diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-kotlin-bindings.yml b/.github/workflows/release-kotlin-bindings.yml
index d866a4601..488f51053 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-kotlin-bindings.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-kotlin-bindings.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ name: Release Kotlin Bindings
 
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - np/update-android-bindings
 
 jobs:
   build-linux:
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9c1d23a64..99499948b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ wasm-pack.log
 # generated
 bindings_swift/Sources
 bindings_swift/xmtp-rust-swift.zip
+bindings_ffi/jniLibs
 
 # Logs
 logs
diff --git a/bindings_ffi/jniLibs/arm64-v8a/libuniffi_xmtpv3.so b/bindings_ffi/jniLibs/arm64-v8a/libuniffi_xmtpv3.so
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diff --git a/bindings_ffi/jniLibs/x86/libuniffi_xmtpv3.so b/bindings_ffi/jniLibs/x86/libuniffi_xmtpv3.so
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