctestrunReferencesExistingProducts(xctestrunPath), true);
 });
 
+test('xctestrunReferencesExistingProducts parses nested plist fallback values from XML', async () => {
+  const tmpDir = await makeTmpDir();
+  const productsDir = path.join(tmpDir, 'Build', 'Products');
+  const debugDir = path.join(productsDir, 'Debug');
+  await fs.promises.mkdir(path.join(debugDir, 'AgentDeviceRunner.app'), { recursive: true });
+  await fs.promises.mkdir(path.join(debugDir, 'Target.app'), { recursive: true });
+  await fs.promises.mkdir(path.join(debugDir, 'Frameworks', 'Helper.framework'), {
+    recursive: true,
+  });
+  await fs.promises.mkdir(
+    path.join(
+      debugDir,
+      'AgentDeviceRunner.app',
+      'Contents',
+      'PlugIns',
+      'AgentDeviceRunnerUITests.xctest',
+    ),
+    { recursive: true },
+  );
+  const xctestrunPath = path.join(productsDir, 'AgentDeviceRunner.xctestrun');
+  fs.writeFileSync(
+    xctestrunPath,
+    [
+      '<plist><dict>',
+      '<key>TestConfigurations</key><array>',
+      '<dict>',
+      '<key>TestTargets</key><array>',
+      '<dict>',
+      '<key>ProductPaths</key><array>',
+      '<string>__TESTROOT__/Debug/AgentDeviceRunner.app</string>',
+      '</array>',
+      '<key>DependentProductPaths</key><array>',
+      '<string>__TESTROOT__/Debug/Frameworks/Helper.framework</string>',
+      '</array>',
+      '<key>TestHostPath</key><string>__TESTROOT__/Debug/AgentDeviceRunner.app</string>',
+      '<key>TestBundlePath</key><string>__TESTHOST__/Contents/PlugIns/AgentDeviceRunnerUITests.xctest</string>',
+      '<key>UITargetAppPath</key><string>__TESTROOT__/Debug/Target.app</string>',
+      '</dict>',
+      '</array>',
+      '</dict>',
+      '</array>',
+      '</dict></plist>',
+    ].join(''),
+    'utf8',
+  );
+
+  assert.equal(xctestrunReferencesExistingProducts(xctestrunPath), true);
+});
+
 test('ensureXctestrun rebuilds after cached macOS runner repair failure', async () => {
   // Cached runner artifacts can look reusable until ad-hoc repair fails; ensure we clean once,
   // rebuild, and return the repaired rebuilt xctestrun instead of looping on stale cache state.
diff --git a/src/platforms/ios/perf.ts b/src/platforms/ios/perf.ts
index 41487751..0d35eff6 100644
--- a/src/platforms/ios/perf.ts
+++ b/src/platforms/ios/perf.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import {
 } from './devicectl.ts';
 import { readInfoPlistString } from './plist.ts';
 import { buildSimctlArgsForDevice } from './simctl.ts';
-import { parseXmlDocument, type XmlNode } from './xml.ts';
+import { parseXmlDocumentSync, type XmlNode } from './xml.ts';
 
 export const APPLE_CPU_SAMPLE_METHOD = 'ps-process-snapshot';
 export const APPLE_MEMORY_SAMPLE_METHOD = 'ps-process-snapshot';
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ export function parseApplePsOutput(stdout: string): AppleProcessSample[] {
 }
 
 async function parseIosDevicePerfTable(xml: string): Promise<IosDevicePerfProcessSample[]> {
-  const document = await parseXmlDocument(xml);
+  const document = parseXmlDocumentSync(xml);
   const schema = findFirstXmlNode(
     document,
     (node) => node.name === 'schema' && node.attributes.name === 'activity-monitor-process-live',
diff --git a/src/platforms/ios/plist.ts b/src/platforms/ios/plist.ts
index 4a01c0e1..98621dd7 100644
--- a/src/platforms/ios/plist.ts
+++ b/src/platforms/ios/plist.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { promises as fs } from 'node:fs';
 import { runCmd } from '../../utils/exec.ts';
-import { parseXmlDocument } from './xml.ts';
+import { parseXmlDocumentSync, visitXmlPlistEntries } from './xml.ts';
 
 export async function readInfoPlistString(
   infoPlistPath: string,
@@ -22,25 +22,19 @@ export async function readInfoPlistString(
 
   try {
     const plist = await fs.readFile(infoPlistPath, 'utf8');
-    return await readXmlPlistString(plist, key);
+    return readXmlPlistString(plist, key);
   } catch {
     return undefined;
   }
 }
 
