diff --git a/packages/app-mobile/ios/Podfile.lock b/packages/app-mobile/ios/Podfile.lock
index 92973307b..d2dd1ef5d 100644
--- a/packages/app-mobile/ios/Podfile.lock
+++ b/packages/app-mobile/ios/Podfile.lock
@@ -290,6 +290,8 @@ PODS:
     - glog
   - react-native-alarm-notification (2.11.0):
     - React
+  - react-native-blob-util (0.17.3):
+    - React-Core
   - react-native-camera (4.2.1):
     - React-Core
     - react-native-camera/RCT (= 4.2.1)
@@ -398,8 +400,6 @@ PODS:
     - React-jsi (= 0.70.6)
     - React-logger (= 0.70.6)
     - React-perflogger (= 0.70.6)
-  - rn-fetch-blob (0.12.0):
-    - React-Core
   - RNCClipboard (1.5.1):
     - React-Core
   - RNCPushNotificationIOS (1.10.1):
@@ -472,6 +472,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES:
   - React-jsinspector (from `../node_modules/react-native/ReactCommon/jsinspector`)
   - React-logger (from `../node_modules/react-native/ReactCommon/logger`)
   - "react-native-alarm-notification (from `../node_modules/@joplin/react-native-alarm-notification`)"
+  - react-native-blob-util (from `../node_modules/react-native-blob-util`)
   - react-native-camera (from `../node_modules/react-native-camera`)
   - react-native-document-picker (from `../node_modules/react-native-document-picker`)
   - react-native-fingerprint-scanner (from `../node_modules/react-native-fingerprint-scanner`)
@@ -500,7 +501,6 @@ DEPENDENCIES:
   - React-RCTVibration (from `../node_modules/react-native/Libraries/Vibration`)
   - React-runtimeexecutor (from `../node_modules/react-native/ReactCommon/runtimeexecutor`)
   - ReactCommon/turbomodule/core (from `../node_modules/react-native/ReactCommon`)
-  - rn-fetch-blob (from `../node_modules/rn-fetch-blob`)
   - "RNCClipboard (from `../node_modules/@react-native-community/clipboard`)"
   - "RNCPushNotificationIOS (from `../node_modules/@react-native-community/push-notification-ios`)"
   - "RNDateTimePicker (from `../node_modules/@react-native-community/datetimepicker`)"
@@ -576,6 +576,8 @@ EXTERNAL SOURCES:
     :path: "../node_modules/react-native/ReactCommon/logger"
   react-native-alarm-notification:
     :path: "../node_modules/@joplin/react-native-alarm-notification"
+  react-native-blob-util:
+    :path: "../node_modules/react-native-blob-util"
   react-native-camera:
     :path: "../node_modules/react-native-camera"
   react-native-document-picker:
@@ -632,8 +634,6 @@ EXTERNAL SOURCES:
     :path: "../node_modules/react-native/ReactCommon/runtimeexecutor"
   ReactCommon:
     :path: "../node_modules/react-native/ReactCommon"
-  rn-fetch-blob:
-    :path: "../node_modules/rn-fetch-blob"
   RNCClipboard:
     :path: "../node_modules/@react-native-community/clipboard"
   RNCPushNotificationIOS:
@@ -693,6 +693,7 @@ SPEC CHECKSUMS:
   React-jsinspector: 60769e5a0a6d4b32294a2456077f59d0266f9a8b
   React-logger: 1623c216abaa88974afce404dc8f479406bbc3a0
   react-native-alarm-notification: 26527410a6162d07a9dc57f4bbc62e94ff48e65d
+  react-native-blob-util: 99f4d79189252f597fe0d810c57a3733b1b1dea6
   react-native-camera: 3eae183c1d111103963f3dd913b65d01aef8110f
   react-native-document-picker: 495c444c0c773c6e83a5d91165890ecb1c0a399a
   react-native-fingerprint-scanner: ac6656f18c8e45a7459302b84da41a44ad96dbbe
@@ -721,7 +722,6 @@ SPEC CHECKSUMS:
