diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 12450362..38348bec 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 1.0.0-BETA13
+
+* Move iOS database driver to use IO dispatcher which should avoid race conditions and improve performance.
+
 ## 1.0.0-BETA12
 
-* Use transaction context in `writeTransaction` in `BucketStorageImpl` to avoid race condition issues in Swift SDK.
+* Use transaction context in `writeTransaction` in `BucketStorageImpl`.
 
 ## 1.0.0-BETA11
 
diff --git a/core/src/iosMain/kotlin/com/powersync/DatabaseDriverFactory.ios.kt b/core/src/iosMain/kotlin/com/powersync/DatabaseDriverFactory.ios.kt
index adb40057..c3a9822c 100644
--- a/core/src/iosMain/kotlin/com/powersync/DatabaseDriverFactory.ios.kt
+++ b/core/src/iosMain/kotlin/com/powersync/DatabaseDriverFactory.ios.kt
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ import kotlinx.cinterop.asStableRef
 import kotlinx.cinterop.staticCFunction
 import kotlinx.cinterop.toKString
 import kotlinx.coroutines.CoroutineScope
+import kotlinx.coroutines.Dispatchers
+import kotlinx.coroutines.IO
 
 @Suppress("EXPECT_ACTUAL_CLASSIFIERS_ARE_IN_BETA_WARNING")
 @OptIn(ExperimentalForeignApi::class)
@@ -51,10 +53,13 @@ public actual class DatabaseDriverFactory {
         scope: CoroutineScope,
         dbFilename: String,
     ): PsSqlDriver {
+        val dbDispatcher = Dispatchers.IO
+        val dbScope = CoroutineScope(scope.coroutineContext + dbDispatcher)
+
         val schema = InternalSchema.synchronous()
         this.driver =
             PsSqlDriver(
-                scope = scope,
+                scope = dbScope,
                 driver =
                     NativeSqliteDriver(
                         configuration =
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index e837668d..e4e9ef3c 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ development=true
 RELEASE_SIGNING_ENABLED=true
 # Library config
 GROUP=com.powersync
-LIBRARY_VERSION=1.0.0-BETA12
+LIBRARY_VERSION=1.0.0-BETA13
 GITHUB_REPO=https://github.com/powersync-ja/powersync-kotlin.git
 # POM
 POM_URL=https://github.com/powersync-ja/powersync-kotlin/