diff --git a/native/native_rust_library/build.rs b/native/native_rust_library/build.rs
--- a/native/native_rust_library/build.rs
+++ b/native/native_rust_library/build.rs
@@ -128,38 +128,22 @@
 }
 
 fn get_state_version() -> u64 {
-  const SOURCE_PATH: &str = "../redux/persist.js";
+  const SOURCE_PATH: &str = "../redux/persist-constants.js";
   let source_path = Path::new(SOURCE_PATH);
   println!("cargo:rerun-if-changed={}", SOURCE_PATH);
 
-  let content =
-    fs::read_to_string(source_path).expect("Failed to read persist.js");
-  let content_lines = content.lines();
-
-  // We search file contents for `version:` line that
-  // is located between `const persistConfig = {`
-  // and `};`.
-  let search_start = content_lines
-    .clone()
-    .position(|line| line.contains("const persistConfig = "))
-    .expect("Failed to find persistConfig start");
-
-  let search_length = content_lines
-    .clone()
-    .skip(search_start)
-    .position(|line| line.contains("};"))
-    .expect("Failed to find persistConfig end");
-
-  let version_line = content_lines
-    .skip(search_start)
-    .take(search_length)
-    .find(|it| it.contains("version:"))
-    .expect("Failed to find state version line");
-
-  // The regex searches for the string "version:", followed by any
+  let content = fs::read_to_string(source_path)
+    .expect("Failed to read persist-constants.js");
+
+  let version_line = content
+    .lines()
+    .find(|it| it.contains("storeVersion = "))
+    .expect("Failed to find storeVersion line");
+
+  // The regex searches for the string "storeVersion =", followed by any
   // number of whitespace characters, a series of one or more digits (which it captures),
-  // some more optional whitespace, and finally a comma.
-  let re = Regex::new(r"version:\s*(\d+)\s*,")
+  // some more optional whitespace, and finally a semicolon.
+  let re = Regex::new(r"storeVersion =\s*(\d+)\s*;")
     .expect("Failed to compile regular expression");
   let version: u64 = re
     .captures(version_line)
diff --git a/native/redux/persist-constants.js b/native/redux/persist-constants.js
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/native/redux/persist-constants.js
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+// @flow
+
+const rootKey = 'root';
+const storeVersion = 87;
+
+export { rootKey, storeVersion };
diff --git a/native/redux/persist.js b/native/redux/persist.js
--- a/native/redux/persist.js
+++ b/native/redux/persist.js
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@
   persistBlacklist,
 } from './handle-redux-migration-failure.js';
 import { persistMigrationForManagePinsThreadPermission } from './manage-pins-permission-migration.js';
+import { rootKey, storeVersion } from './persist-constants.js';
 import { persistMigrationToRemoveSelectRolePermissions } from './remove-select-role-permissions.js';
 import type { AppState } from './state-types.js';
 import { unshimClientDB, legacyUnshimClientDB } from './unshim-utils.js';
@@ -1546,11 +1547,11 @@
 // requires updating `native/native_rust_library/build.rs` to correctly
 // scrap Redux state version from this file.
 const persistConfig = {
-  key: 'root',
+  key: rootKey,
   storage: AsyncStorage,
   blacklist: persistBlacklist,
   debug: __DEV__,
-  version: 87,
+  version: storeVersion,
   transforms: [
     messageStoreMessagesBlocklistTransform,
     reportStoreTransform,