diff --git a/apps/flipcash/app/build.gradle.kts b/apps/flipcash/app/build.gradle.kts
index 144101d104..a9d947f472 100644
--- a/apps/flipcash/app/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/apps/flipcash/app/build.gradle.kts
@@ -141,9 +141,6 @@ android {
 }
 
 configurations.all {
-    // protobuf-javalite 4.x already includes well-known types, making
-    // Firebase's protolite-well-known-types redundant and conflicting.
-    exclude(group = "com.google.firebase", module = "protolite-well-known-types")
     // Crashlytics SDK is pulled transitively via firebase-bom but we use Bugsnag
     // for error reporting. Without the Crashlytics Gradle plugin the SDK crashes
     // at startup due to a missing build ID resource.
diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index 7b423c7813..ec7a6fedbf 100644
--- a/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ okhttp = "5.5.0"
 retrofit = "3.0.0"
 kin-sdk = "2.1.2"
 slf4j = "1.7.36"
-firebase-bom = "34.19.0"
+firebase-bom = "35.1.0"
 play-service-ml-barcode = "18.3.1"
 play-services-auth-api-phone = "18.3.1"
 play-services-base = "18.9.0"