diff --git a/app/build.gradle b/app/build.gradle
index 60d7bbf96..88d5f1934 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle
+++ b/app/build.gradle
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ dependencies {
     implementation('com.github.android:renderscript-intrinsics-replacement-toolkit:b6363490c3')
 
     //androidX
-    implementation('androidx.core:core-ktx:1.7.0')
+    implementation('androidx.core:core-ktx:1.8.0')
     implementation('androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.4.2')
     implementation('androidx.activity:activity-ktx:1.4.0')
     implementation('androidx.fragment:fragment-ktx:1.4.1')