diff --git a/example/ios/Podfile.lock b/example/ios/Podfile.lock
index 4b388425e..a7d3dbfbe 100644
--- a/example/ios/Podfile.lock
+++ b/example/ios/Podfile.lock
@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ PODS:
     - GenericJSON (~> 2.0)
     - Logging (~> 1.0.0)
     - secp256k1.swift (~> 0.1)
-  - XMTP (0.8.13):
+  - XMTP (0.8.14):
     - Connect-Swift (= 0.3.0)
     - GzipSwift
     - LibXMTP (= 0.4.2-beta3)
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ PODS:
     - ExpoModulesCore
     - MessagePacker
     - secp256k1.swift
-    - XMTP (= 0.8.13)
+    - XMTP (= 0.8.14)
   - Yoga (1.14.0)
 
 DEPENDENCIES:
@@ -756,8 +756,8 @@ SPEC CHECKSUMS:
   secp256k1.swift: a7e7a214f6db6ce5db32cc6b2b45e5c4dd633634
   SwiftProtobuf: b02b5075dcf60c9f5f403000b3b0c202a11b6ae1
   web3.swift: 2263d1e12e121b2c42ffb63a5a7beb1acaf33959
-  XMTP: 0424f5521008373eaa0a8cdba9d4244ba13700f2
-  XMTPReactNative: cba9ca301d6ae82f649702e5befb3551f98d679f
+  XMTP: f716708390140ef0542425898888e2346e04174e
+  XMTPReactNative: 145687cf515815fcc26f89e4347c44814708981b
   Yoga: e71803b4c1fff832ccf9b92541e00f9b873119b9
 
 PODFILE CHECKSUM: 95d6ace79946933ecf80684613842ee553dd76a2
diff --git a/example/src/tests/groupTests.ts b/example/src/tests/groupTests.ts
index 02105f11f..dada7fe1b 100644
--- a/example/src/tests/groupTests.ts
+++ b/example/src/tests/groupTests.ts
@@ -28,8 +28,7 @@ test('can make a MLS V3 client', async () => {
 })
 
 test('can delete a local database', async () => {
-  // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars
-  const client = await Client.createRandom({
+  let client = await Client.createRandom({
     env: 'local',
     appVersion: 'Testing/0.0.0',
     enableAlphaMls: true,
@@ -49,6 +48,11 @@ test('can delete a local database', async () => {
   )
 
   await client.deleteLocalDatabase()
+  client = await Client.createRandom({
+    env: 'local',
+    appVersion: 'Testing/0.0.0',
+    enableAlphaMls: true,
+  })
   await client.conversations.syncGroups()
   assert(
     (await client.conversations.listGroups()).length === 0,
diff --git a/ios/XMTPModule.swift b/ios/XMTPModule.swift
index ab8391cae..68dc71c63 100644
--- a/ios/XMTPModule.swift
+++ b/ios/XMTPModule.swift
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ public class XMTPModule: Module {
 			guard let client = await clientsManager.getClient(key: clientAddress) else {
 				throw Error.noClient
 			}
-			client.deleteLocalDatabase()
+			try client.deleteLocalDatabase()
 		}
 
 		//
diff --git a/ios/XMTPReactNative.podspec b/ios/XMTPReactNative.podspec
index f666457ac..9bfc7c288 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", "= 0.8.13"
+  s.dependency "XMTP", "= 0.8.14"
 end