diff --git a/.yarn/patches/@aries-framework-indy-vdr-npm-0.4.0-b01067562c.patch b/.yarn/patches/@aries-framework-indy-vdr-npm-0.4.0-b01067562c.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7e4adfe8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.yarn/patches/@aries-framework-indy-vdr-npm-0.4.0-b01067562c.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+diff --git a/build/index.d.ts b/build/index.d.ts
+index 880dd84215c90d7556ebca5c53f7a73050136c39..3e43fa5f05d16405e1ad6e73a66bbbe89c703b11 100644
+--- a/build/index.d.ts
++++ b/build/index.d.ts
+@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
+ export { IndyVdrIndyDidRegistrar, IndyVdrIndyDidResolver, IndyVdrSovDidResolver, IndyVdrDidCreateResult, IndyVdrDidCreateOptions, } from './dids';
+-export { IndyVdrPoolConfig } from './pool';
++export { IndyVdrPoolConfig, IndyVdrPoolService } from './pool';
+ export * from './IndyVdrModule';
+ export * from './IndyVdrModuleConfig';
+ export * from './anoncreds';
+diff --git a/build/pool/IndyVdrPool.d.ts b/build/pool/IndyVdrPool.d.ts
+index cff86a7a020c7c6152a7c08f4ce0cb4e83b3838d..ff439c23140b5a8e9d27595ecf5f813cbca7a7a1 100644
+--- a/build/pool/IndyVdrPool.d.ts
++++ b/build/pool/IndyVdrPool.d.ts
+@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ export declare class IndyVdrPool {
+     get indyNamespace(): string;
+     get config(): IndyVdrPoolConfig;
+     connect(): void;
++    public refreshConnection(): Promise<void>;
+     private get pool();
+     close(): void;
+     prepareWriteRequest<Request extends IndyVdrRequest>(agentContext: AgentContext, request: Request, signingKey: Key, endorserDid?: string): Promise<Request>;
+diff --git a/build/pool/IndyVdrPool.js b/build/pool/IndyVdrPool.js
+index 0ec57415429a0b97844b2d65a8ee83f68ad10466..56dc4c3702a0a540fda7cf1f97c2233fc5f7546c 100644
+--- a/build/pool/IndyVdrPool.js
++++ b/build/pool/IndyVdrPool.js
+@@ -25,6 +25,11 @@ class IndyVdrPool {
+             },
+         });
+     }
++    async refreshConnection() {
++        if (this._pool) {
++            await this.pool.refresh()
++        }
++    }
+     get pool() {
+         if (!this._pool)
+             this.connect();
+diff --git a/build/pool/IndyVdrPoolService.d.ts b/build/pool/IndyVdrPoolService.d.ts
+index a21dca227076c7097bea4409233bf547eb229f11..432a2dd842076776b90b0cce08e658054fd677fe 100644
+--- a/build/pool/IndyVdrPoolService.d.ts
++++ b/build/pool/IndyVdrPoolService.d.ts
+@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ export declare class IndyVdrPoolService {
+     }>;
+     private getPoolForLegacyDid;
+     private getSettledDidResponsesFromPools;
++    public refreshPoolConnections(): Promise<PromiseSettledResult<void>[]>;
+     /**
+      * Get the most appropriate pool for the given indyNamespace
+      */
+diff --git a/build/pool/IndyVdrPoolService.js b/build/pool/IndyVdrPoolService.js
+index e5abc0d40cae5a4d5777220fd0c36d85496df313..3c581926d0bd31b595e498815b730263cdd5e6ef 100644
+--- a/build/pool/IndyVdrPoolService.js
++++ b/build/pool/IndyVdrPoolService.js
+@@ -113,6 +113,12 @@ let IndyVdrPoolService = class IndyVdrPoolService {
+             successful,
+         };
+     }
++    /**
++     * Refresh the pool connections asynchronously
++     */
++    refreshPoolConnections() {
++        return Promise.allSettled(this.pools.map((pool) => pool.refreshConnection()))
