diff --git a/Podfile b/Podfile
index 133a7c87a..fe69ab1cf 100644
--- a/Podfile
+++ b/Podfile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ abstract_target 'GlobalDependencies' do
   # FIXME: If https://github.com/jedisct1/swift-sodium/pull/249 gets resolved then revert this back to the standard pod
   pod 'Sodium', :git => 'https://github.com/oxen-io/session-ios-swift-sodium.git', branch: 'session-build'
   pod 'GRDB.swift/SQLCipher'
-  pod 'SQLCipher', '~> 4.5.0' # FIXME: Version 4.5.2 is crashing when access DB settings
+  pod 'SQLCipher', '~> 4.5.3'
 
   # FIXME: We want to remove this once it's been long enough since the migration to GRDB
   pod 'YapDatabase/SQLCipher', :git => 'https://github.com/oxen-io/session-ios-yap-database.git', branch: 'signal-release'
diff --git a/Podfile.lock b/Podfile.lock
index c47cf02c1..0239f9c29 100644
--- a/Podfile.lock
+++ b/Podfile.lock
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@ PODS:
   - AFNetworking/Serialization (4.0.1)
   - AFNetworking/UIKit (4.0.1):
     - AFNetworking/NSURLSession
-  - CocoaLumberjack (3.7.4):
-    - CocoaLumberjack/Core (= 3.7.4)
-  - CocoaLumberjack/Core (3.7.4)
+  - CocoaLumberjack (3.8.0):
+    - CocoaLumberjack/Core (= 3.8.0)
+  - CocoaLumberjack/Core (3.8.0)
   - CryptoSwift (1.4.2)
   - Curve25519Kit (2.1.0):
     - CocoaLumberjack
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ PODS:
   - DifferenceKit/Core (1.3.0)
   - DifferenceKit/UIKitExtension (1.3.0):
     - DifferenceKit/Core
-  - GRDB.swift/SQLCipher (6.1.0):
+  - GRDB.swift/SQLCipher (6.10.1):
     - SQLCipher (>= 3.4.2)
   - libwebp (1.2.1):
     - libwebp/demux (= 1.2.1)
@@ -61,10 +61,10 @@ PODS:
     - OpenSSL-Universal
   - SocketRocket (0.5.1)
   - Sodium (0.9.1)
-  - SQLCipher (4.5.0):
-    - SQLCipher/standard (= 4.5.0)
-  - SQLCipher/common (4.5.0)
-  - SQLCipher/standard (4.5.0):
+  - SQLCipher (4.5.3):
+    - SQLCipher/standard (= 4.5.3)
+  - SQLCipher/common (4.5.3)
+  - SQLCipher/standard (4.5.3):
     - SQLCipher/common
   - SwiftProtobuf (1.5.0)
   - WebRTC-lib (96.0.0)
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES:
   - SignalCoreKit (from `https://github.com/oxen-io/session-ios-core-kit`, branch `session-version`)
   - SocketRocket (~> 0.5.1)
   - Sodium (from `https://github.com/oxen-io/session-ios-swift-sodium.git`, branch `session-build`)
-  - SQLCipher (~> 4.5.0)
+  - SQLCipher (~> 4.5.3)
   - SwiftProtobuf (~> 1.5.0)
   - WebRTC-lib
   - YapDatabase/SQLCipher (from `https://github.com/oxen-io/session-ios-yap-database.git`, branch `signal-release`)
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ EXTERNAL SOURCES:
 
 CHECKOUT OPTIONS:
   Curve25519Kit:
-    :commit: b79c2ace600bfd3784e9c33cf1f254b121312edc
+    :commit: ee1bc83e61d9d672105eed85a4b8fbaec3d376f5
     :git: https://github.com/oxen-io/session-ios-curve-25519-kit.git
   SignalCoreKit:
     :commit: 4590c2737a2b5dc0ef4ace9f9019b581caccc1de
@@ -217,12 +217,12 @@ CHECKOUT OPTIONS:
     :git: https://github.com/signalapp/YYImage
 
 SPEC CHECKSUMS:
-  AFNetworking: 7864c38297c79aaca1500c33288e429c3451fdce
-  CocoaLumberjack: 543c79c114dadc3b1aba95641d8738b06b05b646
+  AFNetworking: 3bd23d814e976cd148d7d44c3ab78017b744cd58
+  CocoaLumberjack: 78abfb691154e2a9df8ded4350d504ee19d90732
   CryptoSwift: a532e74ed010f8c95f611d00b8bbae42e9fe7c17
   Curve25519Kit: e63f9859ede02438ae3defc5e1a87e09d1ec7ee6
   DifferenceKit: ab185c4d7f9cef8af3fcf593e5b387fb81e999ca
-  GRDB.swift: 611778a5e113385373baeb3e2ce474887d1aadb7
+  GRDB.swift: 1cc67278f1a9878d6eb1b849485518112b79cab7
   libwebp: 98a37e597e40bfdb4c911fc98f2c53d0b12d05fc
   Nimble: 5316ef81a170ce87baf72dd961f22f89a602ff84
   NVActivityIndicatorView: 1f6c5687f1171810aa27a3296814dc2d7dec3667
@@ -235,13 +235,13 @@ SPEC CHECKSUMS:
   SignalCoreKit: 1fbd8732163ef76de16cd1107d1fa3684b607e5d
   SocketRocket: d57c7159b83c3c6655745cd15302aa24b6bae531
   Sodium: a7d42cb46e789d2630fa552d35870b416ed055ae
-  SQLCipher: 98dc22f27c0b1790d39e710d440f22a466ebdb59
+  SQLCipher: 57fa9f863fa4a3ed9dd3c90ace52315db8c0fdca
   SwiftProtobuf: 241400280f912735c1e1b9fe675fdd2c6c4d42e2
   WebRTC-lib: 508fe02efa0c1a3a8867082a77d24c9be5d29aeb
   YapDatabase: b418a4baa6906e8028748938f9159807fd039af4
   YYImage: f1ddd15ac032a58b78bbed1e012b50302d318331
   ZXingObjC: fdbb269f25dd2032da343e06f10224d62f537bdb
 
-PODFILE CHECKSUM: 7452ce88370eadd58d21fdf6a4c4945d6554ee95
+PODFILE CHECKSUM: 2bf7639359fecebe56e9757d88f4eb48864652d2
 
 COCOAPODS: 1.11.3
diff --git a/SessionMessagingKit/Database/Models/SessionThread.swift b/SessionMessagingKit/Database/Models/SessionThread.swift
index dd7a49528..406dc4df4 100644
--- a/SessionMessagingKit/Database/Models/SessionThread.swift
+++ b/SessionMessagingKit/Database/Models/SessionThread.swift
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ public extension SessionThread {
     ///
     /// **Note:** In order to use this filter you **MUST** have a `joining(required/optional:)` to the
     /// `SessionThread.contact` association or it won't work
-    static func isMessageRequest(userPublicKey: String, includeNonVisible: Bool = false) -> SQLSpecificExpressible {
+    static func isMessageRequest(userPublicKey: String, includeNonVisible: Bool = false) -> SQLExpression {
         let thread: TypedTableAlias<SessionThread> = TypedTableAlias()
         let contact: TypedTableAlias<Contact> = TypedTableAlias()
         let shouldBeVisibleSQL: SQL = (includeNonVisible ?
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ public extension SessionThread {
                 \(SQL("\(thread[.id]) != \(userPublicKey)")) AND
                 IFNULL(\(contact[.isApproved]), false) = false
             """
-        )
+        ).sqlExpression
     }
     
     func isNoteToSelf(_ db: Database? = nil) -> Bool {