diff --git a/mobile/package.json b/mobile/package.json
index 5276a000f..56f8830c5 100644
--- a/mobile/package.json
+++ b/mobile/package.json
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@
     "web:sync": "node scripts/sync-web.mjs",
     "android:init": "pnpm install && pnpm exec cap init DeskClaw dev.deskclaw.app --web-dir=www --npm-client=pnpm",
     "android:add": "pnpm exec cap add android",
-    "android:sync": "pnpm exec cap sync android",
+    "android:patch": "node scripts/patch-android.mjs",
+    "android:sync": "pnpm exec cap sync android && pnpm run android:patch",
     "android:apk:debug": "cd android && ./gradlew assembleDebug",
     "android:apk:release": "cd android && ./gradlew assembleRelease"
   },
@@ -21,4 +22,3 @@
     "@capacitor/cli": "^7.4.3"
   }
 }
-
diff --git a/mobile/scripts/patch-android.mjs b/mobile/scripts/patch-android.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3f1bb3c49
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mobile/scripts/patch-android.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+import { readFile, writeFile } from 'node:fs/promises'
+import { resolve } from 'node:path'
+import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url'
+
+async function main() {
+  const scriptDir = fileURLToPath(new URL('.', import.meta.url))
+  const mobileRoot = resolve(scriptDir, '..')
+  const appGradle = resolve(mobileRoot, 'android', 'app', 'build.gradle')
+
+  let text = await readFile(appGradle, 'utf8')
+  const before = "implementation project(':capacitor-android')"
+  const after = 'implementation "com.capacitorjs:core:7.6.2"'
+
+  if (text.includes(after)) return
+  if (!text.includes(before)) return
+
+  text = text.replace(before, after)
+  await writeFile(appGradle, text, 'utf8')
+}
+
+main().catch((err) => {
+  console.error(err)
+  process.exit(1)
+})
+