diff --git a/android/app/build.gradle.kts b/android/app/build.gradle.kts
index d42e9b3..b1f2227 100644
--- a/android/app/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/android/app/build.gradle.kts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ android {
     compileOptions {
         sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_17
         targetCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_17
+        isCoreLibraryDesugaringEnabled = true
     }
 
     kotlinOptions {
@@ -65,6 +66,8 @@ flutter {
 }
 
 dependencies {
+    // Required for flutter_local_notifications and other plugins that need Java 8+ APIs on API < 26.
+    coreLibraryDesugaring("com.android.tools:desugar_jdk_libs:2.1.4")
     // integration_test is a dev dependency; the Flutter plugin loader adds it as
     // debugImplementation only, but GeneratedPluginRegistrant.java (in src/main)
     // references its class in all variants. Make it available for release compilation