diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index e3822e8b..27c17344 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 android.useAndroidX=true
 android.enableJetifier=true
+# bcprov-jdk18on 1.85 is a multi-release jar with Java 25 class files (major version 69);
+# Jetifier's ASM reader can't parse it, and it has no support-library references to jetify anyway.
+android.jetifier.ignorelist=bcprov-jdk18on
 android.enableR8.fullMode=false
 org.gradle.jvmargs=-XX:MaxMetaspaceSize=512m
 android.suppressUnsupportedCompileSdk=34