diff --git a/native/android/app/src/main/java/app/comm/android/MainActivity.java b/native/android/app/src/main/java/app/comm/android/MainActivity.java
--- a/native/android/app/src/main/java/app/comm/android/MainActivity.java
+++ b/native/android/app/src/main/java/app/comm/android/MainActivity.java
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 import com.facebook.react.ReactActivity;
 import com.facebook.react.ReactActivityDelegate;
 import com.facebook.react.ReactRootView;
-import com.swmansion.gesturehandler.react.RNGestureHandlerEnabledRootView;
 import expo.modules.ReactActivityDelegateWrapper;
 
 public class MainActivity extends ReactActivity {
@@ -38,12 +37,9 @@
   @Override
   protected ReactActivityDelegate createReactActivityDelegate() {
     return new ReactActivityDelegateWrapper(
-        this, new MainActivityDelegate(this, getMainComponentName()) {
-          @Override
-          protected ReactRootView createRootView() {
-            return new RNGestureHandlerEnabledRootView(MainActivity.this);
-          }
-        });
+      this,
+      new MainActivityDelegate(this, getMainComponentName())
+    );
   }
   public static class MainActivityDelegate extends ReactActivityDelegate {
     public MainActivityDelegate(
diff --git a/native/chat/swipeable-message.react.js b/native/chat/swipeable-message.react.js
--- a/native/chat/swipeable-message.react.js
+++ b/native/chat/swipeable-message.react.js
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@
   snakes.push(
     <PanGestureHandler
       maxPointers={1}
-      minDist={4}
+      activeOffsetX={[-4, 4]}
       onGestureEvent={swipeEvent}
       failOffsetX={isViewer ? 5 : -5}
       failOffsetY={[-5, 5]}
diff --git a/native/flow-typed/npm/react-native-gesture-handler_v1.x.x.js b/native/flow-typed/npm/react-native-gesture-handler_v2.x.x.js
rename from native/flow-typed/npm/react-native-gesture-handler_v1.x.x.js
rename to native/flow-typed/npm/react-native-gesture-handler_v2.x.x.js
--- a/native/flow-typed/npm/react-native-gesture-handler_v1.x.x.js
+++ b/native/flow-typed/npm/react-native-gesture-handler_v2.x.x.js
@@ -408,8 +408,6 @@
       maxDurationMs?: number,
       maxDelayMs?: number,
       numberOfTaps?: number,
-      maxDeltaX?: number,
-      maxDeltaY?: number,
       maxDist?: number,
       minPointers?: number,
       ...
@@ -622,6 +620,8 @@
     ...$Exact<Config>,
     ...
   }>;
+
+  declare export var GestureHandlerRootView: React$ComponentType<{...}>;
 }
 
 declare module 'react-native-gesture-handler' {
diff --git a/native/ios/Podfile.lock b/native/ios/Podfile.lock
--- a/native/ios/Podfile.lock
+++ b/native/ios/Podfile.lock
@@ -490,7 +490,7 @@
     - SDWebImageWebPCoder (~> 0.6.1)
   - RNFS (2.15.2):
     - React
-  - RNGestureHandler (1.10.3):
+  - RNGestureHandler (2.8.0):
     - React-Core
   - RNKeychain (8.0.0):
     - React-Core
@@ -895,7 +895,7 @@
   RNExitApp: c4e052df2568b43bec8a37c7cd61194d4cfee2c3
   RNFastImage: 2ed80661d5ef384fb1b539f1f3c81a1733f92bc9
   RNFS: 54da03c2b7d862c42ea3ca8c7f86f892760a535a
-  RNGestureHandler: a479ebd5ed4221a810967000735517df0d2db211
+  RNGestureHandler: 62232ba8f562f7dea5ba1b3383494eb5bf97a4d3
   RNKeychain: 4f63aada75ebafd26f4bc2c670199461eab85d94
   RNReanimated: f586bc5fd8ce1b6efadffb875319705939843c3b
   RNScreens: 34cc502acf1b916c582c60003dc3089fa01dc66d
diff --git a/native/package.json b/native/package.json
--- a/native/package.json
+++ b/native/package.json
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
     "react-native-firebase": "^5.6.0",
     "react-native-floating-action": "^1.21.0",
     "react-native-fs": "2.15.2",
-    "react-native-gesture-handler": "^1.10.3",
+    "react-native-gesture-handler": "^2.8.0",
     "react-native-in-app-message": "^1.0.2",
     "react-native-keyboard-input": "6.0.1",
     "react-native-keychain": "^8.0.0",
diff --git a/native/root.react.js b/native/root.react.js
--- a/native/root.react.js
+++ b/native/root.react.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 import * as SplashScreen from 'expo-splash-screen';
 import invariant from 'invariant';
 import * as React from 'react';
-import { Platform, UIManager, View, StyleSheet, LogBox } from 'react-native';
+import { Platform, UIManager, StyleSheet, LogBox } from 'react-native';
 import Orientation from 'react-native-orientation-locker';
 import {
   SafeAreaProvider,
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 } from 'react-native-safe-area-context';
 import { Provider } from 'react-redux';
 import { PersistGate as ReduxPersistGate } from 'redux-persist/integration/react';
+import { GestureHandlerRootView } from 'react-native-gesture-handler';
 
 import { actionLogger } from 'lib/utils/action-logger';
 
@@ -245,7 +246,7 @@
     );
   }
   return (
-    <View style={styles.app}>
+    <GestureHandlerRootView style={styles.app}>
       <StaffContextProvider>
         <NavContext.Provider value={navContext}>
           <RootContext.Provider value={rootContext}>
@@ -275,7 +276,7 @@
           </RootContext.Provider>
         </NavContext.Provider>
       </StaffContextProvider>
-    </View>
+    </GestureHandlerRootView>
   );
 }
 
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -18653,15 +18653,15 @@
     base-64 "^0.1.0"
     utf8 "^3.0.0"
 
-react-native-gesture-handler@^1.10.3:
-  version "1.10.3"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react-native-gesture-handler/-/react-native-gesture-handler-1.10.3.tgz#942bbf2963bbf49fa79593600ee9d7b5dab3cfc0"
-  integrity sha512-cBGMi1IEsIVMgoox4RvMx7V2r6bNKw0uR1Mu1o7NbuHS6BRSVLq0dP34l2ecnPlC+jpWd3le6Yg1nrdCjby2Mw==
+react-native-gesture-handler@^2.8.0:
+  version "2.8.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react-native-gesture-handler/-/react-native-gesture-handler-2.8.0.tgz#ef9857871c10663c95a51546225b6e00cd4740cf"
+  integrity sha512-poOSfz/w0IyD6Qwq7aaIRRfEaVTl1ecQFoyiIbpOpfNTjm2B1niY2FLrdVQIOtIOe+K9nH55Qal04nr4jGkHdQ==
   dependencies:
     "@egjs/hammerjs" "^2.0.17"
-    fbjs "^3.0.0"
     hoist-non-react-statics "^3.3.0"
     invariant "^2.2.4"
+    lodash "^4.17.21"
     prop-types "^15.7.2"
 
 react-native-gradle-plugin@^0.70.3: