diff --git a/example/ios/Podfile b/example/ios/Podfile
index 85b2fdd3..834daa8d 100644
--- a/example/ios/Podfile
+++ b/example/ios/Podfile
@@ -51,6 +51,10 @@ target 'xmtpreactnativesdkexample' do
   # See https://github.com/margelo/react-native-quick-crypto/issues/189#issuecomment-1711561970
   pod "OpenSSL-Universal", "1.1.2200"
 
+    # Override XMTP pod to use specific commit
+  pod 'XMTP', :git => 'https://github.com/xmtp/xmtp-ios.git', :commit => '77940ee4790390154248d0fed0a2d5316fd99b3b'
+
+
   use_react_native!(
     :path => config[:reactNativePath],
     :hermes_enabled => podfile_properties['expo.jsEngine'] == nil || podfile_properties['expo.jsEngine'] == 'hermes',
diff --git a/example/ios/Podfile.lock b/example/ios/Podfile.lock
index f6770ec8..af67aa22 100644
--- a/example/ios/Podfile.lock
+++ b/example/ios/Podfile.lock
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ PODS:
     - hermes-engine/Pre-built (= 0.71.14)
   - hermes-engine/Pre-built (0.71.14)
   - libevent (2.1.12)
-  - LibXMTP (3.0.24)
+  - LibXMTP (3.0.26)
   - MessagePacker (0.4.7)
   - MMKV (2.0.2):
     - MMKVCore (~> 2.0.2)
@@ -448,18 +448,18 @@ PODS:
   - SQLCipher/standard (4.5.7):
     - SQLCipher/common
   - SwiftProtobuf (1.28.2)
-  - XMTP (3.0.28):
+  - XMTP (3.0.29):
     - Connect-Swift (= 1.0.0)
     - CryptoSwift (= 1.8.3)
     - CSecp256k1 (~> 0.2)
-    - LibXMTP (= 3.0.24)
+    - LibXMTP (= 3.0.26)
     - SQLCipher (= 4.5.7)
-  - XMTPReactNative (3.1.11):
+  - XMTPReactNative (3.1.12):
     - CSecp256k1 (~> 0.2)
     - ExpoModulesCore
     - MessagePacker
     - SQLCipher (= 4.5.7)
-    - XMTP (= 3.0.28)
+    - XMTP (= 3.0.29)
   - Yoga (1.14.0)
 
 DEPENDENCIES:
@@ -530,6 +530,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES:
   - RNFS (from `../node_modules/react-native-fs`)
   - RNScreens (from `../node_modules/react-native-screens`)
   - RNSVG (from `../node_modules/react-native-svg`)
+  - XMTP (from `https://github.com/xmtp/xmtp-ios.git`, commit `77940ee4790390154248d0fed0a2d5316fd99b3b`)
   - XMTPReactNative (from `../../ios`)
   - Yoga (from `../node_modules/react-native/ReactCommon/yoga`)
 
@@ -548,7 +549,6 @@ SPEC REPOS:
     - OpenSSL-Universal
     - SQLCipher
     - SwiftProtobuf
-    - XMTP
 
 EXTERNAL SOURCES:
   boost:
@@ -679,13 +679,21 @@ EXTERNAL SOURCES:
     :path: "../node_modules/react-native-screens"
   RNSVG:
     :path: "../node_modules/react-native-svg"
+  XMTP:
+    :commit: 77940ee4790390154248d0fed0a2d5316fd99b3b
+    :git: https://github.com/xmtp/xmtp-ios.git
   XMTPReactNative:
     :path: "../../ios"
   Yoga:
     :path: "../node_modules/react-native/ReactCommon/yoga"
 
