diff --git a/build-logic/plugins/src/main/kotlin/com/wire/android/gradle/version/Versionizer.kt b/build-logic/plugins/src/main/kotlin/com/wire/android/gradle/version/Versionizer.kt
index 5729fa366ec..c3da2ff0410 100644
--- a/build-logic/plugins/src/main/kotlin/com/wire/android/gradle/version/Versionizer.kt
+++ b/build-logic/plugins/src/main/kotlin/com/wire/android/gradle/version/Versionizer.kt
@@ -29,7 +29,21 @@ import java.time.LocalDateTime
  */
 class Versionizer(private val localDateTime: LocalDateTime = LocalDateTime.now()) {
 
-    val versionCode = generateVersionCode()
+    // get version from app/version.txt otherwise use the current date
+    val versionCode = readFromInternalFile() ?: generateVersionCode()
+
+    // get version from app/version.txt otherwise use the current date the file have the following format
+    // VersionCode: $$VERCODE$$\n
+    // the file is added by CI tp sync build version between store and fdroid
+    private fun readFromInternalFile(): Int? {
+        val file = java.io.File("app/version.txt")
+        if (file.exists()) {
+            val lines = file.readLines()
+            val versionCode = lines.find { it.startsWith("VersionCode:") }?.substringAfter(":")?.trim()
+            return versionCode?.toIntOrNull()
+        }
+        return null
+    }
 
     private fun generateVersionCode(): Int {
         return if (localDateTime <= V2_DATE_OFFSET) {
diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index 4847526b138..f7e2eb8891d 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ buildscript {
         google()
         mavenCentral()
         maven(url = "https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots")
-        maven(url ="https://plugins.gradle.org/m2/")
+        maven(url = "https://plugins.gradle.org/m2/")
     }
     dependencies {
         classpath(libs.hilt.gradlePlugin)
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ buildscript {
             .lowercase()
             .contains("fdroid")
 
-	    if (fdroidBuild) {
+        if (fdroidBuild) {
             println("Not including gms")
         } else {
             println("Including gms")
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ allprojects {
     repositories {
         google()
         mavenCentral()
-        maven { url = java.net.URI("https://jitpack.io") }
+        maven(url = "https://jitpack.io")
         maven(url = "https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots")
     }
 }
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 679ba85d055..9201c2b69f5 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -22,3 +22,4 @@ kotlin.code.style=official
 
 # Support KMP Gradle Composite Builds - See https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/KT-52172/
 kotlin.mpp.import.enableKgpDependencyResolution=true
+org.gradle.logging.level=QUIET