pod updateが正常に実行できない

環境

MacOS 10.14.5
CocoaPods 1.7.4

アップデートできない

既存のiOSアプリのプロジェクトのビルドターゲットを少し変更したので改めて、pod updateを実行してみたところ以下のエラーが出て正常にアップデートを実行できなかった。

### Error

LoadError - cannot load such file -- plist
/Users/username/.rbenv/versions/2.5.0/lib/ruby/2.5.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:59:in `require'
/Users/username/.rbenv/versions/2.5.0/lib/ruby/2.5.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:59:in `require'
/Users/username/Documents/git/project/Podfile:69:in `block (2 levels) in from_ruby'
/Users/username/.rbenv/versions/2.5.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.5.0/gems/cocoapods-core-1.7.2/lib/cocoapods-core/podfile.rb:179:in `post_install!'
/Users/username/.rbenv/versions/2.5.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.5.0/gems/cocoapods-1.7.2/lib/cocoapods/installer.rb:836:in `run_podfile_post_install_hook'
/Users/username/.rbenv/versions/2.5.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.5.0/gems/cocoapods-1.7.2/lib/cocoapods/installer.rb:824:in `block in run_podfile_post_install_hooks'
/Users/username/.rbenv/versions/2.5.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.5.0/gems/cocoapods-1.7.2/lib/cocoapods/user_interface.rb:145:in `message'
/Users/username/.rbenv/versions/2.5.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.5.0/gems/cocoapods-1.7.2/lib/cocoapods/installer.rb:823:in `run_podfile_post_install_hooks'
/Users/username/.rbenv/versions/2.5.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.5.0/gems/cocoapods-1.7.2/lib/cocoapods/installer.rb:309:in `block in create_and_save_projects'
/Users/username/.rbenv/versions/2.5.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.5.0/gems/cocoapods-1.7.2/lib/cocoapods/user_interface.rb:64:in `section'
/Users/username/.rbenv/versions/2.5.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.5.0/gems/cocoapods-1.7.2/lib/cocoapods/installer.rb:290:in `create_and_save_projects'
/Users/username/.rbenv/versions/2.5.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.5.0/gems/cocoapods-1.7.2/lib/cocoapods/installer.rb:281:in `generate_pods_project'
/Users/username/.rbenv/versions/2.5.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.5.0/gems/cocoapods-1.7.2/lib/cocoapods/installer.rb:159:in `install!'
/Users/username/.rbenv/versions/2.5.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.5.0/gems/cocoapods-1.7.2/lib/cocoapods/command/update.rb:62:in `run'
/Users/username/.rbenv/versions/2.5.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.5.0/gems/claide-1.0.2/lib/claide/command.rb:334:in `run'
/Users/username/.rbenv/versions/2.5.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.5.0/gems/cocoapods-1.7.2/lib/cocoapods/command.rb:52:in `run'
/Users/username/.rbenv/versions/2.5.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.5.0/gems/cocoapods-1.7.2/bin/pod:55:in `<top (required)>'
/Users/username/.rbenv/versions/2.5.0/bin/pod:23:in `load'
/Users/username/.rbenv/versions/2.5.0/bin/pod:23:in `<main>'

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