diff --git a/core/build.gradle b/core/build.gradle
index e3568879..90a4d044 100644
--- a/core/build.gradle
+++ b/core/build.gradle
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ android {
 
 dependencies {
     implementation 'androidx.core:core-ktx:1.19.0'
-    implementation 'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.7.1'
+    implementation 'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.8.0'
     implementation 'com.google.android.material:material:1.14.0'
 
     testImplementation "junit:junit:$jUnitVersion"
diff --git a/gradle/verification-metadata.xml b/gradle/verification-metadata.xml
index 43fbd0bb..b58b97ad 100644
--- a/gradle/verification-metadata.xml
+++ b/gradle/verification-metadata.xml
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@
          <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.appcompat"/>
             <trusting group="androidx.constraintlayout"/>
             <trusting group="androidx.core"/>
             <trusting group="androidx.databinding"/>
diff --git a/sample/build.gradle b/sample/build.gradle
index dde9d828..edbcce1c 100644
--- a/sample/build.gradle
+++ b/sample/build.gradle
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ android {
 
 dependencies {
     implementation 'androidx.core:core-ktx:1.19.0'
-    implementation 'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.7.1'
+    implementation 'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.8.0'
     implementation 'com.google.android.material:material:1.14.0'
     implementation 'androidx.constraintlayout:constraintlayout:2.2.2'
     implementation 'androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-livedata-ktx:2.11.0'
diff --git a/ui/build.gradle b/ui/build.gradle
index 3d1b4d99..24411031 100644
--- a/ui/build.gradle
+++ b/ui/build.gradle
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ dependencies {
     implementation("com.vanniktech:ui:0.10.0")
 
     implementation 'androidx.core:core-ktx:1.19.0'
-    implementation 'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.7.1'
+    implementation 'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.8.0'
     testImplementation 'junit:junit:4.13.2'
     androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test.ext:junit:1.3.0'
     androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test.espresso:espresso-core:3.7.0'