diff --git a/forge-gui-android/libs/gdx-controllers-android.jar b/forge-gui-android/libs/gdx-controllers-android.jar
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7ebd2b4df97
Binary files /dev/null and b/forge-gui-android/libs/gdx-controllers-android.jar differ
diff --git a/forge-gui-android/pom.xml b/forge-gui-android/pom.xml
index 35395f44770..372ea4318f4 100644
--- a/forge-gui-android/pom.xml
+++ b/forge-gui-android/pom.xml
@@ -177,7 +177,8 @@
             <groupId>com.badlogicgames.gdx-controllers</groupId>
             <artifactId>gdx-controllers-android</artifactId>
             <version>2.2.3</version>
-            <type>aar</type>
+            <scope>system</scope>
+            <systemPath>${pom.basedir}/libs/gdx-controllers-android.jar</systemPath>
             <exclusions>
                 <exclusion>
                     <groupId>com.badlogicgames.gdx</groupId>
diff --git a/forge-gui-android/proguard.cfg b/forge-gui-android/proguard.cfg
index cd7a0392e29..7079b6c5d64 100644
--- a/forge-gui-android/proguard.cfg
+++ b/forge-gui-android/proguard.cfg
@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@
 #-optimizationpasses 3
 -dontusemixedcaseclassnames
 -dontskipnonpubliclibraryclasses
+# disable the -dontpreverify since it produces tons of warning when compiled using Android 14 and newer Build-tools
 #-dontpreverify
 -verbose
+# IntelliJ marks -android is invalid since the default inspection uses R8, we use Proguard exclusively and -android is available.
 -android
 # https://stackoverflow.com/a/32615580
 -optimizations !code/simplification/*,!field/*,!class/merging/*,!code/allocation/variable,!library/gson,!class/unboxing/enum
@@ -102,7 +104,8 @@
 -keep public class * extends android.content.ContentProvider
 -keep public class * extends android.app.backup.BackupAgentHelper
 -keep public class * extends android.preference.Preference
--keep public class com.android.vending.licensing.ILicensingService
+# ILicensingService is not available on robolectric dependency
+#-keep public class com.android.vending.licensing.ILicensingService
 -keep public class * extends com.badlogic.gdx.Application
 
 -keepclasseswithmembernames,includedescriptorclasses class * {