diff --git a/settings.gradle b/settings.gradle
index 04f3bc9cae..3ac6ea02e4 100644
--- a/settings.gradle
+++ b/settings.gradle
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ dependencyResolutionManagement {
             library('autoservice.annotations', 'com.google.auto.service:auto-service-annotations:1.0.1')
             library('android-gradle', 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:7.3.0')
             library('androidx-cardview', 'androidx.cardview:cardview:1.0.0')
-            library('androidx-core', 'androidx.core:core:1.6.0')
+            library('androidx-core', 'androidx.core:core:1.12.0')
             // 1.6.0 seems to introduce:
             // The dependency contains Java 8 bytecode. Please enable desugaring by adding the following to build.gradle
             // in the samples.