diff --git a/gradle/verification-metadata.xml b/gradle/verification-metadata.xml
index 875f7bcf..e026e219 100644
--- a/gradle/verification-metadata.xml
+++ b/gradle/verification-metadata.xml
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
          <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.appcompat"/>
             <trusting group="androidx.constraintlayout"/>
             <trusting group="androidx.core"/>
             <trusting group="androidx.databinding"/>
diff --git a/lib/build.gradle b/lib/build.gradle
index 23dcdefa..b276c020 100644
--- a/lib/build.gradle
+++ b/lib/build.gradle
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ detekt {
 dependencies {
     coreLibraryDesugaring 'com.android.tools:desugar_jdk_libs:2.1.5'
 
-    implementation "androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.7.1"
+    implementation "androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.8.0"
     implementation 'androidx.annotation:annotation:1.10.0'
     implementation 'androidx.core:core:1.19.0'
     implementation 'androidx.fragment:fragment:1.8.9'
diff --git a/sample/build.gradle b/sample/build.gradle
index 58d4fba8..8708cd79 100644
--- a/sample/build.gradle
+++ b/sample/build.gradle
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ dependencies {
     implementation(platform("org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-bom:2.4.10"))
 
     implementation project(path: ':lib')
-    implementation 'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.7.1'
+    implementation 'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.8.0'
     implementation 'com.google.android.material:material:1.14.0'
     implementation 'androidx.constraintlayout:constraintlayout:2.2.2'
     implementation 'com.squareup.retrofit2:retrofit:3.0.0'