diff --git a/android/build.gradle b/android/build.gradle
index 50bd24488..93438eb98 100644
--- a/android/build.gradle
+++ b/android/build.gradle
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ repositories {
 dependencies {
   implementation project(':expo-modules-core')
   implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib-jdk7:${getKotlinVersion()}"
-  implementation "org.xmtp:android:0.15.5"
+  implementation "org.xmtp:android:0.15.6"
   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/android/src/main/java/expo/modules/xmtpreactnativesdk/XMTPModule.kt b/android/src/main/java/expo/modules/xmtpreactnativesdk/XMTPModule.kt
index e81cde291..47bd717c8 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/expo/modules/xmtpreactnativesdk/XMTPModule.kt
+++ b/android/src/main/java/expo/modules/xmtpreactnativesdk/XMTPModule.kt
@@ -980,6 +980,9 @@ class XMTPModule : Module() {
                 logV("syncAllGroups")
                 val client = clients[inboxId] ?: throw XMTPException("No client")
                 client.conversations.syncAllGroups()
+                // Expo Modules do not support UInt, so we need to convert to Int
+                val numGroupsSyncedInt: Int = client.conversations.syncAllGroups()?.toInt() ?: throw IllegalArgumentException("Value cannot be null")
+                numGroupsSyncedInt
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/example/ios/Podfile.lock b/example/ios/Podfile.lock
index f8d33753f..f0b559124 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 (0.5.8-beta0)
+  - LibXMTP (0.5.8-beta1)
   - Logging (1.0.0)
   - MessagePacker (0.4.7)
   - MMKV (1.3.9):
@@ -449,16 +449,16 @@ PODS:
     - GenericJSON (~> 2.0)
     - Logging (~> 1.0.0)
     - secp256k1.swift (~> 0.1)
-  - XMTP (0.14.8):
+  - XMTP (0.14.9):
     - Connect-Swift (= 0.12.0)
     - GzipSwift
-    - LibXMTP (= 0.5.8-beta0)
+    - LibXMTP (= 0.5.8-beta1)
     - web3.swift
   - XMTPReactNative (0.1.0):
     - ExpoModulesCore
     - MessagePacker
     - secp256k1.swift
-    - XMTP (= 0.14.8)
+    - XMTP (= 0.14.9)
   - Yoga (1.14.0)
 
 DEPENDENCIES:
@@ -711,7 +711,7 @@ SPEC CHECKSUMS:
   GzipSwift: 893f3e48e597a1a4f62fafcb6514220fcf8287fa
   hermes-engine: d7cc127932c89c53374452d6f93473f1970d8e88
   libevent: 4049cae6c81cdb3654a443be001fb9bdceff7913
-  LibXMTP: f4fbf472602ab8db976984a32cec71161bcc376c
+  LibXMTP: b7f9a97c56120771b3e99017f3454063f0388fb6
   Logging: 9ef4ecb546ad3169398d5a723bc9bea1c46bef26
   MessagePacker: ab2fe250e86ea7aedd1a9ee47a37083edd41fd02
   MMKV: 817ba1eea17421547e01e087285606eb270a8dcb
@@ -763,8 +763,8 @@ SPEC CHECKSUMS:
   secp256k1.swift: a7e7a214f6db6ce5db32cc6b2b45e5c4dd633634
   SwiftProtobuf: 407a385e97fd206c4fbe880cc84123989167e0d1
   web3.swift: 2263d1e12e121b2c42ffb63a5a7beb1acaf33959
-  XMTP: 98158fdc19763dccdf0bb6da7bf52de1a190c836
-  XMTPReactNative: 2b5bd98ff66306912bc14e5c240c895179e75981
+  XMTP: ba28e0b3732e20beff61d2f9b7fe38561f5a6f72
+  XMTPReactNative: 8c15853c59fffddffa1c19b68acd766929ca10b2
   Yoga: e71803b4c1fff832ccf9b92541e00f9b873119b9
 
 PODFILE CHECKSUM: 0e6fe50018f34e575d38dc6a1fdf1f99c9596cdd
diff --git a/example/src/tests/groupTests.ts b/example/src/tests/groupTests.ts
index 13e9e755b..d1ca45573 100644
--- a/example/src/tests/groupTests.ts
+++ b/example/src/tests/groupTests.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { Wallet } from 'ethers'
+import { Platform } from 'expo-modules-core'
 import RNFS from 'react-native-fs'
 import { DecodedMessage } from 'xmtp-react-native-sdk/lib/DecodedMessage'
 
