diff --git a/packages/app-mobile/ios/Podfile.lock b/packages/app-mobile/ios/Podfile.lock
index 9a83b11b2..e52d7419b 100644
--- a/packages/app-mobile/ios/Podfile.lock
+++ b/packages/app-mobile/ios/Podfile.lock
@@ -481,11 +481,12 @@ PODS:
     - React-Core
   - RNQuickAction (0.3.13):
     - React
-  - RNReanimated (3.2.0):
+  - RNReanimated (3.3.0):
     - DoubleConversion
     - FBLazyVector
     - FBReactNativeSpec
     - glog
+    - hermes-engine
     - RCT-Folly
     - RCTRequired
     - RCTTypeSafety
@@ -495,6 +496,7 @@ PODS:
     - React-Core/RCTWebSocket
     - React-CoreModules
     - React-cxxreact
+    - React-hermes
     - React-jsi
     - React-jsiexecutor
     - React-jsinspector
@@ -855,7 +857,7 @@ SPEC CHECKSUMS:
   RNGestureHandler: f75d81410b40aaa99e71ae8f8bb7a88620c95042
   RNLocalize: 5944c97d2fe8150913a51ddd5eab4e23a82bd80d
   RNQuickAction: 6d404a869dc872cde841ad3147416a670d13fa93
-  RNReanimated: c931b356bda56c0196110bdc462e48e4c2668dc3
+  RNReanimated: 9976fbaaeb8a188c36026154c844bf374b3b7eeb
   RNSecureRandom: 07efbdf2cd99efe13497433668e54acd7df49fef
   RNShare: d82e10f6b7677f4b0048c23709bd04098d5aee6c
   RNVectorIcons: fcc2f6cb32f5735b586e66d14103a74ce6ad61f8
diff --git a/packages/app-mobile/package.json b/packages/app-mobile/package.json
index 9ae61e146..fd512b5c8 100644
--- a/packages/app-mobile/package.json
+++ b/packages/app-mobile/package.json
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
     "react-native-paper": "5.8.0",
     "react-native-popup-menu": "0.16.1",
     "react-native-quick-actions": "0.3.13",
-    "react-native-reanimated": "3.2.0",
+    "react-native-reanimated": "3.3.0",
     "react-native-rsa-native": "2.0.5",
     "react-native-safe-area-context": "4.5.5",
     "react-native-securerandom": "1.0.1",
diff --git a/renovate.json5 b/renovate.json5
index b0c03718f..83ef5a020 100644
--- a/renovate.json5
+++ b/renovate.json5
@@ -112,6 +112,13 @@
 		"org.robolectric:robolectric",
 		"react-native",
 
+		// We currently don't have automated tests that verify that the
+		// sidemenus work correctly in the mobile app.
+		// Because an update to react-native-reanimated has previously broken
+		// the sidemenu (https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/issues/8456), we
+		// disable auto updates for it:
+		"react-native-reanimated",
+
 		// Need special processing when upgrading
 		"katex",
 		"mermaid",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 6e9d65299..1abf2fb35 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -4586,7 +4586,7 @@ __metadata:
     react-native-paper: 5.8.0
     react-native-popup-menu: 0.16.1
     react-native-quick-actions: 0.3.13
-    react-native-reanimated: 3.2.0
+    react-native-reanimated: 3.3.0
     react-native-rsa-native: 2.0.5
     react-native-safe-area-context: 4.5.5
     react-native-securerandom: 1.0.1
@@ -27941,9 +27941,9 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"react-native-reanimated@npm:3.2.0":
-  version: 3.2.0
-  resolution: "react-native-reanimated@npm:3.2.0"
+"react-native-reanimated@npm:3.3.0":
+  version: 3.3.0
+  resolution: "react-native-reanimated@npm:3.3.0"
   dependencies:
     "@babel/plugin-transform-object-assign": ^7.16.7
     "@babel/preset-typescript": ^7.16.7
@@ -27958,7 +27958,7 @@ __metadata:
     "@babel/plugin-transform-template-literals": ^7.0.0-0
     react: "*"
     react-native: "*"
-  checksum: 40941f53aaba3b5f92fef363a5b9e65160cc07473d58c3bbb22a00d6549406bf9d9cf0cd9b91baacf2887459b30936bc3c4a96d3bb0ea7725951cd27dab1aa92
+  checksum: 58096b28caef8af261c446eccb91a5a74caa303ba3520b1a2767c5b922b3d19b9a58612ab9b517a959c1b562b2e76e4cf4a8ffb21136960ed63375f6a4c37d1e
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard