diff --git a/app/build.gradle b/app/build.gradle
index 915467d99..f770088d8 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle
+++ b/app/build.gradle
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ dependencies {
 
     // Android X
     implementation 'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.7.1'
-    implementation 'androidx.core:core-ktx:1.17.0'
+    implementation 'androidx.core:core-ktx:1.18.0'
     implementation 'androidx.core:core-splashscreen:1.2.0'
     implementation 'androidx.fragment:fragment:1.8.9'
     implementation 'androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-viewmodel-ktx:2.10.0'
diff --git a/gradle/verification-metadata.xml b/gradle/verification-metadata.xml
index 9dd3e4e67..0351e1519 100644
--- a/gradle/verification-metadata.xml
+++ b/gradle/verification-metadata.xml
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@
          <trust file=".*-sources[.]jar" regex="true" reason="Android Studio downloads source jars but doesn't add checksums - fixes building in AS"/>
          <trust file=".*android-library-2.21.0.module" regex="true" reason="CodeQL fails to resolve this and write it to the metadata"/>
       </trusted-artifacts>
+      <ignored-keys>
+         <ignored-key id="5A68A2249128E2C6" reason="Key couldn't be downloaded from any key server"/>
+      </ignored-keys>
       <trusted-keys>
          <trusted-key id="04543577D6A9CC626239C50C7ECBD740FF06AEB5">
             <trusting group="org.glassfish.jaxb"/>
@@ -22,6 +25,7 @@
          <trusted-key id="0CC641C3A62453AB390066C4A41F13C999945293" group="commons-logging" name="commons-logging" version="1.2"/>
          <trusted-key id="0D35D3F60078655126908E8AF3D1600878E85A3D" group="io.netty"/>
          <trusted-key id="0E225917414670F4442C250DFD533C07C264648F">
+            <trusting group="androidx.core"/>
             <trusting group="androidx.databinding"/>
             <trusting group="^com[.]android($|([.].*))" regex="true"/>
          </trusted-key>
@@ -3015,6 +3019,11 @@
             <sha256 value="6006fde98c6fa98a9180b940bb44971aa5c9243e39f947ad6caddf386fc9cfea" origin="Generated by Gradle"/>
          </artifact>
       </component>
+      <component group="androidx.core" name="core" version="1.18.0">
+         <artifact name="core-1.18.0.aar">
+            <sha256 value="311d83ac67d394076ec21d12ed2d10a44b59cb2929b7dce00e5a90a93842e37d" origin="Generated by Gradle"/>
+         </artifact>
+      </component>
       <component group="androidx.core" name="core" version="1.9.0">
          <artifact name="core-1.9.0.module">
             <sha256 value="8674ade1d12962469dd2d1e6edc03b465f20d180b0840a129bc40b351e8651d1" origin="Generated by Gradle" reason="Artifact is not signed"/>
@@ -15542,6 +15551,14 @@
             <sha256 value="af781c9a5766ffea311a0df0536576a64decc661aa110c4de5c73ac8bf434424" origin="Generated by Gradle"/>
          </artifact>
       </component>
+      <component group="com.google.crypto.tink" name="tink" version="1.18.0">
+         <artifact name="tink-1.18.0.jar">
+            <sha256 value="30df12a1f59045637213477656e01f6fbcc02616c20da1696cbd4643ada668ef" origin="Generated by Gradle" reason="A key couldn't be downloaded"/>
+         </artifact>
+         <artifact name="tink-1.18.0.pom">
+            <sha256 value="08c2dcac9ce37428aca73b1d6aa6a93f35c385224db03b3cae843b74e64d1edf" origin="Generated by Gradle" reason="A key couldn't be downloaded"/>
+         </artifact>
+      </component>
       <component group="com.google.crypto.tink" name="tink" version="1.7.0">
          <artifact name="tink-1.7.0.jar">
             <sha256 value="88970a456a08ba4c66b01b23e5846ca1095cc14e54cb48363e5d2e15a1307308" origin="Generated by Gradle"/>