diff --git a/app/build.gradle b/app/build.gradle
index cd36ad7c6..ee5f75dda 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle
+++ b/app/build.gradle
@@ -228,8 +228,9 @@ dependencies {
 
     implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib:$kotlin_version"
 
-    final coroutines_version = '0.23.4'
+    final coroutines_version = '0.26.0'
     implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-coroutines-core:$coroutines_version"
+    implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-coroutines-core-common:$coroutines_version" // TODO: hack!
     implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-coroutines-android:$coroutines_version"
 }