diff --git a/dependencies.gradle b/dependencies.gradle
index 991da2cffd..522d388bf4 100644
--- a/dependencies.gradle
+++ b/dependencies.gradle
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+// IMPORTANT: After changing a dependency, please run:
+// ./gradlew --write-verification-metadata sha256 qa --rerun-tasks
+
 dependencyResolutionManagement {
     versionCatalogs {
         libs {
@@ -51,7 +54,7 @@ dependencyResolutionManagement {
 
             // Google
             alias('google-protobuf-javalite').to('com.google.protobuf:protobuf-javalite:3.11.4')
-            alias('google-libphonenumber').to('com.googlecode.libphonenumber:libphonenumber:8.12.33')
+            alias('google-libphonenumber').to('com.googlecode.libphonenumber:libphonenumber:8.12.42')
             alias('google-play-services-maps').to('com.google.android.gms:play-services-maps:16.1.0')
             alias('google-play-services-auth').to('com.google.android.gms:play-services-auth:16.0.1')
             alias('google-play-services-wallet').to('com.google.android.gms:play-services-wallet:18.1.3')
diff --git a/gradle/verification-metadata.xml b/gradle/verification-metadata.xml
index c365286eed..a76cfe6f65 100644
--- a/gradle/verification-metadata.xml
+++ b/gradle/verification-metadata.xml
@@ -1919,6 +1919,11 @@
             <sha256 value="eb983d0b10104f5f31592dacf691dde6032139e626bd95ec22e1ae949ef1806d" origin="Generated by Gradle"/>
          </artifact>
       </component>
+      <component group="com.googlecode.libphonenumber" name="libphonenumber" version="8.12.42">
+         <artifact name="libphonenumber-8.12.42.jar">
+            <sha256 value="06d91ada46f7ad70257e6807ee03d2eaf557605d9e617e50fab87e05f6ec4961" origin="Generated by Gradle"/>
+         </artifact>
+      </component>
       <component group="com.ibm.icu" name="icu4j" version="53.1">
          <artifact name="icu4j-53.1.jar">
             <sha256 value="e37a4467bac5cdeb02c5c4b8e5063d2f4e67b69e3c7df6d6b610f13185572bab" origin="Generated by Gradle"/>