diff --git a/app/build.gradle b/app/build.gradle
index 70983c42de..29db354805 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle
+++ b/app/build.gradle
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ dependencies {
     implementation "androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-service:2.9.1"
     implementation "androidx.work:work-runtime:$workRuntime"
     implementation "androidx.work:work-runtime-ktx:$workRuntime"
-    implementation "androidx.fragment:fragment-ktx:1.8.6"
+    implementation "androidx.fragment:fragment-ktx:1.8.8"
     implementation "com.github.albfernandez:juniversalchardet:2.0.3" // need this version for Android <7
     compileOnly "com.google.code.findbugs:annotations:3.0.1u2"
     implementation "commons-io:commons-io:2.18.0"
diff --git a/gradle/verification-metadata.xml b/gradle/verification-metadata.xml
index 2e45f2b11c..f6c11be210 100644
--- a/gradle/verification-metadata.xml
+++ b/gradle/verification-metadata.xml
@@ -3340,6 +3340,11 @@
             <sha256 value="567576bcb6db841f36358f1646e167360b8725be05cfe284907b66b4b12bedd5" origin="Generated by Gradle"/>
          </artifact>
       </component>
+      <component group="androidx.fragment" name="fragment" version="1.8.8">
+         <artifact name="fragment-1.8.8.aar">
+            <sha256 value="7cb906956095f114eeb7769d6990f0fedc2965fc1a24368ef5eff69930c11556" origin="Generated by Gradle"/>
+         </artifact>
+      </component>
       <component group="androidx.fragment" name="fragment-ktx" version="1.3.2">
          <artifact name="fragment-ktx-1.3.2.aar">
             <sha256 value="29af1e9ee0e93b5fc638600c230705584aecc49205c363f0923ba1e5be675533" origin="Generated by Gradle" reason="Artifact is not signed"/>