   React-RCTVibration: c75ceef7aa60a33b2d5731ebe5800ddde40cefc4
   React-runtimeexecutor: 15437b576139df27635400de0599d9844f1ab817
   ReactCommon: 349be31adeecffc7986a0de875d7fb0dcf4e251c
-  rn-fetch-blob: f065bb7ab7fb48dd002629f8bdcb0336602d3cba
   RNCClipboard: 41d8d918092ae8e676f18adada19104fa3e68495
   RNCPushNotificationIOS: 87b8d16d3ede4532745e05b03c42cff33a36cc45
   RNDateTimePicker: 65e1d202799460b286ff5e741d8baf54695e8abd
diff --git a/packages/app-mobile/package.json b/packages/app-mobile/package.json
index 70ce6df64..7e22eaf82 100644
--- a/packages/app-mobile/package.json
+++ b/packages/app-mobile/package.json
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
     "react": "18.2.0",
     "react-native": "0.70.6",
     "react-native-action-button": "2.8.5",
+    "react-native-blob-util": "0.17.3",
     "react-native-camera": "4.2.1",
     "react-native-dialogbox": "0.6.10",
     "react-native-document-picker": "8.2.0",
@@ -70,7 +71,6 @@
     "react-native-webview": "11.26.1",
     "react-redux": "7.2.9",
     "redux": "4.2.1",
-    "rn-fetch-blob": "0.12.0",
     "stream": "0.0.2",
     "stream-browserify": "3.0.0",
     "string-natural-compare": "3.0.1",
diff --git a/packages/app-mobile/services/profiles/index.ts b/packages/app-mobile/services/profiles/index.ts
index 12ec7742b..8252bac1f 100644
--- a/packages/app-mobile/services/profiles/index.ts
+++ b/packages/app-mobile/services/profiles/index.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 const RNExitApp = require('react-native-exit-app').default;
 import { Profile, ProfileConfig } from '@joplin/lib/services/profileConfig/types';
 import { loadProfileConfig as libLoadProfileConfig, saveProfileConfig as libSaveProfileConfig } from '@joplin/lib/services/profileConfig/index';
-import RNFetchBlob from 'rn-fetch-blob';
+import RNFetchBlob from 'react-native-blob-util';
 
 let dispatch_: Function = null;
 export const setDispatch = (dispatch: Function) => {
diff --git a/packages/app-mobile/utils/fs-driver-rn.ts b/packages/app-mobile/utils/fs-driver-rn.ts
index b2a1809c6..3c525bcd1 100644
--- a/packages/app-mobile/utils/fs-driver-rn.ts
+++ b/packages/app-mobile/utils/fs-driver-rn.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import FsDriverBase, { ReadDirStatsOptions } from '@joplin/lib/fs-driver-base';
-const RNFetchBlob = require('rn-fetch-blob').default;
+import RNFetchBlob, { Encoding as RNFetchBlobEncoding } from 'react-native-blob-util';
 const RNFS = require('react-native-fs');
 const DocumentPicker = require('react-native-document-picker').default;
 import { openDocument } from '@joplin/react-native-saf-x';
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ export default class FsDriverRN extends FsDriverBase {
 		}
 		// We need to use rn-fetch-blob here due to this bug:
 		// https://github.com/itinance/react-native-fs/issues/700
-		return RNFetchBlob.fs.writeFile(path, content, encoding);
+		return RNFetchBlob.fs.writeFile(path, content, encoding as RNFetchBlobEncoding);
 	}
 
 	// same as rm -rf
diff --git a/packages/app-mobile/utils/shim-init-react.js b/packages/app-mobile/utils/shim-init-react.js
index ddc50c86a..6b2608724 100644
--- a/packages/app-mobile/utils/shim-init-react.js