-async function readXmlPlistString(plist: string, key: string): Promise<string | undefined> {
-  const document = await parseXmlDocument(plist);
-  const plistNode = document.find((node) => node.name === 'plist');
-  const dictNode = plistNode?.children.find((node) => node.name === 'dict');
-  if (!dictNode) {
-    return undefined;
-  }
-  for (let index = 0; index < dictNode.children.length - 1; index += 1) {
-    const entry = dictNode.children[index];
-    const nextEntry = dictNode.children[index + 1];
-    if (entry?.name === 'key' && entry.text === key && nextEntry?.name === 'string') {
-      return nextEntry.text ?? undefined;
+function readXmlPlistString(plist: string, key: string): string | undefined {
+  let result: string | undefined;
+  visitXmlPlistEntries(parseXmlDocumentSync(plist), (entryKey, valueNode) => {
+    if (result !== undefined || entryKey !== key || valueNode.name !== 'string') {
+      return;
     }
-  }
-  return undefined;
+    result = valueNode.text ?? undefined;
+  });
+  return result;
 }
diff --git a/src/platforms/ios/runner-xctestrun.ts b/src/platforms/ios/runner-xctestrun.ts
index fae16458..e1b51fe4 100644
--- a/src/platforms/ios/runner-xctestrun.ts
+++ b/src/platforms/ios/runner-xctestrun.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import {
   repairMacOsRunnerProductsIfNeeded,
   isExpectedRunnerRepairFailure,
 } from './runner-macos-products.ts';
+import { parseXmlDocumentSync, visitXmlPlistEntries, type XmlNode } from './xml.ts';
 
 const DEFAULT_IOS_RUNNER_APP_BUNDLE_ID = 'com.callstack.agentdevice.runner';
 const XCTEST_DEVICE_SET_BASE_NAME = 'XCTestDevices';
@@ -31,6 +32,13 @@ const RUNNER_DERIVED_ROOT = path.join(os.homedir(), '.agent-device', 'ios-runner
 const XCTEST_DEVICE_SET_LOCK_TIMEOUT_MS = 30_000;
 const XCTEST_DEVICE_SET_LOCK_POLL_MS = 100;
 const XCTEST_DEVICE_SET_LOCK_OWNER_GRACE_MS = 5_000;
+const XCTESTRUN_PRODUCT_REFERENCE_KEYS = new Set([
+  'ProductPaths',
+  'DependentProductPaths',
+  'TestHostPath',
+  'TestBundlePath',
+  'UITargetAppPath',
+]);
 
 const runnerXctestrunBuildLocks = new Map<string, Promise<unknown>>();
 export const runnerPrepProcesses = new Set<ExecBackgroundResult['child']>();
@@ -1150,45 +1158,28 @@ function collectXctestrunProductReferenceValuesFromTarget(
 }
 
 function resolveXctestrunProductReferencesFromXml(contents: string): string[] {
-  const arrayPathKeys = ['ProductPaths', 'DependentProductPaths'];
-  const stringPathKeys = ['TestHostPath', 'TestBundlePath', 'UITargetAppPath'];
-  return Array.from(
-    new Set([
-      ...arrayPathKeys.flatMap((key) => extractPlistArrayStringValues(contents, key)),
-      ...stringPathKeys.flatMap((key) => extractPlistStringValues(contents, key)),
-    ]),
-  );
+  return collectXctestrunXmlProductReferenceValues(parseXmlDocumentSync(contents));
 }
 
