diff --git a/android-kotlin/QuickStartTasks/app/build.gradle.kts b/android-kotlin/QuickStartTasks/app/build.gradle.kts
index 489190075..305aec9af 100644
--- a/android-kotlin/QuickStartTasks/app/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/android-kotlin/QuickStartTasks/app/build.gradle.kts
@@ -138,5 +138,6 @@ dependencies {
     debugImplementation(libs.androidx.ui.test.manifest)
 
     // Ditto SDK
-    implementation("live.ditto:ditto:4.10.0")
+    //implementation("live.ditto:ditto:4.10.0")
+    implementation("live.ditto:ditto:4.11.0")
 }
diff --git a/android-kotlin/QuickStartTasks/app/src/main/java/live/ditto/quickstart/tasks/TasksApplication.kt b/android-kotlin/QuickStartTasks/app/src/main/java/live/ditto/quickstart/tasks/TasksApplication.kt
index 81ce2df4a..0428a0fa8 100644
--- a/android-kotlin/QuickStartTasks/app/src/main/java/live/ditto/quickstart/tasks/TasksApplication.kt
+++ b/android-kotlin/QuickStartTasks/app/src/main/java/live/ditto/quickstart/tasks/TasksApplication.kt
@@ -56,6 +56,11 @@ class TasksApplication : Application() {
         ditto.updateTransportConfig { config ->
             // Set the Ditto Websocket URL
             config.connect.websocketUrls.add(webSocketURL)
+
+            if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT <= 27) {
+                // Temporary workaround to prevent crash on Android 8.1 and below
+                config.peerToPeer.wifiAware.enabled = false
+            }
         }
 
         // disable sync with v3 peers, required for DQL