diff --git a/android/build.gradle b/android/build.gradle
index 815f26921..6ee798f8c 100644
--- a/android/build.gradle
+++ b/android/build.gradle
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ repositories {
 dependencies {
   implementation project(':expo-modules-core')
   implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib-jdk7:${getKotlinVersion()}"
-  implementation "org.xmtp:android:0.5.6"
+  implementation "org.xmtp:android:0.6.1"
   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/src/tests.ts b/example/src/tests.ts
index 63cb809aa..81d123802 100644
--- a/example/src/tests.ts
+++ b/example/src/tests.ts
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ test("can paginate batch messages", async () => {
     );
   }
 
-  if (messagesAsc[0].content.text !== "Message 0") {
+  if (messagesAsc[0].content.text !== "Initial Message") {
     throw Error(
       "Unexpected messagesAsc content " + messagesAsc[0].content.text
     );