diff --git a/app/build.gradle b/app/build.gradle
index e7139b73a..d7f55e5fb 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle
+++ b/app/build.gradle
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import com.android.tools.profgen.ArtProfileKt
 import com.android.tools.profgen.ArtProfileSerializer
 import com.android.tools.profgen.DexFile
+import com.mikepenz.aboutlibraries.plugin.DuplicateMode
 
 plugins {
     id "com.android.application"
@@ -199,6 +200,13 @@ kapt {
     correctErrorTypes true
 }
 
+aboutLibraries {
+    // note: offline mode prevents the plugin from fetching licenses at build time, which would be
+    // harmful for reproducible builds
+    offlineMode = true
+    duplicationMode = DuplicateMode.MERGE
+}
+
 dependencies {
 /** Desugaring **/
     coreLibraryDesugaring 'com.android.tools:desugar_jdk_libs_nio:2.0.4'
@@ -295,7 +303,7 @@ dependencies {
     implementation "org.ocpsoft.prettytime:prettytime:5.0.8.Final"
 
     // Jetpack Compose
-    implementation(platform('androidx.compose:compose-bom:2024.10.01'))
+    implementation(platform('androidx.compose:compose-bom:2024.11.00'))
     implementation 'androidx.compose.material3:material3'
     implementation 'androidx.compose.material3.adaptive:adaptive'
     implementation 'androidx.activity:activity-compose'
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 71a2a7998..6fad906e2 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 buildscript {
     ext {
         kotlin_version = '2.0.21'
-        about_libs = '11.2.2'
+        about_libs = '11.2.3'
     }
     repositories {
         google()
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ buildscript {
         maven { url "https://plugins.gradle.org/m2/" }
     }
     dependencies {
-        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:8.7.1'
+        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:8.7.2'
         classpath "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:$kotlin_version"
         classpath 'com.google.dagger:hilt-android-gradle-plugin:2.51.1'
         classpath "com.mikepenz.aboutlibraries.plugin:aboutlibraries-plugin:$about_libs"