diff --git a/android/build.gradle b/android/build.gradle
index ae48d08..711992a 100644
--- a/android/build.gradle
+++ b/android/build.gradle
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ buildscript {
         }
 
         dependencies {
-            classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:7.2.1'
+            classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:7.2.2'
         }
     }
 }
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ android {
         buildConfigField "boolean", "IS_NEW_ARCHITECTURE_ENABLED", isNewArchitectureEnabled().toString()
         versionCode 1
         versionName "1.0"
+        consumerProguardFiles 'logback-rules.pro'
     }
     lintOptions {
         abortOnError false
diff --git a/android/logback-rules.pro b/android/logback-rules.pro
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b2acac8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/android/logback-rules.pro
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# https://github.com/tony19/logback-android/issues/344
+# https://github.com/BeTomorrow/react-native-file-logger/issues/71
+#
+# @noproxy finding about Proguard enabled making logback-android crash: 
+#
+# AGP enables R8 full mode by default since 8.0.0.
+# It affects all logback-android versions.
+# And the R8 full mode has some behaviors difference, and the relevant change is:
+# The default constructor (<init>()) is not implicitly kept when a class is kept.
+# 
+# This rules prevents crash on release mode Proguard enabled.
+
+-keepclassmembers class ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.helper.* { <init>(); }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/example/android/app/build.gradle b/example/android/app/build.gradle
index fd899e9..83e5b3b 100644
--- a/example/android/app/build.gradle
+++ b/example/android/app/build.gradle
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ react {
 /**
  * Set this to true to Run Proguard on Release builds to minify the Java bytecode.
  */
-def enableProguardInReleaseBuilds = false
+def enableProguardInReleaseBuilds = true
 
 /**
  * The preferred build flavor of JavaScriptCore (JSC)
diff --git a/example/package-lock.json b/example/package-lock.json
index 34a1d5f..3fb9c0c 100644
--- a/example/package-lock.json
+++ b/example/package-lock.json
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
       }
     },
     "..": {
-      "version": "0.5.4",
+      "version": "0.5.5",
       "license": "MIT",
       "devDependencies": {
         "@babel/preset-env": "^7.19.0",
diff --git a/example/package.json b/example/package.json
index 9538b4a..2941ad4 100644
--- a/example/package.json
+++ b/example/package.json
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
   "private": true,
   "scripts": {
     "android": "react-native run-android",
+    "android:release": "react-native run-android --mode=release",
     "ios": "react-native run-ios",
     "lint": "eslint .",
     "start": "react-native start",