diff --git a/app/build.gradle b/app/build.gradle
index 0fd9367342..38aa2c65c5 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle
+++ b/app/build.gradle
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ dependencies {
 
     // upon each update first test: new registration, receive push
     gplayImplementation "com.google.firebase:firebase-messaging:24.1.1"
-    gplayImplementation "com.google.android.gms:play-services-base:18.5.0"
+    gplayImplementation "com.google.android.gms:play-services-base:18.7.0"
     gplayImplementation "com.google.android.play:review-ktx:2.0.2"
 
     implementation "com.github.nextcloud.android-common:ui:$androidCommonLibraryVersion"
diff --git a/gradle/verification-metadata.xml b/gradle/verification-metadata.xml
index c39be4217d..98043c3561 100644
--- a/gradle/verification-metadata.xml
+++ b/gradle/verification-metadata.xml
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
             <trusting group="androidx.lifecycle"/>
             <trusting group="androidx.savedstate"/>
             <trusting group="androidx.work"/>
+            <trusting group="com.google.android.gms"/>
             <trusting group="com.google.firebase" name="firebase-messaging" version="24.1.1"/>
             <trusting group="^androidx[.]compose($|([.].*))" regex="true"/>
             <trusting group="^com[.]android($|([.].*))" regex="true"/>