-function extractPlistStringValues(contents: string, key: string): string[] {
-  const pattern = new RegExp(`<key>${key}</key>\\s*<string>([\\s\\S]*?)</string>`, 'g');
+function collectXctestrunXmlProductReferenceValues(nodes: XmlNode[]): string[] {
   const values = new Set<string>();
-  let match: RegExpExecArray | null;
-  while ((match = pattern.exec(contents)) !== null) {
-    const value = match[1]?.trim();
-    if (value) {
-      values.add(value);
+  visitXmlPlistEntries(nodes, (key, valueNode) => {
+    if (!XCTESTRUN_PRODUCT_REFERENCE_KEYS.has(key)) {
+      return;
     }
-  }
-  return Array.from(values);
-}
-
-function extractPlistArrayStringValues(contents: string, key: string): string[] {
-  // Best-effort XML extraction only. Prefer the plutil JSON path on macOS.
-  const blockPattern = new RegExp(`<key>${key}</key>\\s*<array>([\\s\\S]*?)</array>`, 'g');
-  const stringPattern = /<string>([\s\S]*?)<\/string>/g;
-  const values = new Set<string>();
-  let match: RegExpExecArray | null;
-  while ((match = blockPattern.exec(contents)) !== null) {
-    const block = match[1] ?? '';
-    let stringMatch: RegExpExecArray | null;
-    while ((stringMatch = stringPattern.exec(block)) !== null) {
-      const value = stringMatch[1]?.trim();
-      if (value) {
-        values.add(value);
+    if (valueNode.name === 'string' && valueNode.text) {
+      values.add(valueNode.text);
+      return;
+    }
+    if (valueNode.name !== 'array') {
+      return;
+    }
+    for (const child of valueNode.children) {
+      if (child.name === 'string' && child.text) {
+        values.add(child.text);
       }
     }
-  }
+  });
   return Array.from(values);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/platforms/ios/xml.ts b/src/platforms/ios/xml.ts
index 3d07a4ae..d9e31af0 100644
--- a/src/platforms/ios/xml.ts
+++ b/src/platforms/ios/xml.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import { XMLParser } from 'fast-xml-parser';
+
 export type XmlNode = {
   name: string;
   attributes: Record<string, string>;
@@ -5,25 +7,35 @@ export type XmlNode = {
   children: XmlNode[];
 };
 
-let xmlParserPromise: Promise<import('fast-xml-parser').XMLParser> | null = null;
+let xmlParser: XMLParser | null = null;
 
-export async function parseXmlDocument(xml: string): Promise<XmlNode[]> {
-  const parser = await loadXmlParser();
-  return normalizeXmlNodes(parser.parse(xml));
+export function parseXmlDocumentSync(xml: string): XmlNode[] {
+  xmlParser ??= new XMLParser({
+    ignoreAttributes: false,
+    attributeNamePrefix: '',
+    preserveOrder: true,
+    trimValues: true,
+    parseTagValue: false,
+  });
+  return normalizeXmlNodes(xmlParser.parse(xml));
 }
 
-async function loadXmlParser(): Promise<import('fast-xml-parser').XMLParser> {
-  xmlParserPromise ??= import('fast-xml-parser').then(
-    ({ XMLParser }) =>
-      new XMLParser({
-        ignoreAttributes: false,
-        attributeNamePrefix: '',
-        preserveOrder: true,
-        trimValues: true,
-        parseTagValue: false,
-      }),
-  );
-  return await xmlParserPromise;
+export function visitXmlPlistEntries(
+  nodes: XmlNode[],
+  visitor: (key: string, valueNode: XmlNode) => void,
+): void {
+  for (const node of nodes) {
+    if (node.name === 'dict') {
+      for (let index = 0; index < node.children.length - 1; index += 1) {
+        const entry = node.children[index];
+        const nextEntry = node.children[index + 1];
+        if (entry?.name === 'key' && entry.text && nextEntry) {
+          visitor(entry.text, nextEntry);
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    visitXmlPlistEntries(node.children, visitor);
+  }
 }
 
 function normalizeXmlNodes(value: unknown): XmlNode[] {