+CHECKOUT OPTIONS:
+  XMTP:
+    :commit: 77940ee4790390154248d0fed0a2d5316fd99b3b
+    :git: https://github.com/xmtp/xmtp-ios.git
+
 SPEC CHECKSUMS:
-  boost: 57d2868c099736d80fcd648bf211b4431e51a558
+  boost: 7dcd2de282d72e344012f7d6564d024930a6a440
   CoinbaseWalletSDK: ea1f37512bbc69ebe07416e3b29bf840f5cc3152
   CoinbaseWalletSDKExpo: c79420eb009f482f768c23b6768fc5b2d7c98777
   Connect-Swift: 84e043b904f63dc93a2c01c6c125da25e765b50d
@@ -711,7 +719,7 @@ SPEC CHECKSUMS:
   glog: 04b94705f318337d7ead9e6d17c019bd9b1f6b1b
   hermes-engine: d7cc127932c89c53374452d6f93473f1970d8e88
   libevent: 4049cae6c81cdb3654a443be001fb9bdceff7913
-  LibXMTP: e4e1c00d52e8e52599a26859d0bbaba2ffe21e77
+  LibXMTP: e80c8c226e67d8c820e81c5a2bfa1934ab5d263c
   MessagePacker: ab2fe250e86ea7aedd1a9ee47a37083edd41fd02
   MMKV: 3eacda84cd1c4fc95cf848d3ecb69d85ed56006c
   MMKVCore: 508b4d3a8ce031f1b5c8bd235f0517fb3f4c73a9
@@ -762,10 +770,10 @@ SPEC CHECKSUMS:
   RNSVG: d00c8f91c3cbf6d476451313a18f04d220d4f396
   SQLCipher: 5e6bfb47323635c8b657b1b27d25c5f1baf63bf5
   SwiftProtobuf: 4dbaffec76a39a8dc5da23b40af1a5dc01a4c02d
-  XMTP: 569955fba75477fe6fa1dadbc33e097e425f03ce
-  XMTPReactNative: aa9f398f42d888439ff58c1fab653d0c42bdd27c
+  XMTP: 5815a5886b5a698e910d7eb49c11681e9001c931
+  XMTPReactNative: 68152197c8135a6e0fe03637e7cde6bdd896d75c
   Yoga: e71803b4c1fff832ccf9b92541e00f9b873119b9
 
-PODFILE CHECKSUM: 0e6fe50018f34e575d38dc6a1fdf1f99c9596cdd
+PODFILE CHECKSUM: bb988e1a087fa2d3c0bc34c187128b2c7c6b2e58
 
 COCOAPODS: 1.15.2
diff --git a/example/src/tests/contentTypeTests.ts b/example/src/tests/contentTypeTests.ts
index 3b2ab94a..f60de41e 100644
--- a/example/src/tests/contentTypeTests.ts
+++ b/example/src/tests/contentTypeTests.ts
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ test('multi remote attachments should work', async () => {
 
   await delayToPropogate()
 
-  // // Now we should see the remote attachment message.
+  // Now we should see the remote attachment message.
   const messages = await convo.messages()
   if (messages.length !== 1) {
     throw new Error('Expected 1 message')
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ test('multi remote attachments should work', async () => {
     throw new Error('Expected correctly formatted typeId')
   }
   if (!message.content()) {
-    throw new Error('Expected remoteAttachment')
+    throw new Error('Expected multiRemoteAttachment')
   }
 
   const multiRemoteAttachment =
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ test('multi remote attachments should work', async () => {
     'Expected url to match'
   )
 
-  // // Show how when we can convert a multiRemoteAttachment back into decrypted encoded content
+ // Show how when we can convert a multiRemoteAttachment back into decrypted encoded content
 
   const files: string[] = []
   for (const attachment of multiRemoteAttachment.attachments) {
@@ -435,7 +435,6 @@ test('multi remote attachments should work', async () => {
       'utf8'
     )
     files.push(text)
-    // break;
   }
 
   assert(files[0] === 'hello world 1', 'Expected text to match')
diff --git a/ios/XMTPReactNative.podspec b/ios/XMTPReactNative.podspec
index 29577fc6..b2d341e7 100644
--- a/ios/XMTPReactNative.podspec
+++ b/ios/XMTPReactNative.podspec
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ Pod::Spec.new do |s|
   s.source_files = "**/*.{h,m,swift}"
 
   s.dependency "MessagePacker"
-  s.dependency "XMTP", "= 3.0.28"
+  s.dependency "XMTP", "= 3.0.29"
   s.dependency 'CSecp256k1', '~> 0.2'
   s.dependency "SQLCipher", "= 4.5.7"
 end