diff --git a/contrib/android/Dockerfile b/contrib/android/Dockerfile
index 74f53928e3ae..ea356ba20d40 100644
--- a/contrib/android/Dockerfile
+++ b/contrib/android/Dockerfile
@@ -207,10 +207,10 @@ RUN cd /opt \
     && /opt/venv/bin/python3 -m pip install --no-build-isolation --no-dependencies -e .
 
 # install python-for-android
-ENV P4A_CHECKOUT_COMMIT="003451604321deb1f10d879b63450ec76db4a758"
-# ^ from branch electrum_20240930_android_16kb_page_alignment (note: careful with force-pushing! see #8162)
+ENV P4A_CHECKOUT_COMMIT="e91310fbf88857b2fbd9f9a5f591300ae5da90b5"
+# ^ from branch TODO xxxxx FIX git remote (note: careful with force-pushing! see #8162)
 RUN cd /opt \
-    && git clone https://github.com/spesmilo/python-for-android \
+    && git clone https://github.com/sombernight/python-for-android \
     && cd python-for-android \
     && git checkout "${P4A_CHECKOUT_COMMIT}^{commit}" \
     && /opt/venv/bin/python3 -m pip install --no-build-isolation --no-dependencies -e .
diff --git a/contrib/android/buildozer_qml.spec b/contrib/android/buildozer_qml.spec
index e19bcac5abf9..75328a51e014 100644
--- a/contrib/android/buildozer_qml.spec
+++ b/contrib/android/buildozer_qml.spec
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ requirements =
     plyer,
     libffi,
     libsecp256k1,
-    cryptography,
+    pycryptodomex,
     pyqt6sip,
     pyqt6,
     libzbar
diff --git a/contrib/android/p4a_recipes/openssl/__init__.py b/contrib/android/p4a_recipes/openssl/__init__.py
index 3746e8cccdba..fdbb7d662978 100644
--- a/contrib/android/p4a_recipes/openssl/__init__.py
+++ b/contrib/android/p4a_recipes/openssl/__init__.py
@@ -6,14 +6,14 @@
 util = load_source('util', os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(__file__)), 'util.py'))
 
 
-assert OpenSSLRecipe._version == "1.1"
+assert OpenSSLRecipe._version == "3.0.18"
 assert OpenSSLRecipe.depends == []
 assert OpenSSLRecipe.python_depends == []
 
 
 class OpenSSLRecipePinned(util.InheritedRecipeMixin, OpenSSLRecipe):
-    url_version = "1.1.1w"
-    sha512sum = "b4c625fe56a4e690b57b6a011a225ad0cb3af54bd8fb67af77b5eceac55cc7191291d96a660c5b568a08a2fbf62b4612818e7cca1bb95b2b6b4fc649b0552b6d"
+    version = "3.0.18"
+    sha512sum = "6bdd16f33b83ae2a12777230c4ff00d0595bbc00253ac8c3ac31e1375e818fc74d7f491bd2e507ff33cab9f0498cfb28fa8690f75a98663568d40901523cdf3c"
 
 
 recipe = OpenSSLRecipePinned()
diff --git a/contrib/android/p4a_recipes/pycryptodomex/__init__.py b/contrib/android/p4a_recipes/pycryptodomex/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0e0a580bfd5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/android/p4a_recipes/pycryptodomex/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+from pythonforandroid.recipe import PythonRecipe
+
+
+assert PythonRecipe.depends == ['python3']
+assert PythonRecipe.python_depends == []
+
+
+class PycryptodomexRecipe(PythonRecipe):
+    version = "3.23.0"
+    sha512sum = "951cebaad2e19b9f9d04fe85c73ab1ff8b515069c1e0e8e3cd6845ec9ccd5ef3e5737259e0934ed4a6536e289dee6aabac58e1c822a5a6393e86b482c60afc89"
+    url = "https://github.com/Legrandin/pycryptodome/archive/v{version}x.tar.gz"
+    depends = ["setuptools", "cffi"]
+
+
+recipe = PycryptodomexRecipe()
diff --git a/run_electrum b/run_electrum
index e9b3ab86538a..3d75478c5b2d 100755
--- a/run_electrum
+++ b/run_electrum
@@ -100,6 +100,13 @@ if not is_android:
     check_imports()
 
 
+if is_android:
+    # hack to make pycryptodomex work on Android
+    # from https://github.com/kivy/python-for-android/issues/1866#issuecomment-927157780
+    import ctypes
+    ctypes.pythonapi = ctypes.PyDLL("libpython%d.%d.so" % sys.version_info[:2])  # replaces ctypes.PyDLL(None)
+
+
 sys._ELECTRUM_RUNNING_VIA_RUNELECTRUM = True  # used by logging.py
 
 from electrum.logging import get_logger, configure_logging  # import logging submodule first