diff --git a/androbd/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/androbd/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index cd68d3ad..610a07ef 100644
--- a/androbd/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/androbd/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -61,6 +61,15 @@
             android:name=".PidCustomization"
             android:label="@string/customize_display"
             android:configChanges="touchscreen|orientation|screenSize" />
+        <provider
+            android:name="androidx.core.content.FileProvider"
+            android:authorities="${applicationId}.provider"
+            android:exported="false"
+            android:grantUriPermissions="true">
+            <meta-data
+                android:name="android.support.FILE_PROVIDER_PATHS"
+                android:resource="@xml/provider_paths"/>
+        </provider>
     </application>
 
 </manifest>
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diff --git a/androbd/src/main/java/com/fr3ts0n/ecu/gui/androbd/MainActivity.java b/androbd/src/main/java/com/fr3ts0n/ecu/gui/androbd/MainActivity.java
index 08025e20..acd982f4 100644
--- a/androbd/src/main/java/com/fr3ts0n/ecu/gui/androbd/MainActivity.java
+++ b/androbd/src/main/java/com/fr3ts0n/ecu/gui/androbd/MainActivity.java
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ import android.widget.ListView;
 import android.widget.Spinner;
 import android.widget.Toast;
 
+import androidx.core.content.FileProvider;
+
 import com.fr3ts0n.androbd.plugin.Plugin;
 import com.fr3ts0n.androbd.plugin.mgr.PluginManager;
 import com.fr3ts0n.ecu.EcuCodeItem;
@@ -1913,9 +1915,10 @@ public class MainActivity extends PluginManager
         File file = new File(FileHelper.getPath(this));
         Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_GET_CONTENT);
         intent.addCategory(Intent.CATEGORY_OPENABLE);
-        Uri data = Uri.fromFile(file);
+        intent.setFlags(Intent.FLAG_GRANT_READ_URI_PERMISSION);
+        Uri uri = FileProvider.getUriForFile(MainActivity.this, getPackageName()+".provider", file);
         String type = "*/*";
-        intent.setDataAndType(data, type);
+        intent.setDataAndType(uri, type);
         startActivityForResult(intent, REQUEST_SELECT_FILE);
     }
 
diff --git a/androbd/src/main/res/xml/provider_paths.xml b/androbd/src/main/res/xml/provider_paths.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fc0befcc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/androbd/src/main/res/xml/provider_paths.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<paths>
+    <external-path path="." name="external_storage_root" />
+</paths>
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diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index a909192d..16dd4bc0 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ buildscript {
     }
     dependencies {
         classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:8.3.1'
-        classpath "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:1.7.20"
+        classpath "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:1.8.0"
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index d37810e0..41a424e1 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 android.nonFinalResIds=false
 android.nonTransitiveRClass=true
+android.useAndroidX=true
 org.gradle.unsafe.configuration-cache=true
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