diff --git a/clients/android/NewsBlur/app/src/main/java/com/newsblur/database/BlurDatabaseHelper.java b/clients/android/NewsBlur/app/src/main/java/com/newsblur/database/BlurDatabaseHelper.java
index 0bc123d801..bbffc2227c 100644
--- a/clients/android/NewsBlur/app/src/main/java/com/newsblur/database/BlurDatabaseHelper.java
+++ b/clients/android/NewsBlur/app/src/main/java/com/newsblur/database/BlurDatabaseHelper.java
@@ -46,13 +46,13 @@
 
 /**
  * Utility class for executing DB operations on the local, private NB database.
- *
  * It is the intent of this class to be the single location of SQL executed on
  * our DB, replacing the deprecated ContentProvider access pattern.
  */
 public class BlurDatabaseHelper {
 
-    // manual synchro isn't needed if you only use one DBHelper, but at present the app uses several
+    // Removing the manual synchro will cause ANRs
+    // because the db transactions are made on the main thread
     public final static Object RW_MUTEX = new Object();
 
     private final BlurDatabase dbWrapper;
diff --git a/clients/android/NewsBlur/buildSrc/src/main/java/Config.kt b/clients/android/NewsBlur/buildSrc/src/main/java/Config.kt
index 99f490af90..912d7c0b44 100644
--- a/clients/android/NewsBlur/buildSrc/src/main/java/Config.kt
+++ b/clients/android/NewsBlur/buildSrc/src/main/java/Config.kt
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ object Config {
     const val compileSdk = 34
     const val minSdk = 24
     const val targetSdk = 34
-    const val versionCode = 227
-    const val versionName = "13.2.11"
+    const val versionCode = 228
+    const val versionName = "13.3.0"
 
     const val androidTestInstrumentation = "androidx.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"