diff --git a/app/proguard-rules.pro b/app/proguard-rules.pro
index e7a10029e..d4963ef3c 100644
--- a/app/proguard-rules.pro
+++ b/app/proguard-rules.pro
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@
 # we keep it here.
 -keep class com.bitwarden.** { *; }
 
+# The Android Verifier component must be kept because it looks like dead code. Proguard is unable to
+# see any JNI usage, so our rules must manually opt into keeping it.
+-keep, includedescriptorclasses class org.rustls.platformverifier.** { *; }
+
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 # Bitwarden Models
 ################################################################################