diff --git a/ios/XMTPReactNative.podspec b/ios/XMTPReactNative.podspec
index 5a47dba02..41ca73d2e 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", "= 0.8.16"
+  s.dependency "XMTP", "= 0.8.17"
 end