diff --git a/contrib/android/Dockerfile b/contrib/android/Dockerfile
index 6e43b83f2..73493413b 100644
--- a/contrib/android/Dockerfile
+++ b/contrib/android/Dockerfile
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ RUN cd /opt \
     && /opt/venv/bin/python3 -m pip install --no-build-isolation --no-dependencies -e .
 
 # install python-for-android
-ENV P4A_CHECKOUT_COMMIT="43dfdfaec0865fbd9c7d4f57457323601c4afae1"
+ENV P4A_CHECKOUT_COMMIT="1098be6964cfc2156959e435e81c2c50f8398586"
 # ^ from branch electrum_202602 (note: careful with force-pushing! see #8162)
 RUN cd /opt \
     && git clone https://github.com/spesmilo/python-for-android \