diff --git a/app/build.gradle b/app/build.gradle
index 90815a224..2c08279d9 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle
+++ b/app/build.gradle
@@ -90,6 +90,10 @@ android {
             versionCode defaultConfig.versionCode + braveVersionCode
             versionName "${defaultConfig.versionName}-${braveVersionName}"
             android.sourceSets.braveConscrypt.res.srcDirs = android.sourceSets.brave.res.srcDirs
+
+            dependencies {
+                implementation 'org.conscrypt:conscrypt-android:2.5.2'
+            }
         }
     }
 
@@ -316,9 +320,6 @@ dependencies {
     // Date and time formatting
     implementation "org.ocpsoft.prettytime:prettytime:5.0.6.Final"
 
-    // conscrypt libraries
-    braveConscryptImplementation 'org.conscrypt:conscrypt-android:2.4.0'
-
 /** Debugging **/
     // Memory leak detection
     debugImplementation "com.squareup.leakcanary:leakcanary-object-watcher-android:${leakCanaryVersion}"
diff --git a/app/proguard-rules.pro b/app/proguard-rules.pro
index d21f33e1f..9648430e6 100644
--- a/app/proguard-rules.pro
+++ b/app/proguard-rules.pro
@@ -35,3 +35,7 @@
 
 ## For some reason NotificationModeConfigFragment wasn't kept (only referenced in a preference xml)
 -keep class org.schabi.newpipe.settings.notifications.** { *; }
+
+# conscrypt rules (where not needed on 2.4.0)
+-dontwarn com.android.org.conscrypt.SSLParametersImpl
+-dontwarn org.apache.harmony.xnet.provider.jsse.SSLParametersImpl