diff --git a/packages/expo-dev-launcher/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/expo-dev-launcher/CHANGELOG.md
index c85416da6de801..1d0f9b62c7d03f 100644
--- a/packages/expo-dev-launcher/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/expo-dev-launcher/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 
 ### 🐛 Bug fixes
 
+- [iOS] Fixed network inspector losing events when the dev-server listening on port other than 8081. ([#23122](https://github.com/expo/expo/pull/23122) by [@kudo](https://github.com/kudo))
+
 ### 💡 Others
 
 ## 2.4.3 — 2023-06-27
diff --git a/packages/expo-dev-launcher/ios/DevLauncherNetworkInterceptor.swift b/packages/expo-dev-launcher/ios/DevLauncherNetworkInterceptor.swift
index 11f1ea64f10664..c41f53d49827e1 100644
--- a/packages/expo-dev-launcher/ios/DevLauncherNetworkInterceptor.swift
+++ b/packages/expo-dev-launcher/ios/DevLauncherNetworkInterceptor.swift
@@ -60,7 +60,10 @@ extension RCTInspectorDevServerHelper {
       A0: bundleURL
     ) as? RCTInspectorPackagerConnection
 
-    DevLauncherNetworkInterceptor.inspectorPackagerConn = inspectorPackagerConn
+    // Exclude the connections for dev-client bundles
+    if !bundleURL.absoluteString.starts(with: Bundle.main.bundleURL.absoluteString) {
+      DevLauncherNetworkInterceptor.inspectorPackagerConn = inspectorPackagerConn
+    }
     return inspectorPackagerConn
   }
 }