diff --git a/android/build.gradle b/android/build.gradle
index 41cbb4ca4..d1e92d799 100644
--- a/android/build.gradle
+++ b/android/build.gradle
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ repositories {
 dependencies {
   implementation project(':expo-modules-core')
   implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib-jdk7:${getKotlinVersion()}"
-  implementation "org.xmtp:android:0.12.2"
+  implementation "org.xmtp:android:0.12.3"
   implementation 'com.google.code.gson:gson:2.10.1'
   implementation 'com.facebook.react:react-native:0.71.3'
   implementation "com.daveanthonythomas.moshipack:moshipack:1.0.1"
diff --git a/example/ios/Podfile.lock b/example/ios/Podfile.lock
index 981b99906..3fbbdd707 100644
--- a/example/ios/Podfile.lock
+++ b/example/ios/Podfile.lock
@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@ PODS:
     - GenericJSON (~> 2.0)
     - Logging (~> 1.0.0)
     - secp256k1.swift (~> 0.1)
-  - XMTP (0.11.3):
+  - XMTP (0.11.4):
     - Connect-Swift (= 0.12.0)
     - GzipSwift
     - LibXMTP (= 0.5.1-beta0)
@@ -458,7 +458,7 @@ PODS:
     - ExpoModulesCore
     - MessagePacker
     - secp256k1.swift
-    - XMTP (= 0.11.3)
+    - XMTP (= 0.11.4)
   - Yoga (1.14.0)
 
 DEPENDENCIES:
@@ -763,8 +763,8 @@ SPEC CHECKSUMS:
   secp256k1.swift: a7e7a214f6db6ce5db32cc6b2b45e5c4dd633634
   SwiftProtobuf: 407a385e97fd206c4fbe880cc84123989167e0d1
   web3.swift: 2263d1e12e121b2c42ffb63a5a7beb1acaf33959
-  XMTP: 3e8e649cc8a6cebe4a1a16f6c396a273fefb2662
-  XMTPReactNative: 602e98fa5dfa0fe17c1bda5a94c7efbaa693c38c
+  XMTP: 93c576a55976baeec67f3cc3911c1db8dbd3f86d
+  XMTPReactNative: 930c288252e5a4b9946d053385ff9e26b4036d8d
   Yoga: e71803b4c1fff832ccf9b92541e00f9b873119b9
 
 PODFILE CHECKSUM: 95d6ace79946933ecf80684613842ee553dd76a2
diff --git a/example/src/tests/groupTests.ts b/example/src/tests/groupTests.ts
index 4dce7acc8..e9e4e9a45 100644
--- a/example/src/tests/groupTests.ts
+++ b/example/src/tests/groupTests.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import RNFS from 'react-native-fs'
 import { DecodedMessage } from 'xmtp-react-native-sdk/lib/DecodedMessage'
 
 import {
@@ -69,18 +70,22 @@ test('can delete a local database', async () => {
 
 test('can make a MLS V3 client with encryption key and database directory', async () => {
   // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars
-  const dbDir = 'xmtp_db'
-
+  const dbDirPath = `${RNFS.DocumentDirectoryPath}/xmtp_db`
+  const directoryExists = await RNFS.exists(dbDirPath)
+  if (!directoryExists) {
+    await RNFS.mkdir(dbDirPath)
+  }
   const key = new Uint8Array([
     233, 120, 198, 96, 154, 65, 132, 17, 132, 96, 250, 40, 103, 35, 125, 64,
     166, 83, 208, 224, 254, 44, 205, 227, 175, 49, 234, 129, 74, 252, 135, 145,
   ])
+
   const client = await Client.createRandom({
     env: 'local',
     appVersion: 'Testing/0.0.0',
     enableAlphaMls: true,
     dbEncryptionKey: key,
-    dbDirectory: dbDir,
+    dbDirectory: dbDirPath,
   })
 
   const anotherClient = await Client.createRandom({
@@ -104,7 +109,7 @@ test('can make a MLS V3 client with encryption key and database directory', asyn
     appVersion: 'Testing/0.0.0',
     enableAlphaMls: true,
     dbEncryptionKey: key,
-    dbDirectory: dbDir,
+    dbDirectory: dbDirPath,
   })
 
   assert(
diff --git a/ios/XMTPReactNative.podspec b/ios/XMTPReactNative.podspec
index 22e140c5e..40611a765 100644
--- a/ios/XMTPReactNative.podspec
+++ b/ios/XMTPReactNative.podspec
@@ -26,5 +26,5 @@ Pod::Spec.new do |s|
   s.source_files = "**/*.{h,m,swift}"
   s.dependency 'secp256k1.swift'
 	s.dependency "MessagePacker"
-  s.dependency "XMTP", "= 0.11.3"
+  s.dependency "XMTP", "= 0.11.4"
 end