diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 67c15d315..cfc3cb8de 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@ on:
     branches:
       - main
       - beta
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      branch:
+        description: 'Branch name'
+        required: true
+        default: 'main'
 jobs:
   release:
     name: Release
diff --git a/example/ios/Podfile.lock b/example/ios/Podfile.lock
index 69c88772a..0a72818c6 100644
--- a/example/ios/Podfile.lock
+++ b/example/ios/Podfile.lock
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ PODS:
     - hermes-engine/Pre-built (= 0.71.14)
   - hermes-engine/Pre-built (0.71.14)
   - libevent (2.1.12)
-  - LibXMTP (0.4.1-beta0)
+  - LibXMTP (0.4.1-beta1)
   - Logging (1.0.0)
   - MessagePacker (0.4.7)
   - MMKV (1.3.3):
@@ -442,16 +442,16 @@ PODS:
     - GenericJSON (~> 2.0)
     - Logging (~> 1.0.0)
     - secp256k1.swift (~> 0.1)
-  - XMTP (0.7.8-alpha0):
+  - XMTP (0.8.0):
     - Connect-Swift (= 0.3.0)
     - GzipSwift
-    - LibXMTP (= 0.4.1-beta0)
+    - LibXMTP (= 0.4.1-beta1)
     - web3.swift
   - XMTPReactNative (0.1.0):
     - ExpoModulesCore
     - MessagePacker
     - secp256k1.swift
-    - XMTP (= 0.7.8-alpha0)
+    - XMTP (= 0.8.0)
   - Yoga (1.14.0)
 
 DEPENDENCIES:
@@ -695,7 +695,7 @@ SPEC CHECKSUMS:
   GzipSwift: 893f3e48e597a1a4f62fafcb6514220fcf8287fa
   hermes-engine: d7cc127932c89c53374452d6f93473f1970d8e88
   libevent: 4049cae6c81cdb3654a443be001fb9bdceff7913
-  LibXMTP: a3bb8d00c275034e55f1f7bf632335821c792d3c
+  LibXMTP: 01d1797089db5fe7e0a39c524261f460a0f183c9
   Logging: 9ef4ecb546ad3169398d5a723bc9bea1c46bef26
   MessagePacker: ab2fe250e86ea7aedd1a9ee47a37083edd41fd02
   MMKV: f902fb6719da13c2ab0965233d8963a59416f911
@@ -744,10 +744,10 @@ SPEC CHECKSUMS:
   secp256k1.swift: a7e7a214f6db6ce5db32cc6b2b45e5c4dd633634
   SwiftProtobuf: b02b5075dcf60c9f5f403000b3b0c202a11b6ae1
   web3.swift: 2263d1e12e121b2c42ffb63a5a7beb1acaf33959
-  XMTP: 7c308fde3213aa0b0ad8198c9984932260f22b65
-  XMTPReactNative: 0a5a691e0e54c7be2e9f276eaac37f9ad6a8e90a
+  XMTP: 9296a8e8dc53a033d5ca38207d5ed05843e657b6
+  XMTPReactNative: 808e9937e815f506a84ace93af6f84df7e3fb038
   Yoga: e71803b4c1fff832ccf9b92541e00f9b873119b9
 
-PODFILE CHECKSUM: bed59df1a015d67be871b27fb59f30a782dbf17c
+PODFILE CHECKSUM: 95d6ace79946933ecf80684613842ee553dd76a2
 
-COCOAPODS: 1.14.3
+COCOAPODS: 1.14.2
diff --git a/ios/XMTPReactNative.podspec b/ios/XMTPReactNative.podspec
index d9a45ec47..049a05285 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", "= 0.7.8-alpha0"
+  s.dependency "XMTP", "= 0.8.0"
 end
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 24ebc7f2b..24888d632 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@
       {
         "name": "beta",
         "prerelease": true
-      }
+      },
+      "+([0-9])?(.{+([0-9]),x}).x"
     ]
   },
   "publishConfig": {