diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 7df1a88f2..4bca0ec5f 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ buildscript {
         mavenCentral()
     }
     dependencies {
-        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:8.1.2'
+        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:8.2.0-rc01'
     }
 }
 
@@ -233,6 +233,9 @@ android {
     lint {
         disable 'MissingTranslation', 'InvalidPackage', 'AppCompatResource', 'ExtraTranslation'
     }
+    buildFeatures {
+        buildConfig true
+    }
 
     android.applicationVariants.all { variant ->
         variant.outputs.each { output ->
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index d8fa158ee..b0323e6c6 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 android.useAndroidX=true
 android.enableJetifier=true
-android.defaults.buildfeatures.buildconfig=true
 android.nonTransitiveRClass=true
 android.nonFinalResIds=false
 org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx4096m
diff --git a/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index 835d94db3..8732a411a 100644
--- a/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
     <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION" />
     <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION" />
     <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE" />
-    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE" />
     <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.REQUEST_INSTALL_PACKAGES" />
 
     <uses-feature
@@ -103,7 +102,6 @@
         android:preserveLegacyExternalStorage="true"
         android:requestLegacyExternalStorage="true"
         android:theme="@style/ConversationsTheme"
-        tools:replace="android:label"
         tools:targetApi="tiramisu">
 
         <meta-data