diff --git a/android/app/build.gradle.kts b/android/app/build.gradle.kts
index a09a3092..c40fe889 100644
--- a/android/app/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/android/app/build.gradle.kts
@@ -87,8 +87,8 @@ dependencies {
     // FFmpeg audio decoder for unsupported codecs (ALAC, DTS, TrueHD, etc.)
     implementation("org.jellyfin.media3:media3-ffmpeg-decoder:1.9.0+1")
 
-    // libass-android for ASS/SSA subtitle rendering
-    implementation("io.github.peerless2012:ass-media:0.4.0-beta01")
+    // libass-android for ASS/SSA subtitle rendering (fork with font buffering fix)
+    implementation(files("libs/ass-media.aar"))
     // ass-kt core library (needed for AssRender.setFontScale)
     implementation("io.github.peerless2012:ass-kt:0.4.0-beta01")
 }
diff --git a/android/app/libs/ass-media.aar b/android/app/libs/ass-media.aar
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..321642cc
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