diff --git a/app/build.gradle b/app/build.gradle
index a522ad893..e1d72852f 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle
+++ b/app/build.gradle
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ dependencies {
     androidTestImplementation "androidx.test:core:1.6.1"
 
     androidTestImplementation "org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-coroutines-test:1.10.2"
-    androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test:core-ktx:1.6.1'
+    androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test:core-ktx:1.7.0'
     androidTestImplementation 'org.mockito:mockito-android:5.18.0'
     androidTestImplementation "androidx.work:work-testing:${workVersion}"
     // Espresso core
diff --git a/gradle/verification-metadata.xml b/gradle/verification-metadata.xml
index c6e376de9..6d2cb482a 100644
--- a/gradle/verification-metadata.xml
+++ b/gradle/verification-metadata.xml
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
             <trusting group="androidx.room"/>
             <trusting group="androidx.savedstate"/>
             <trusting group="androidx.sqlite"/>
+            <trusting group="androidx.test"/>
             <trusting group="androidx.work"/>
             <trusting group="com.google.android.gms"/>
             <trusting group="com.google.firebase" name="firebase-messaging" version="24.1.1"/>