diff --git a/src/ios/NfcPlugin.m b/src/ios/NfcPlugin.m
index 9b40f251..356b763b 100644
--- a/src/ios/NfcPlugin.m
+++ b/src/ios/NfcPlugin.m
@@ -125,13 +125,13 @@ - (void)writeTag:(CDVInvokedUrlCommand*)command API_AVAILABLE(ios(13.0)){
         if (self.shouldUseTagReaderSession) {
             NSLog(@"Using NFCTagReaderSession");
 
-            self.nfcSession = [[NFCTagReaderSession new]
+            self.nfcSession = [[NFCTagReaderSession alloc]
                        initWithPollingOption:(NFCPollingISO14443 | NFCPollingISO15693)
                        delegate:self queue:dispatch_get_main_queue()];
 
         } else {
             NSLog(@"Using NFCTagReaderSession");
-            self.nfcSession = [[NFCNDEFReaderSession new]initWithDelegate:self queue:nil invalidateAfterFirstRead:FALSE];
+            self.nfcSession = [[NFCNDEFReaderSession alloc]initWithDelegate:self queue:nil invalidateAfterFirstRead:FALSE];
         }
     }
 
@@ -306,12 +306,12 @@ - (void)startScanSession:(CDVInvokedUrlCommand*)command {
         
         if (self.shouldUseTagReaderSession) {
             NSLog(@"Using NFCTagReaderSession");
-            self.nfcSession = [[NFCTagReaderSession new]
+            self.nfcSession = [[NFCTagReaderSession alloc]
                            initWithPollingOption:(NFCPollingISO14443 | NFCPollingISO15693)
                            delegate:self queue:dispatch_get_main_queue()];
         } else {
             NSLog(@"Using NFCNDEFReaderSession");
-            self.nfcSession = [[NFCNDEFReaderSession new]initWithDelegate:self queue:nil invalidateAfterFirstRead:TRUE];
+            self.nfcSession = [[NFCNDEFReaderSession alloc] initWithDelegate:self queue:nil invalidateAfterFirstRead:TRUE];
         }
         sessionCallbackId = [command.callbackId copy];
         self.nfcSession.alertMessage = @"Hold near NFC tag to scan.";
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ - (void)startScanSession:(CDVInvokedUrlCommand*)command {
         
     } else if (@available(iOS 11.0, *)) {
         NSLog(@"iOS < 13, using NFCNDEFReaderSession");
-        self.nfcSession = [[NFCNDEFReaderSession new]initWithDelegate:self queue:nil invalidateAfterFirstRead:TRUE];
+        self.nfcSession = [[NFCNDEFReaderSession alloc] initWithDelegate:self queue:nil invalidateAfterFirstRead:TRUE];
         sessionCallbackId = [command.callbackId copy];
         self.nfcSession.alertMessage = @"Hold near NFC tag to scan.";
         [self.nfcSession beginSession];