diff --git a/gradle/verification-metadata.xml b/gradle/verification-metadata.xml
index d1f80720..26e17711 100644
--- a/gradle/verification-metadata.xml
+++ b/gradle/verification-metadata.xml
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
          <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.core"/>
             <trusting group="androidx.databinding"/>
             <trusting group="^com[.]android($|([.].*))" regex="true"/>
          </trusted-key>
@@ -676,6 +677,11 @@
             <sha256 value="e1bd22bbcf5cee3a992dedb7d2d3c3b31c9f761c01e56d00ea443c8aaa981182" origin="Generated by Gradle"/>
          </artifact>
       </component>
+      <component group="androidx.core" name="core" version="1.18.0">
+         <artifact name="core-1.18.0.aar">
+            <sha256 value="311d83ac67d394076ec21d12ed2d10a44b59cb2929b7dce00e5a90a93842e37d" origin="Generated by Gradle"/>
+         </artifact>
+      </component>
       <component group="androidx.core" name="core" version="1.9.0">
          <artifact name="core-1.9.0.aar">
             <sha256 value="8bda3ee3a88887d54f6679fb6b6cd788629f73234ac91c8bbed924e721ec85b8" origin="Generated by Gradle"/>
diff --git a/lib/build.gradle b/lib/build.gradle
index 94a11c02..043fe20d 100644
--- a/lib/build.gradle
+++ b/lib/build.gradle
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ dependencies {
 
     implementation "androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.7.1"
     implementation 'androidx.annotation:annotation:1.9.1'
-    implementation 'androidx.core:core:1.17.0'
+    implementation 'androidx.core:core:1.18.0'
     implementation 'androidx.fragment:fragment:1.8.9'
 
     implementation 'com.google.android.material:material:1.13.0'