@@ -2159,11 +2160,41 @@ test('can sync all groups', async () => {
     `messages should be empty before sync but was ${boGroup?.messages?.length}`
   )
 
-  await bo.conversations.syncAllGroups()
+  const numGroupsSynced = await bo.conversations.syncAllGroups()
   assert(
     (await boGroup?.messages())?.length === 1,
     `messages should be 4 after sync but was ${boGroup?.messages?.length}`
   )
+  assert(
+    numGroupsSynced === 50,
+    `should have synced 50 groups but synced ${numGroupsSynced}`
+  )
+
+  for (const group of groups) {
+    await group.removeMembers([bo.address])
+  }
+
+  // First syncAllGroups after removal will still sync each group to set group inactive
+  // For some reason on Android (RN only), first syncAllGroups already returns 0
+  const numGroupsSynced2 = await bo.conversations.syncAllGroups()
+  if (Platform.OS === 'ios') {
+    assert(
+      numGroupsSynced2 === 50,
+      `should have synced 50 groups but synced ${numGroupsSynced2}`
+    )
+  } else {
+    assert(
+      numGroupsSynced2 === 0,
+      `should have synced 0 groups but synced ${numGroupsSynced2}`
+    )
+  }
+
+  // Next syncAllGroups will not sync inactive groups
+  const numGroupsSynced3 = await bo.conversations.syncAllGroups()
+  assert(
+    numGroupsSynced3 === 0,
+    `should have synced 0 groups but synced ${numGroupsSynced3}`
+  )
   return true
 })
 
diff --git a/ios/XMTPModule.swift b/ios/XMTPModule.swift
index f34cec386..e3fba916b 100644
--- a/ios/XMTPModule.swift
+++ b/ios/XMTPModule.swift
@@ -858,11 +858,11 @@ public class XMTPModule: Module {
 			try await client.conversations.sync()
 		}
 		
-		AsyncFunction("syncAllGroups") { (inboxId: String) in
+		AsyncFunction("syncAllGroups") { (inboxId: String) -> UInt32 in
 			guard let client = await clientsManager.getClient(key: inboxId) else {
 				throw Error.noClient
 			}
-			try await client.conversations.syncAllGroups()
+			return try await client.conversations.syncAllGroups()
 		}
 
 		AsyncFunction("syncGroup") { (inboxId: String, id: String) in
diff --git a/ios/XMTPReactNative.podspec b/ios/XMTPReactNative.podspec
index 80cd05072..7adb0f2c9 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", "= 0.14.8"
+  s.dependency "XMTP", "= 0.14.9"
 end
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 731a2f9ef..f44db2916 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -351,8 +351,8 @@ export async function syncGroups(inboxId: string) {
   await XMTPModule.syncGroups(inboxId)
 }
 
-export async function syncAllGroups(inboxId: string) {
-  await XMTPModule.syncAllGroups(inboxId)
+export async function syncAllGroups(inboxId: string): Promise<number> {
+  return await XMTPModule.syncAllGroups(inboxId)
 }
 
 export async function syncGroup(inboxId: string, id: string) {
diff --git a/src/lib/Conversations.ts b/src/lib/Conversations.ts
index 832bdfcc5..111992122 100644
--- a/src/lib/Conversations.ts
+++ b/src/lib/Conversations.ts
@@ -222,13 +222,12 @@ export default class Conversations<
   }
 
   /**
-   * Executes a network request to fetch the latest list of messages for all local groups associated with the client
-   * and save them to the local state.
+   * Executes a network request to sync all active groups associated with the client
    *
-   * @warning call {@linkcode Conversations.syncGroups | syncGroups()} first to get the latest list of groups locally
+   * @returns {Promise<number>} A Promise that resolves to the number of groups synced.
    */
-  async syncAllGroups() {
-    await XMTPModule.syncAllGroups(this.client.inboxId)
+  async syncAllGroups(): Promise<number> {
+    return await XMTPModule.syncAllGroups(this.client.inboxId)
   }
 
   /**