+++ b/packages/app-mobile/utils/shim-init-react.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 const shim = require('@joplin/lib/shim').default;
 const { GeolocationReact } = require('./geolocation-react.js');
 const PoorManIntervals = require('@joplin/lib/PoorManIntervals').default;
-const RNFetchBlob = require('rn-fetch-blob').default;
+const RNFetchBlob = require('react-native-blob-util').default;
 const { generateSecureRandom } = require('react-native-securerandom');
 const FsDriverRN = require('./fs-driver-rn').default;
 const { Buffer } = require('buffer');
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 21a37905e..b6acc4823 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -4957,6 +4957,7 @@ __metadata:
     react: 18.2.0
     react-native: 0.70.6
     react-native-action-button: 2.8.5
+    react-native-blob-util: 0.17.3
     react-native-camera: 4.2.1
     react-native-dialogbox: 0.6.10
     react-native-document-picker: 8.2.0
@@ -4985,7 +4986,6 @@ __metadata:
     react-native-webview: 11.26.1
     react-redux: 7.2.9
     redux: 4.2.1
-    rn-fetch-blob: 0.12.0
     stream: 0.0.2
     stream-browserify: 3.0.0
     string-natural-compare: 3.0.1
@@ -17556,20 +17556,6 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"glob@npm:7.0.6":
-  version: 7.0.6
-  resolution: "glob@npm:7.0.6"
-  dependencies:
-    fs.realpath: ^1.0.0
-    inflight: ^1.0.4
-    inherits: 2
-    minimatch: ^3.0.2
-    once: ^1.3.0
-    path-is-absolute: ^1.0.0
-  checksum: 6ad065f51982f9a76f7052984121c95bca376ea02060b21200ad62b400422b05f0dc331f72da89a73c21a2451cbe9bec16bb17dcf37a516dc51bbbb6efe462a1
-  languageName: node
-  linkType: hard
-
 "glob@npm:8.1.0":
   version: 8.1.0
   resolution: "glob@npm:8.1.0"
@@ -27311,6 +27297,19 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
+"react-native-blob-util@npm:0.17.3":
+  version: 0.17.3
+  resolution: "react-native-blob-util@npm:0.17.3"
+  dependencies:
+    base-64: 0.1.0
+    glob: ^7.2.3
+  peerDependencies:
+    react: "*"
+    react-native: "*"
+  checksum: 32121a10f6015b97c1a2fd4aa089c68855098b8cfc706c8fa36efb1f8aa601d8275b64ebb3d81877f93d818301891d8cdca2218f09a88b02cf9a374461ed02e2
+  languageName: node
+  linkType: hard
+
 "react-native-camera@npm:4.2.1":
   version: 4.2.1
   resolution: "react-native-camera@npm:4.2.1"
@@ -28845,26 +28844,6 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"rn-fetch-blob@npm:0.12.0":
-  version: 0.12.0
-  resolution: "rn-fetch-blob@npm:0.12.0"
-  dependencies:
-    base-64: 0.1.0
-    glob: 7.0.6
-  checksum: 56e5832be583e97d58f955c0c4f6dcb0eb62c97dde331182c6effb726253731cb555d4a5f6c81079ed2fcb957f81633cbe95b37d326d063405f912506de20ff4
-  languageName: node
-  linkType: hard
-
-"rn-fetch-blob@patch:rn-fetch-blob@npm%3A0.12.0#./.yarn/patches/rn-fetch-blob-npm-0.12.0-cf02e3c544.patch::locator=root%40workspace%3A.":
-  version: 0.12.0
-  resolution: "rn-fetch-blob@patch:rn-fetch-blob@npm%3A0.12.0#./.yarn/patches/rn-fetch-blob-npm-0.12.0-cf02e3c544.patch::version=0.12.0&hash=9431c2&locator=root%40workspace%3A."
-  dependencies:
-    base-64: 0.1.0
-    glob: 7.0.6
-  checksum: 6535ee347b3e76733a10c3873c14622b35613caa86242536b68f130b75a3379d9bb060ad5c8832d78e639c88869e321c288e5c8e89373cdb0c14f23253c31c50
-  languageName: node
-  linkType: hard
-
 "roarr@npm:^2.15.3":
   version: 2.15.4
   resolution: "roarr@npm:2.15.4"