diff --git a/android/app/build.gradle.kts b/android/app/build.gradle.kts
index 99c3953..17cb68d 100644
--- a/android/app/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/android/app/build.gradle.kts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ android {
     compileOptions {
         sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_17
         targetCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_17
+        isCoreLibraryDesugaringEnabled = true
     }
 
     kotlinOptions {
@@ -45,6 +46,9 @@ flutter {
 }
 
 dependencies {
+    // Core library desugaring for Java 8+ APIs
+    coreLibraryDesugaring("com.android.tools:desugar_jdk_libs:2.0.4")
+
     // Import the Firebase BoM
     implementation(platform("com.google.firebase:firebase-bom:34.11.0"))