diff --git a/.github/workflows/assembleFlavors.yml b/.github/workflows/assembleFlavors.yml
index 587b27b0d698..057d02649ec0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/assembleFlavors.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/assembleFlavors.yml
@@ -47,5 +47,4 @@ jobs:
                       echo "kotlin.daemon.jvmargs=-Xmx3g -XX:+UseParallelGC -XX:MaxMetaspaceSize=512m"
                       echo "org.gradle.workers.max=2"
                     } >> gradle.properties
-                    ./gradlew ${{ matrix.tasks }}
-
+                    ./gradlew ${{ matrix.tasks }} -Pminify
diff --git a/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml
index 7386a4ad003d..48ae0657ca27 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ jobs:
               uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@9c971963bec38e04b3d30dcc455b5382be2fdbfb # v6.3.0
 
             - name: Run unit tests with coverage
-              run: ./gradlew jacocoTestGplayDebugUnitTest
+              run: ./gradlew jacocoTestGplayDebugUnitTest -Pminify
 
             - name: Upload failing results
               if: ${{ failure() }}
diff --git a/app/build.gradle.kts b/app/build.gradle.kts
index 9db2148e375c..0080cc34ae9b 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/app/build.gradle.kts
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ val shotTest = System.getenv("SHOT_TEST") == "true"
 val ciBuild = System.getenv("CI") == "true"
 val perfAnalysis = project.hasProperty("perfAnalysis")
 
+val minify = project.hasProperty("minify") // shall be off by default
+
 plugins {
     alias(libs.plugins.android.application)
     alias(libs.plugins.kotlin.compose)
@@ -141,11 +143,20 @@ android {
         flavorDimensions += "default"
 
         buildTypes {
+            fun com.android.build.api.dsl.BuildType.commonMinifyConfig() {
+                isMinifyEnabled = minify
+                isShrinkResources = minify
+                proguardFiles(
+                    getDefaultProguardFile("proguard-android-optimize.txt"),
+                    "proguard-rules.pro"
+                )
+            }
             release {
+                commonMinifyConfig()
                 buildConfigField("String", "NC_TEST_SERVER_DATA_STRING", "\"\"")
             }
-
             debug {
+                commonMinifyConfig()
                 enableUnitTestCoverage = project.hasProperty("coverage")
                 enableAndroidTestCoverage = project.hasProperty("coverage")
                 resConfigs("xxxhdpi")
diff --git a/app/proguard-rules.pro b/app/proguard-rules.pro
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3817ac49aca7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/proguard-rules.pro
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+# Nextcloud - Android Client
+#
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 Nextcloud GmbH and Nextcloud contributors
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+
+# Add project specific ProGuard rules here.
+# You can control the set of applied configuration files using the
+# proguardFiles setting in build.gradle.
+
+# Silence missing-class warnings from optional transitive dependencies and Android/JDK API gaps.
+-dontwarn com.gemalto.jp2.JP2Decoder
+-dontwarn com.gemalto.jp2.JP2Encoder
+-dontwarn java.time.zone.ZoneRulesProvider
+-dontwarn org.joda.convert.ToString
+
+# Commons HttpClient is still used at runtime, so keep these packages from being stripped or renamed.
+-keep class org.apache.commons.httpclient.* { *; }
+-keep class org.apache.commons.httpclient.auth.** { *; }
+
+# Some libraries load .properties resources relative to their package.
+# Keeping the package names preserves Class.getResourceAsStream(...) lookups after shrinking.
+-keeppackagenames org.apache.jackrabbit.webdav
+-keeppackagenames net.fortuna.ical4j
+-keep class org.apache.commons.httpclient.cookie.** { *; }
diff --git a/scripts/runAllScreenshotCombinations b/scripts/runAllScreenshotCombinations
index 6e208d20eed0..a0d7caf99950 100755
--- a/scripts/runAllScreenshotCombinations
+++ b/scripts/runAllScreenshotCombinations
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ do
     if [[ $1 = "noCI" ]]; then
         ./gradlew --console plain genericDebugExecuteScreenshotTests \
         $record \
+        -Pminify \
         -Pscreenshot=true \
         -Pandroid.testInstrumentationRunnerArguments.annotation=com.owncloud.android.utils.ScreenshotTest \
         -Pandroid.testInstrumentationRunnerArguments.COLOR="$color" \
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ do
     else
         ./gradlew --console plain genericDebugExecuteScreenshotTests \
         $record \
+        -Pminify \
         -Pandroid.testInstrumentationRunnerArguments.annotation=com.owncloud.android.utils.ScreenshotTest \
         -Pandroid.testInstrumentationRunnerArguments.COLOR="$color" \
         -Pandroid.testInstrumentationRunnerArguments.DARKMODE="$darkMode" </dev/null > /dev/null \
diff --git a/scripts/runCombinedTest.sh b/scripts/runCombinedTest.sh
index 86ecf0cc6763..29c12989b0a6 100755
--- a/scripts/runCombinedTest.sh
+++ b/scripts/runCombinedTest.sh
@@ -24,12 +24,13 @@ scripts/deleteOldComments.sh "$BRANCH" "IT" "$DRONE_PULL_REQUEST"
 
 scripts/wait_for_emulator.sh || exit 1
 
-./gradlew installGplayDebugAndroidTest
+./gradlew installGplayDebugAndroidTest -Pminify
 
 gradle_arguments=(
     -Pcoverage
     -Pandroid.testInstrumentationRunnerArguments.notAnnotation=com.owncloud.android.utils.ScreenshotTest
     -Pandroid.testInstrumentationRunnerArguments.filter=com.nextcloud.test.FlakyTestFilter,com.nextcloud.test.ServerVersionFilter
+    -Pminify
 )
 
 if [[ "$BRANCH" =~ ^stable([0-9]+)$ ]]; then