diff --git a/contrib/android/Dockerfile b/contrib/android/Dockerfile
index 74f53928e..b0efecc4a 100644
--- a/contrib/android/Dockerfile
+++ b/contrib/android/Dockerfile
@@ -207,8 +207,8 @@ 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 electrum_20251211 (note: careful with force-pushing! see #8162)
 RUN cd /opt \
     && git clone https://github.com/spesmilo/python-for-android \
     && cd python-for-android \
diff --git a/contrib/android/p4a_recipes/openssl/__init__.py b/contrib/android/p4a_recipes/openssl/__init__.py
index 3746e8ccc..fdbb7d662 100644
--- a/contrib/android/p4a_recipes/openssl/__init__.py
+++ b/contrib/android/p4a_recipes/openssl/__init__.py
@@ -6,14 +6,14 @@ from pythonforandroid.util import load_source
 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()