diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/plugin/AllProjectConfigurer.kt b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/plugin/AllProjectConfigurer.kt
index 94ac3be60..08bf42fd2 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/plugin/AllProjectConfigurer.kt
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/plugin/AllProjectConfigurer.kt
@@ -140,6 +140,18 @@ class AllProjectConfigurer {
     }
   }
 
+  fun configureJacoco(target: Project) {
+    target.configurations.all {
+      resolutionStrategy {
+        eachDependency {
+          if ("org.jacoco" == this.requested.group) {
+            useVersion("0.8.7")
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
   fun configurePlugins(target: Project) {
     target.run {
       configureExtension<AndroidExtensionsExtension> { isExperimental = true }
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/plugin/KiwixConfigurationPlugin.kt b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/plugin/KiwixConfigurationPlugin.kt
index dd61b569c..b8c327659 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/plugin/KiwixConfigurationPlugin.kt
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/plugin/KiwixConfigurationPlugin.kt
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ class KiwixConfigurationPlugin : Plugin<Project> {
     allProjectConfigurer.configurePlugins(target)
     allProjectConfigurer.applyScripts(target)
     allProjectConfigurer.configureDependencies(target)
+    allProjectConfigurer.configureJacoco(target)
   }
 
   private fun doDefaultConfiguration(target: Project) {
diff --git a/lintConfig.xml b/lintConfig.xml
index a4e45d6b5..6e3f77fa0 100644
--- a/lintConfig.xml
+++ b/lintConfig.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
   <issue id="InvalidPackage">
     <ignore path="**simple-xml-2.7.1.jar" />
     <ignore path="**javapoet-1.8.0.jar" />
-    <ignore path="**/org.jacoco.agent-0.8.3-runtime.jar" />
+    <ignore path="**/org.jacoco.agent-0.8.7-runtime.jar" />
   </issue>
   <issue id="IconLocation">
     <ignore path="src/main/res/drawable/kiwix_icon_with_title.png" />