diff --git a/ios/Podfile.lock b/ios/Podfile.lock
index a91c1fc..de3299e 100644
--- a/ios/Podfile.lock
+++ b/ios/Podfile.lock
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ PODS:
     - hermes-engine/Pre-built (= 0.73.0)
   - hermes-engine/Pre-built (0.73.0)
   - libevent (2.1.12)
+  - LibXMTP (0.4.1-beta0)
   - Logging (1.0.0)
   - MessagePacker (0.4.7)
   - MMKV (1.3.2):
@@ -1216,17 +1217,16 @@ PODS:
     - GenericJSON (~> 2.0)
     - Logging (~> 1.0.0)
     - secp256k1.swift (~> 0.1)
-  - XMTP (0.7.7-alpha0):
+  - XMTP (0.7.8-alpha0):
     - Connect-Swift (= 0.3.0)
     - GzipSwift
+    - LibXMTP (= 0.4.1-beta0)
     - web3.swift
-    - XMTPRust (= 0.3.7-beta0)
-  - XMTPReactNative (1.25.1):
+  - XMTPReactNative (1.27.0-beta.1):
     - ExpoModulesCore
     - MessagePacker
     - secp256k1.swift
-    - XMTP (= 0.7.7-alpha0)
-  - XMTPRust (0.3.7-beta0)
+    - XMTP (= 0.7.8-alpha0)
   - Yoga (1.14.0)
 
 DEPENDENCIES:
@@ -1355,6 +1355,7 @@ SPEC REPOS:
     - GenericJSON
     - GzipSwift
     - libevent
+    - LibXMTP
     - Logging
     - MessagePacker
     - MMKV
@@ -1365,7 +1366,6 @@ SPEC REPOS:
     - SwiftProtobuf
     - web3.swift
     - XMTP
-    - XMTPRust
 
 EXTERNAL SOURCES:
   boost:
@@ -1565,6 +1565,7 @@ SPEC CHECKSUMS:
   GzipSwift: 893f3e48e597a1a4f62fafcb6514220fcf8287fa
   hermes-engine: 34304f8c6e8fa68f63a5fe29af82f227d817d7a7
   libevent: 4049cae6c81cdb3654a443be001fb9bdceff7913
+  LibXMTP: a3bb8d00c275034e55f1f7bf632335821c792d3c
   Logging: 9ef4ecb546ad3169398d5a723bc9bea1c46bef26
   MessagePacker: ab2fe250e86ea7aedd1a9ee47a37083edd41fd02
   MMKV: f21593c0af4b3f2a0ceb8f820f28bb639ea22bb7
@@ -1634,9 +1635,8 @@ SPEC CHECKSUMS:
   SwiftProtobuf: b02b5075dcf60c9f5f403000b3b0c202a11b6ae1
   WatermelonDB: 842d22ba555425aa9f3ce551239a001200c539bc
   web3.swift: 2263d1e12e121b2c42ffb63a5a7beb1acaf33959
-  XMTP: b2488aa96eced55fd41a5aece1334be6b5ab622d
-  XMTPReactNative: 5c1ce9decb8722bbbe8cf41dd2179d60f56078f9
-  XMTPRust: 8848a2ba761b2c961d666632f2ad27d1082faa93
+  XMTP: 7c308fde3213aa0b0ad8198c9984932260f22b65
+  XMTPReactNative: 9e0ad9cc76f6156727baf3767259151a5ff7faac
   Yoga: e64aa65de36c0832d04e8c7bd614396c77a80047
 
 PODFILE CHECKSUM: c765268d8eab018a5f4619e1d00ca4dab437bc4f
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 7100d18..26183a7 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     "@tanstack/react-query": "^5.17.19",
     "@thirdweb-dev/react-native": "^0.5.4",
     "@thirdweb-dev/react-native-compat": "^0.5.4",
-    "@xmtp/react-native-sdk": "1.25.1",
+    "@xmtp/react-native-sdk": "1.27.0-beta.1",
     "aws-sdk": "^2.1540.0",
     "ethers": "^5",
     "expo": ">=50.0.0-0 <51.0.0",
diff --git a/src/context/ClientContext.tsx b/src/context/ClientContext.tsx
index 9862225..60706e4 100644
--- a/src/context/ClientContext.tsx
+++ b/src/context/ClientContext.tsx
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import React, {
   useEffect,
   useState,
 } from 'react';
+import {AppConfig} from '../consts/AppConfig';
 import {getClientKeys} from '../services/encryptedStorage';
 
