diff --git a/app/build.gradle b/app/build.gradle
index cdcd464f4..b372f5aa7 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle
+++ b/app/build.gradle
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ dependencies {
 
     // Android X
     implementation 'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.7.0'
-    implementation 'androidx.core:core-ktx:1.15.0'
+    implementation 'androidx.core:core-ktx:1.16.0'
     implementation 'androidx.core:core-splashscreen:1.0.1'
     implementation 'androidx.fragment:fragment:1.8.6'
     implementation 'androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-viewmodel-ktx:2.8.7'
diff --git a/gradle/verification-metadata.xml b/gradle/verification-metadata.xml
index 3bbca05ca..58470734e 100644
--- a/gradle/verification-metadata.xml
+++ b/gradle/verification-metadata.xml
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
          <trusted-key id="0CC641C3A62453AB390066C4A41F13C999945293" group="commons-logging" name="commons-logging" version="1.2"/>
          <trusted-key id="0D35D3F60078655126908E8AF3D1600878E85A3D" group="io.netty"/>
          <trusted-key id="0F06FF86BEEAF4E71866EE5232EE5355A6BC6E42">
+            <trusting group="androidx.core"/>
             <trusting group="androidx.databinding"/>
             <trusting group="androidx.fragment"/>
             <trusting group="^androidx[.]compose($|([.].*))" regex="true"/>
@@ -1081,6 +1082,11 @@
             <sha256 value="e8a6c386e1765d870012fed2221173d4a2e8d2fd5aec732c51afb4a9f4684519" origin="Generated by Gradle"/>
          </artifact>
       </component>
+      <component group="androidx.core" name="core" version="1.16.0">
+         <artifact name="core-1.16.0.aar">
+            <sha256 value="6bf03d39dbe3744acce227d3b697374c3625aae1025fbec8ad9fd7bd58bce431" 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"/>