diff --git a/app/build.gradle.kts b/app/build.gradle.kts
index 319f94cc43ff..b918ba2d2cca 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/app/build.gradle.kts
@@ -59,10 +59,10 @@ configurations.configureEach {
 }
 
 // semantic versioning for version code
-val versionMajor = 33
-val versionMinor = 2
+val versionMajor = 34
+val versionMinor = 0
 val versionPatch = 0
-val versionBuild = 0 // 0-50=Alpha / 51-98=RC / 90-99=stable
+val versionBuild = 51 // 0-50=Alpha / 51-98=RC / 90-99=stable
 
 val ndkEnv = buildMap {
     file("${project.rootDir}/ndk.env").readLines().forEach {
diff --git a/fastlane/metadata/android/en-US/changelogs/340000051.txt b/fastlane/metadata/android/en-US/changelogs/340000051.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c7793b12b10d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fastlane/metadata/android/en-US/changelogs/340000051.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+## 34.0.0 RC1 (June 3, 2026)
+
+- Sync all folder
+- Faster gallery search, navigation
+- Better end-to-end encryption support
+- Bug fixes and performance improvements
+
+Minimum: NC 20 Server, Android 9 Nougat
+
+For a full list, please see https://github.com/nextcloud/android/milestone/125
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/fastlane/metadata/android/en-US/changelogs/340000051.txt.license b/fastlane/metadata/android/en-US/changelogs/340000051.txt.license
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..12a06277efc2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fastlane/metadata/android/en-US/changelogs/340000051.txt.license
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 Nextcloud GmbH and Nextcloud contributors
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index 256517c790b3..9058d72cc2b3 100644
--- a/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 androidCommonLibraryVersion = "0.33.2"
 androidGifDrawableVersion = "1.2.31"
 androidImageCropperVersion = "4.7.0"
-androidLibraryVersion ="dd85553abaea1c05dc514268a3cf4a976535bc2b"
+androidLibraryVersion ="rc-2.24.0"
 androidOpensslVersion = "3.5.6"
 androidPluginVersion = "9.2.1"
 androidsvgVersion = "1.4"
diff --git a/gradle/verification-metadata.xml b/gradle/verification-metadata.xml
index 0a754c411505..10c51fed04a1 100644
--- a/gradle/verification-metadata.xml
+++ b/gradle/verification-metadata.xml
@@ -22093,6 +22093,14 @@
             <sha256 value="6e59167e6060955b1ff344cc87870b2386a5b03375ede40288f907c316326851" origin="Generated by Gradle" reason="Artifact is not signed"/>
          </artifact>
       </component>
+      <component group="com.github.nextcloud" name="android-library" version="rc-2.24.0">
+         <artifact name="android-library-rc-2.24.0.aar">
+            <sha256 value="a7cdfc02c68f723b83cd262e6e6447bfe8453aac3084c57fb898208e069459ea" origin="Generated by Gradle" reason="Artifact is not signed"/>
+         </artifact>
+         <artifact name="android-library-rc-2.24.0.module">
+            <sha256 value="733d4d99a527d6d5699571a9e8a404a82675b9f84bb4e9a8ec359368a81bf7a2" origin="Generated by Gradle" reason="Artifact is not signed"/>
+         </artifact>
+      </component>
       <component group="com.github.nextcloud-deps" name="qrcodescanner" version="0.1.2.4">
          <artifact name="qrcodescanner-0.1.2.4.aar">
             <sha256 value="b286128792cc04f59b0defa2c937c86d9e2fc824a8011b9af9eea7fd0ea84303" origin="Generated by Gradle" reason="Artifact is not signed"/>