diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index f0b0f5ac2..4ee2bb8d3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+2.2
+FIX: Text To Speech issues on earlier Android versions
+
 2.1
 FIX: Display of storage devices
 FIX: External SD cards detection
diff --git a/src/org/kiwix/kiwixmobile/utils/KiwixTextToSpeech.java b/src/org/kiwix/kiwixmobile/utils/KiwixTextToSpeech.java
index f79e92740..17d3b4eb7 100644
--- a/src/org/kiwix/kiwixmobile/utils/KiwixTextToSpeech.java
+++ b/src/org/kiwix/kiwixmobile/utils/KiwixTextToSpeech.java
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ public class KiwixTextToSpeech {
       currentTTSTask = null;
     } else if (tts.isSpeaking()) {
       if (tts.stop() == TextToSpeech.SUCCESS) {
+        tts.setOnUtteranceProgressListener(null);
         onSpeakingListener.onSpeakingEnded();
       }
     } else {
@@ -113,6 +114,7 @@ public class KiwixTextToSpeech {
   public void stop() {
     if (tts.stop() == TextToSpeech.SUCCESS) {
       currentTTSTask = null;
+      tts.setOnUtteranceProgressListener(null);
       onSpeakingListener.onSpeakingEnded();
     }
   }
@@ -186,6 +188,7 @@ public class KiwixTextToSpeech {
     public void pause() {
       paused = true;
       currentPiece.decrementAndGet();
+      tts.setOnUtteranceProgressListener(null);
       tts.stop();
     }