diff --git a/contract-tests/build.gradle b/contract-tests/build.gradle
index cbc145c9..8def8018 100644
--- a/contract-tests/build.gradle
+++ b/contract-tests/build.gradle
@@ -24,10 +24,15 @@ android {
     }
 }
 
+configurations.all {
+    // Exclude error_prone_annotations as it's compile-time only and causes dexing issues
+    exclude group: 'com.google.errorprone', module: 'error_prone_annotations'
+}
+
 dependencies {
     // https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.nanohttpd/nanohttpd
     implementation("org.nanohttpd:nanohttpd:2.3.1")
-    implementation("com.google.code.gson:gson:2.8.9")
+    implementation("com.google.code.gson:gson:2.13.2")
     implementation("com.squareup.okhttp3:okhttp:4.9.2")
     implementation(project(":launchdarkly-android-client-sdk"))
     // Comment the previous line and uncomment this one to depend on the published artifact:
diff --git a/launchdarkly-android-client-sdk/build.gradle b/launchdarkly-android-client-sdk/build.gradle
index 7625ada7..d46aa03c 100644
--- a/launchdarkly-android-client-sdk/build.gradle
+++ b/launchdarkly-android-client-sdk/build.gradle
@@ -54,6 +54,9 @@ configurations {
 configurations.all {
     // allows snapshot dependencies to be updated
     resolutionStrategy.cacheChangingModulesFor 0, 'seconds'
+    
+    // Exclude error_prone_annotations as it's compile-time only and causes dexing issues
+    exclude group: 'com.google.errorprone', module: 'error_prone_annotations'
 }
 
 ext {}
@@ -61,7 +64,7 @@ ext.versions = [
     "androidAnnotation": "1.2.0",
     "androidAppcompat": "1.1.0",
     "eventsource": "3.0.0",
-    "gson": "2.8.9",
+    "gson": "2.13.2",
     "jacksonCore": "2.10.5",
     "jacksonDatabind": "2.10.5.1",
     "junit": "4.13",
diff --git a/shared-test-code/build.gradle b/shared-test-code/build.gradle
index 44180c27..9cd5f9f6 100644
--- a/shared-test-code/build.gradle
+++ b/shared-test-code/build.gradle
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ version = version
 ext {}
 ext.versions = [
     "androidAnnotation": "1.2.0",
-    "gson": "2.8.9",
+    "gson": "2.13.2",
     "junit": "4.13",
     "launchdarklyLogging": "1.1.1",
 ]
@@ -26,6 +26,11 @@ android {
     }
 }
 
+configurations.all {
+    // Exclude error_prone_annotations as it's compile-time only and causes dexing issues
+    exclude group: 'com.google.errorprone', module: 'error_prone_annotations'
+}
+
 dependencies {
     implementation(project(":launchdarkly-android-client-sdk"))