diff --git a/app/build.gradle b/app/build.gradle
index 9ebfa2ca4..16a7e83cc 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle
+++ b/app/build.gradle
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ dependencies {
     implementation 'com.github.nextcloud.android-common:ui:0.23.2'
     implementation 'com.github.nextcloud-deps:android-talk-webrtc:132.6834.0'
 
-    gplayImplementation 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-base:18.5.0'
+    gplayImplementation 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-base:18.6.0'
     gplayImplementation "com.google.firebase:firebase-messaging:24.1.0"
 
     //compose
diff --git a/gradle/verification-metadata.xml b/gradle/verification-metadata.xml
index d4b17592c..7d81d89ee 100644
--- a/gradle/verification-metadata.xml
+++ b/gradle/verification-metadata.xml
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
             <trusting group="androidx.databinding"/>
             <trusting group="androidx.datastore"/>
             <trusting group="androidx.exifinterface" name="exifinterface" version="1.4.0"/>
+            <trusting group="com.google.android.gms"/>
             <trusting group="^androidx[.]compose($|([.].*))" regex="true"/>
             <trusting group="^com[.]android($|([.].*))" regex="true"/>
          </trusted-key>