++    }
+     /**
+      * Get the most appropriate pool for the given indyNamespace
+      */
diff --git a/app/src/screens/Splash.tsx b/app/src/screens/Splash.tsx
index 20f49525..948dbd97 100644
--- a/app/src/screens/Splash.tsx
+++ b/app/src/screens/Splash.tsx
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import {
   MediatorPickupStrategy,
   WsOutboundTransport,
 } from '@aries-framework/core'
+import { IndyVdrPoolService } from '@aries-framework/indy-vdr/build/pool'
 import { useAgent } from '@aries-framework/react-hooks'
 import { agentDependencies } from '@aries-framework/react-native'
 import AsyncStorage from '@react-native-async-storage/async-storage'
@@ -395,6 +396,8 @@ const Splash: React.FC = () => {
 
         setStep(6)
         await newAgent.initialize()
+        const poolService = newAgent.dependencyManager.resolve(IndyVdrPoolService)
+        await poolService.refreshPoolConnections()
 
         setStep(7)
         await createLinkSecretIfRequired(newAgent)
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 399000b7..4a3fc1a8 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@
     "@aries-framework/react-hooks@^0.4.2": "patch:@aries-framework/react-hooks@npm:0.4.2#./.yarn/patches/@aries-framework-react-hooks-npm-0.4.2-84b7eb8764.patch",
     "@aries-framework/react-native@0.4.0": "patch:@aries-framework/react-native@npm:0.3.3#./.yarn/patches/@aries-framework-react-native-npm-0.3.3-bb75ece22d.patch",
     "@aries-framework/anoncreds@^0.4.0": "patch:@aries-framework/anoncreds@npm%3A0.4.0#./.yarn/patches/@aries-framework-anoncreds-npm-0.4.0-4d3b4e769d.patch",
-    "@aries-framework/anoncreds@0.4.0": "patch:@aries-framework/anoncreds@npm%3A0.4.0#./.yarn/patches/@aries-framework-anoncreds-npm-0.4.0-4d3b4e769d.patch"
+    "@aries-framework/anoncreds@0.4.0": "patch:@aries-framework/anoncreds@npm%3A0.4.0#./.yarn/patches/@aries-framework-anoncreds-npm-0.4.0-4d3b4e769d.patch",
+    "@aries-framework/indy-vdr@^0.4.0": "patch:@aries-framework/indy-vdr@npm%3A0.4.0#./.yarn/patches/@aries-framework-indy-vdr-npm-0.4.0-b01067562c.patch"
   }
 }
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 036a4ed8..559c2641 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"@aries-framework/indy-vdr@npm:^0.4.0":
+"@aries-framework/indy-vdr@npm:0.4.0":
   version: 0.4.0
   resolution: "@aries-framework/indy-vdr@npm:0.4.0"
   dependencies:
@@ -141,6 +141,18 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
+"@aries-framework/indy-vdr@patch:@aries-framework/indy-vdr@npm%3A0.4.0#./.yarn/patches/@aries-framework-indy-vdr-npm-0.4.0-b01067562c.patch::locator=bc-wallet-mobile%40workspace%3A.":
+  version: 0.4.0
+  resolution: "@aries-framework/indy-vdr@patch:@aries-framework/indy-vdr@npm%3A0.4.0#./.yarn/patches/@aries-framework-indy-vdr-npm-0.4.0-b01067562c.patch::version=0.4.0&hash=0e7997&locator=bc-wallet-mobile%40workspace%3A."
+  dependencies:
+    "@aries-framework/anoncreds": 0.4.0
+    "@aries-framework/core": 0.4.0
+  peerDependencies:
+    "@hyperledger/indy-vdr-shared": ^0.1.0
+  checksum: 71e94580f35810cb603a11af79eef2d8f49a3f8ed2c1b74ff4a66acf2e6db9f9637ac2a3d9f3ed688c73552a69f60e15cc55227c3c949aa481832940589543fa
+  languageName: node
+  linkType: hard
+
 "@aries-framework/node@npm:0.4.0":
   version: 0.4.0
   resolution: "@aries-framework/node@npm:0.4.0"