diff --git a/app/build.gradle b/app/build.gradle
index 0bab45c..1feea1b 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle
+++ b/app/build.gradle
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ dependencies {
     implementation fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
     implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib-jdk7:$kotlin_version"
     implementation 'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.1.0'
-    implementation 'androidx.core:core-ktx:1.2.0'
+    implementation 'androidx.core:core-ktx:1.5.0'
     implementation 'androidx.constraintlayout:constraintlayout:1.1.3'
 
     // dependant projects
diff --git a/splash/build.gradle b/splash/build.gradle
index b8e42f4..7eb0e10 100644
--- a/splash/build.gradle
+++ b/splash/build.gradle
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ dependencies {
 
     // Android
     implementation("androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.1.0")
-    implementation("androidx.core:core-ktx:1.2.0")
+    implementation("androidx.core:core-ktx:1.5.0")
 
     // rx java/kotlin
     implementation("io.reactivex.rxjava2:rxjava:2.2.19")