diff --git a/Package.resolved b/Package.resolved
index 1447583c..03d36b46 100644
--- a/Package.resolved
+++ b/Package.resolved
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@
       "kind" : "remoteSourceControl",
       "location" : "https://github.com/xmtp/libxmtp-swift.git",
       "state" : {
-        "revision" : "6ddc5a583663560698d66a7f99852ccb093cf4a5",
-        "version" : "0.5.7-beta2"
+        "revision" : "c27b586925714a253e5e9b3875788571552f46d6",
+        "version" : "0.5.8-beta1"
       }
     },
     {
diff --git a/Package.swift b/Package.swift
index 4f2a16d0..6ca0524b 100644
--- a/Package.swift
+++ b/Package.swift
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ let package = Package(
 		.package(url: "https://github.com/1024jp/GzipSwift", from: "5.2.0"),
 		.package(url: "https://github.com/bufbuild/connect-swift", exact: "0.12.0"),
 		.package(url: "https://github.com/apple/swift-docc-plugin.git", from: "1.0.0"),
-		.package(url: "https://github.com/xmtp/libxmtp-swift.git", exact: "0.5.8-beta0"),
+		.package(url: "https://github.com/xmtp/libxmtp-swift.git", exact: "0.5.8-beta1"),
 	],
 	targets: [
 		// Targets are the basic building blocks of a package. A target can define a module or a test suite.
diff --git a/Sources/XMTPiOS/Conversations.swift b/Sources/XMTPiOS/Conversations.swift
index 5cf8e419..4cb0d1ea 100644
--- a/Sources/XMTPiOS/Conversations.swift
+++ b/Sources/XMTPiOS/Conversations.swift
@@ -104,11 +104,11 @@ public actor Conversations {
 		try await v3Client.conversations().sync()
 	}
 	
-	public func syncAllGroups() async throws {
+	public func syncAllGroups() async throws ->  UInt32 {
 		guard let v3Client = client.v3Client else {
-			return
+			return 0
 		}
-		try await v3Client.conversations().syncAllGroups()
+		return try await v3Client.conversations().syncAllGroups()
 	}
 
 	public func groups(createdAfter: Date? = nil, createdBefore: Date? = nil, limit: Int? = nil) async throws -> [Group] {
diff --git a/Tests/XMTPTests/GroupTests.swift b/Tests/XMTPTests/GroupTests.swift
index 9628d546..5ea5ec48 100644
--- a/Tests/XMTPTests/GroupTests.swift
+++ b/Tests/XMTPTests/GroupTests.swift
@@ -853,10 +853,11 @@ class GroupTests: XCTestCase {
 		XCTAssertEqual(messageCount, 0)
 		do {
 			let start = Date()
-			let _ = try await fixtures.bobClient.conversations.syncAllGroups()
+			let numGroupsSynced = try await fixtures.bobClient.conversations.syncAllGroups()
 			let end = Date()
 			print(end.timeIntervalSince(start))
 			XCTAssert(end.timeIntervalSince(start) < 1)
+            XCTAssert(numGroupsSynced == 100)
 		} catch {
 			print("Failed to list groups members: \(error)")
 			throw error // Rethrow the error to fail the test if group creation fails
@@ -864,6 +865,22 @@ class GroupTests: XCTestCase {
 		
 		let messageCount2 = try await bobGroup!.messages().count
 		XCTAssertEqual(messageCount2, 1)
+        
+        for aliceConv in try await fixtures.aliceClient.conversations.list(includeGroups: true) {
+            guard case let .group(aliceGroup) = aliceConv else {
+                   XCTFail("failed converting conversation to group")
+                   return
+               }
+            try await aliceGroup.removeMembers(addresses: [fixtures.bobClient.address])
+        }
+        
+        // first syncAllGroups after removal still sync groups in order to process the removal
+        var numGroupsSynced = try await fixtures.bobClient.conversations.syncAllGroups()
+        XCTAssert(numGroupsSynced == 100)
+        
+        // next syncAllGroups only will sync active groups
+        numGroupsSynced = try await fixtures.bobClient.conversations.syncAllGroups()
+        XCTAssert(numGroupsSynced == 0)
 	}
 	
 	func testCanListManyMembersInParallelInUnderASecond() async throws {
diff --git a/XMTP.podspec b/XMTP.podspec
index 04c6fc6d..6cac320d 100644
--- a/XMTP.podspec
+++ b/XMTP.podspec
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Pod::Spec.new do |spec|
   #
 
   spec.name         = "XMTP"
-  spec.version      = "0.14.8"
+  spec.version      = "0.14.9"
   spec.summary      = "XMTP SDK Cocoapod"
 
   # This description is used to generate tags and improve search results.
@@ -44,5 +44,5 @@ Pod::Spec.new do |spec|
   spec.dependency "web3.swift"
   spec.dependency "GzipSwift"
   spec.dependency "Connect-Swift", "= 0.12.0"
-  spec.dependency 'LibXMTP', '= 0.5.8-beta0'
+  spec.dependency 'LibXMTP', '= 0.5.8-beta1'
 end