diff --git a/News-Android-App/build.gradle b/News-Android-App/build.gradle
index de171b776..e0161f9cb 100644
--- a/News-Android-App/build.gradle
+++ b/News-Android-App/build.gradle
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ repositories {
 }
 
 final DAGGER_VERSION = '2.59.2'
-final GLIDE_VERSION = '5.0.7'
+final GLIDE_VERSION = '5.0.9'
 final ESPRESSO_VERSION = '3.7.0'
 final OKHTTP_VERSION = '5.3.2'
 final MOCKITO_VERSION = '5.23.0'
diff --git a/News-Android-App/src/main/java/de/luhmer/owncloudnewsreader/helper/NextcloudGlideModule.kt b/News-Android-App/src/main/java/de/luhmer/owncloudnewsreader/helper/NextcloudGlideModule.kt
index a7c980289..398d7e1c5 100644
--- a/News-Android-App/src/main/java/de/luhmer/owncloudnewsreader/helper/NextcloudGlideModule.kt
+++ b/News-Android-App/src/main/java/de/luhmer/owncloudnewsreader/helper/NextcloudGlideModule.kt
@@ -46,6 +46,13 @@ class NextcloudGlideModule : AppGlideModule() {
         builder.setDiskCache(InternalCacheDiskCacheFactory(context, diskCacheSizeBytes.toLong()))
         // builder.setDiskCache(ExternalPreferredCacheDiskCacheFactory(context))
 
+        // Decode bitmaps through Android's ImageDecoder (API 29+) instead of BitmapFactory.
+        // It is the platform's preferred decoder and usually needs less memory. Glide falls back
+        // to BitmapFactory on older releases on its own, so no version check is needed here.
+        builder.setImageDecoderEnabledForBitmaps(true)
+        // Let ImageDecoder read local Uris directly instead of going through an InputStream.
+        builder.setUriImageDecoderEnabled(true)
+
         // #00ff00 Memory Cache (Green)
         // #0066ff Disk Cache (Blue)
         // #ff0000 Remote (Red)
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 553cee4c9..0fdcd6f0d 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ buildscript {
         gradlePluginPortal()
     }
     dependencies {
-        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:9.1.0'
+        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:9.1.1'
         classpath "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:$kotlin_version"
     }
 }
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 0e523f7df..4689069a3 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@
 # http://www.gradle.org/docs/current/userguide/multi_project_builds.html#sec:decoupled_projects
 # org.gradle.parallel=true
 
-ANDROID_BUILD_MIN_SDK_VERSION=21
+ANDROID_BUILD_MIN_SDK_VERSION=23
 ANDROID_BUILD_TARGET_SDK_VERSION=36
-ANDROID_BUILD_SDK_VERSION=36
+ANDROID_BUILD_SDK_VERSION=37
 android.useAndroidX=true
 android.enableJetifier=true
 org.gradle.dependency.verification.console=verbose