pod install failure on new project

What happened?

Greetings people, Maybe somebody encountered similar error.

Had same issue on main project but was able to replicate it on completely new project... How I ended up here, was updating React-Native version for my project and once all dependencies were with latest versions this is what I've encountered after trying to run pod install in ~/ios folder. Similar error is encountered with Facebook sdk dependency. Im suspecting maybe it is my Mac's setup 🤔 even though I tried to wipe out my Mac and install all new.

Here is the error: `### Error

JSON::ParserError - Failed to parse JSON at file: '/Users/rokasgegzna/.cocoapods/repos/trunk/Specs/d/7/e/HMSegmentedControl/1.5.6/HMSegmentedControl.podspec.json'.

unexpected token at ''
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/cocoapods-core-1.14.2/lib/cocoapods-core/specification/json.rb:66:in `rescue in from_json'
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/cocoapods-core-1.14.2/lib/cocoapods-core/specification/json.rb:61:in `from_json'
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/cocoapods-core-1.14.2/lib/cocoapods-core/specification.rb:752:in `from_string'
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/cocoapods-core-1.14.2/lib/cocoapods-core/specification.rb:726:in `from_file'
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/cocoapods-core-1.14.2/lib/cocoapods-core/source.rb:188:in `specification'
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/cocoapods-core-1.14.2/lib/cocoapods-core/specification/set.rb:58:in `block in specification_name'
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/cocoapods-core-1.14.2/lib/cocoapods-core/specification/set.rb:56:in `each'
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/cocoapods-core-1.14.2/lib/cocoapods-core/specification/set.rb:56:in `specification_name'
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/cocoapods-core-1.14.2/lib/cocoapods-core/cdn_source.rb:216:in `search'
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/cocoapods-core-1.14.2/lib/cocoapods-core/source/aggregate.rb:83:in `block in search'
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/cocoapods-core-1.14.2/lib/cocoapods-core/source/aggregate.rb:83:in `select'
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/cocoapods-core-1.14.2/lib/cocoapods-core/source/aggregate.rb:83:in `search'
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/cocoapods-1.14.2/lib/cocoapods/resolver.rb:416:in `create_set_from_sources'
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/cocoapods-1.14.2/lib/cocoapods/resolver.rb:385:in `find_cached_set'
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/cocoapods-1.14.2/lib/cocoapods/resolver.rb:360:in `specifications_for_dependency'
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/cocoapods-1.14.2/lib/cocoapods/resolver.rb:165:in `search_for'
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/cocoapods-1.14.2/lib/cocoapods/resolver.rb:274:in `block in sort_dependencies'
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/cocoapods-1.14.2/lib/cocoapods/resolver.rb:267:in `each'
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/cocoapods-1.14.2/lib/cocoapods/resolver.rb:267:in `sort_by'
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/cocoapods-1.14.2/lib/cocoapods/resolver.rb:267:in `sort_by!'
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/cocoapods-1.14.2/lib/cocoapods/resolver.rb:267:in `sort_dependencies'
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/molinillo-0.8.0/lib/molinillo/delegates/specification_provider.rb:60:in `block in sort_dependencies'
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/molinillo-0.8.0/lib/molinillo/delegates/specification_provider.rb:77:in `with_no_such_dependency_error_handling'
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/molinillo-0.8.0/lib/molinillo/delegates/specification_provider.rb:59:in `sort_dependencies'
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/molinillo-0.8.0/lib/molinillo/resolution.rb:754:in `push_state_for_requirements'
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/molinillo-0.8.0/lib/molinillo/resolution.rb:744:in `require_nested_dependencies_for'
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/molinillo-0.8.0/lib/molinillo/resolution.rb:727:in `activate_new_spec'
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/molinillo-0.8.0/lib/molinillo/resolution.rb:684:in `attempt_to_activate'
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/molinillo-0.8.0/lib/molinillo/resolution.rb:254:in `process_topmost_state'
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/molinillo-0.8.0/lib/molinillo/resolution.rb:182:in `resolve'
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/molinillo-0.8.0/lib/molinillo/resolver.rb:43:in `resolve'
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/cocoapods-1.14.2/lib/cocoapods/resolver.rb:94:in `resolve'
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/cocoapods-1.14.2/lib/cocoapods/installer/analyzer.rb:1082:in `block in resolve_dependencies'
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/cocoapods-1.14.2/lib/cocoapods/user_interface.rb:64:in `section'
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/cocoapods-1.14.2/lib/cocoapods/installer/analyzer.rb:1080:in `resolve_dependencies'
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/cocoapods-1.14.2/lib/cocoapods/installer/analyzer.rb:125:in `analyze'
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/cocoapods-1.14.2/lib/cocoapods/installer.rb:422:in `analyze'
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/cocoapods-1.14.2/lib/cocoapods/installer.rb:244:in `block in resolve_dependencies'
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/cocoapods-1.14.2/lib/cocoapods/user_interface.rb:64:in `section'
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/cocoapods-1.14.2/lib/cocoapods/installer.rb:243:in `resolve_dependencies'
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/cocoapods-1.14.2/lib/cocoapods/installer.rb:162:in `install!'
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/cocoapods-1.14.2/lib/cocoapods/command/install.rb:52:in `run'
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/claide-1.1.0/lib/claide/command.rb:334:in `run'
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/cocoapods-1.14.2/lib/cocoapods/command.rb:52:in `run'
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/cocoapods-1.14.2/bin/pod:55:in `<top (required)>'
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/bin/pod:25:in `load'
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/bin/pod:25:in `<main>'

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What was the expected behaviour?

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