diff --git a/app/build.gradle.kts b/app/build.gradle.kts
index 774c9469e..dc2a0c7e0 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/app/build.gradle.kts
@@ -135,8 +135,8 @@ dependencies {
         add("standardImplementation", dependencyNotation)
     }
 
-    // TODO: this should use a versioned aar instead of referencing the project BITAU-94
-    implementation(project(":bridge"))
+    // TODO: this should use a versioned AAR instead of referencing a local AAR BITAU-94
+    implementation(files("libs/bridge-0.1.0-SNAPSHOT-release.aar"))
 
     implementation(libs.androidx.activity.compose)
     implementation(libs.androidx.appcompat)
diff --git a/app/libs/bridge-0.1.0-SNAPSHOT-release.aar b/app/libs/bridge-0.1.0-SNAPSHOT-release.aar
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..07796235d
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diff --git a/app/libs/bridge-0.1.0-release.aar b/app/libs/bridge-0.1.0-release.aar
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..07796235d
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diff --git a/bridge/README.md b/bridge/README.md
index c1a581a76..925ddb2cb 100644
--- a/bridge/README.md
+++ b/bridge/README.md
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 ## Contents
 
 - [Compatibility](#compatibility)
+- [Building](#building)
 - [Versioning](#versioning)
 - [Dependencies](#dependencies)
  
@@ -16,6 +17,14 @@
 - **Minimum SDK**: 28
 - **Target SDK**: 34
 
+## Building
+
+To build an AAR for inclusion in consumer applications, run:
+
+    ```sh
+    $ ./gradlew bridge:assembleRelease
+    ```
+
 ## Versioning
 This repository conforms to the following versioning convention:
 
diff --git a/bridge/build.gradle.kts b/bridge/build.gradle.kts
index 7d3bba7f8..f28de39af 100644
--- a/bridge/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/bridge/build.gradle.kts
@@ -40,6 +40,16 @@ android {
         buildConfig = true
         aidl = true
     }
+    // Add version name to the output .aar file:
+    libraryVariants.all {
+        val variant = this
+        outputs
+            .map { it as com.android.build.gradle.internal.api.BaseVariantOutputImpl }
+            .forEach { output ->
+                val outputFileName = "bridge-${version}-SNAPSHOT-${variant.baseName}.aar"
+                output.outputFileName = outputFileName
+            }
+    }
 }
 
 kotlin {