diff --git a/app/build.gradle b/app/build.gradle
index 4d6fe861f5..5881bf1f4f 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle
+++ b/app/build.gradle
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ dependencies {
         exclude module: 'xpp3'
     }
     implementation "androidx.work:work-runtime:2.7.1"
-    implementation "androidx.work:work-runtime-ktx:2.7.1"
+    implementation "androidx.work:work-runtime-ktx:2.8.1"
 
     implementation 'com.google.android.play:core:1.10.3'
     implementation 'android.arch.lifecycle:common-java8:1.1.1'