 interface ClientContextValue {
@@ -39,9 +40,10 @@ export const ClientProvider: FC<PropsWithChildren> = ({children}) => {
         }
         Client.createFromKeyBundle(keys, {
           codecs: [new RemoteAttachmentCodec()],
+          enableAlphaMls: AppConfig.GROUPS_ENABLED,
         })
-          .then(client => {
-            setClient(client);
+          .then(newClient => {
+            setClient(newClient);
             setLoading(false);
           })
           .catch(() => {
diff --git a/src/screens/OnboardingEnableIdentityScreen.tsx b/src/screens/OnboardingEnableIdentityScreen.tsx
index 12ff3cf..4cdb547 100644
--- a/src/screens/OnboardingEnableIdentityScreen.tsx
+++ b/src/screens/OnboardingEnableIdentityScreen.tsx
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import {Button} from '../components/common/Button';
 import {Icon} from '../components/common/Icon';
 import {Screen} from '../components/common/Screen';
 import {Text} from '../components/common/Text';
+import {AppConfig} from '../consts/AppConfig';
 import {EventEmitterEvents} from '../consts/EventEmitters';
 import {useClientContext} from '../context/ClientContext';
 import {useTypedNavigation} from '../hooks/useTypedNavigation';
@@ -53,6 +54,7 @@ export const OnboardingEnableIdentityScreen = () => {
       }
       try {
         const client = await Client.create(signer, {
+          enableAlphaMls: AppConfig.GROUPS_ENABLED,
           preEnableIdentityCallback: async () => {
             await enableIdentityPromise;
           },
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 0e3a16d..fd3eea5 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -5962,7 +5962,7 @@
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@noble/hashes/-/hashes-1.3.2.tgz#6f26dbc8fbc7205873ce3cee2f690eba0d421b39"
   integrity sha512-MVC8EAQp7MvEcm30KWENFjgR+Mkmf+D189XJTkFIlwohU5hcBbn1ZkKq7KVTi2Hme3PMGF390DaL52beVrIihQ==
 
-"@noble/hashes@1.3.3", "@noble/hashes@^1.3.2", "@noble/hashes@~1.3.0", "@noble/hashes@~1.3.1", "@noble/hashes@~1.3.2":
+"@noble/hashes@1.3.3", "@noble/hashes@^1.3.2", "@noble/hashes@^1.3.3", "@noble/hashes@~1.3.0", "@noble/hashes@~1.3.1", "@noble/hashes@~1.3.2":
   version "1.3.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@noble/hashes/-/hashes-1.3.3.tgz#39908da56a4adc270147bb07968bf3b16cfe1699"
   integrity sha512-V7/fPHgl+jsVPXqqeOzT8egNj2iBIVt+ECeMMG8TdcnTikP3oaBtUVqpT/gYCR68aEBJSF+XbYUxStjbFMqIIA==
@@ -9350,15 +9350,17 @@
     rxjs "^7.8.0"
     undici "^5.8.1"
 
-"@xmtp/react-native-sdk@1.25.1":
-  version "1.25.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@xmtp/react-native-sdk/-/react-native-sdk-1.25.1.tgz#e18ade85faed1a80c2af6ffa6b108244134f0255"
-  integrity sha512-JeeWsvyhhzxYpp99foNApBEmMSQnzZHg+Me9arDzQ+xoM+9tGX1Jpc2vSh3l2OL06QzFXxR68YKlEJ6g/xDhtw==
+"@xmtp/react-native-sdk@1.27.0-beta.1":
+  version "1.27.0-beta.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@xmtp/react-native-sdk/-/react-native-sdk-1.27.0-beta.1.tgz#ca6227207007f3d7411d22de1966ba8218567d05"
+  integrity sha512-gqXI9kzmEjq7p1sZOc++prf7t60s5cpVRIn6oYph1qbs8/Vk9C+k/PmO7cfpxgXFRIdAjIOucaMX7Lf2Aie3WA==
   dependencies:
+    "@ethersproject/bytes" "^5.7.0"
     "@msgpack/msgpack" "^3.0.0-beta2"
+    "@noble/hashes" "^1.3.3"
     "@xmtp/proto" "^3.25.0"
     buffer "^6.0.3"
-    ethers "^5.7.2"
+    text-encoding "^0.7.0"
 
 "@yarnpkg/lockfile@^1.1.0":
   version "1.1.0"
@@ -12133,7 +12135,7 @@ ethereumjs-util@^7.1.3, ethereumjs-util@^7.1.5:
     ethereum-cryptography "^0.1.3"
     rlp "^2.2.4"
 
-ethers@5.7.2, ethers@^5, ethers@^5.7.2:
+ethers@5.7.2, ethers@^5:
   version "5.7.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ethers/-/ethers-5.7.2.tgz#3a7deeabbb8c030d4126b24f84e525466145872e"
   integrity sha512-wswUsmWo1aOK8rR7DIKiWSw9DbLWe6x98Jrn8wcTflTVvaXhAMaB5zGAXy0GYQEQp9iO1iSHWVyARQm11zUtyg==
@@ -18395,6 +18397,11 @@ text-encoding-utf-8@^1.0.2:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/text-encoding-utf-8/-/text-encoding-utf-8-1.0.2.tgz#585b62197b0ae437e3c7b5d0af27ac1021e10d13"
   integrity sha512-8bw4MY9WjdsD2aMtO0OzOCY3pXGYNx2d2FfHRVUKkiCPDWjKuOlhLVASS+pD7VkLTVjW268LYJHwsnPFlBpbAg==
 
+text-encoding@^0.7.0:
+  version "0.7.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/text-encoding/-/text-encoding-0.7.0.tgz#f895e836e45990624086601798ea98e8f36ee643"
+  integrity sha512-oJQ3f1hrOnbRLOcwKz0Liq2IcrvDeZRHXhd9RgLrsT+DjWY/nty1Hi7v3dtkaEYbPYe0mUoOfzRrMwfXXwgPUA==
+
 text-table@^0.2.0:
   version "0.2.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/text-table/-/text-table-0.2.0.tgz#7f5ee823ae805207c00af2df4a84ec3fcfa570b4"