diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/Versions.kt b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/Versions.kt
index 68aec18d3..715caa47b 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/Versions.kt
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/Versions.kt
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ object Versions {
 
   const val core_ktx: String = "1.9.0"
 
-  const val libkiwix: String = "2.1.1"
+  const val libkiwix: String = "2.2.0"
 
   const val material: String = "1.8.0"
 
diff --git a/core/build.gradle.kts b/core/build.gradle.kts
index fbf4af75f..61fa4bef8 100644
--- a/core/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/core/build.gradle.kts
@@ -56,7 +56,10 @@ dependencies {
 
   // Get kiwixlib online if it is not populated locally
   if (!shouldUseLocalVersion()) {
-    api(Libs.libkiwix)
+    api(Libs.libkiwix) {
+      // TODO Should be removed after we upgrade to the SDK 34
+      exclude("org.jetbrains.kotlin", "kotlin-stdlib")
+    }
   } else {
     implementation("com.getkeepsafe.relinker:relinker:1.4.5")
     api(fileTree(mapOf("include" to "*.aar", "dir" to "libs")))