diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 24d50c88..c133ff1a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -202,26 +202,76 @@ jobs:
     # release-android job + docs/contributing.rst "Android release signing"
     # there); signing itself happens in scripts/sign_apk.sh via the Makefile.
     # Keep the two implementations consistent when changing either.
-    # gptme delivers the keystore as a base64 secret instead of age-encrypted
-    # in-repo, pins the signer cert SHA-256, and fails closed on missing
-    # secrets — planned to be adopted here too (see issue tracker).
-    - uses: adnsio/setup-age-action@v1.2.0
-    - name: Load Android secrets
-      if: env.KEY_ANDROID_JKS != null
+    # Keystore is delivered as a base64 secret (KEY_ANDROID_JKS_B64) and decoded
+    # here; the signer cert SHA-256 is pinned in ANDROID_CERT_SHA256 (repo variable)
+    # and verified after each APK and AAB is signed.
+    - name: Require signing configuration on release tags
+      if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v')
       env:
-        KEY_ANDROID_JKS: ${{ secrets.KEY_ANDROID_JKS }}
+        HAS_SIGNING: >-
+          ${{ secrets.KEY_ANDROID_JKS_B64 != '' &&
+              secrets.KEY_ANDROID_JKS_STOREPASS != '' &&
+              secrets.KEY_ANDROID_JKS_KEYPASS != '' &&
+              vars.ANDROID_CERT_SHA256 != '' }}
       run: |
-        printf "$KEY_ANDROID_JKS" > android.jks.key
-        cat android.jks.age | age -d -i android.jks.key -o android.jks
-        rm android.jks.key
+        if [ "$HAS_SIGNING" != "true" ]; then
+          echo "::error::Android release signing is not fully configured."
+          echo "::error::Provision KEY_ANDROID_JKS_B64, KEY_ANDROID_JKS_STOREPASS, KEY_ANDROID_JKS_KEYPASS"
+          echo "::error::secrets and ANDROID_CERT_SHA256 repo variable before cutting a release tag."
+          exit 1
+        fi
+
+    - name: Load Android keystore
+      env:
+        KEY_ANDROID_JKS_B64: ${{ secrets.KEY_ANDROID_JKS_B64 }}
+      run: |
+        if [ -z "$KEY_ANDROID_JKS_B64" ]; then
+          echo "No keystore secret configured; skipping."
+          exit 0
+        fi
+        printf '%s' "$KEY_ANDROID_JKS_B64" | base64 --decode > android.jks
+        chmod 600 android.jks
 
     - name: Assemble
       env:
         JKS_STOREPASS: ${{ secrets.KEY_ANDROID_JKS_STOREPASS }}
         JKS_KEYPASS: ${{ secrets.KEY_ANDROID_JKS_KEYPASS }}
+        ANDROID_CERT_SHA256: ${{ vars.ANDROID_CERT_SHA256 }}
       run: |
         make dist/aw-android.${{ matrix.type }}
 
+    - name: Verify signer certificate
+      if: vars.ANDROID_CERT_SHA256 != ''
+      env:
+        ANDROID_CERT_SHA256: ${{ vars.ANDROID_CERT_SHA256 }}
+      run: |
+        artifact=dist/aw-android.${{ matrix.type }}
+        expected=$(printf '%s' "$ANDROID_CERT_SHA256" | tr -d ' :\n' | tr 'A-F' 'a-f')
+        if [ "${{ matrix.type }}" = "apk" ]; then
+          apksigner=$(find "$ANDROID_HOME/build-tools" -name "apksigner" -print | sort -V | tail -1)
+          actual=$("$apksigner" verify --print-certs "$artifact" \
+            | grep "Signer #1 certificate SHA-256 digest:" \
+            | awk '{print $NF}')
+        else
+          # jarsigner-signed AABs are JARs; keytool reads META-INF PKCS7
+          # (same as gptme/gptme .github/workflows/tauri.yml).
+          actual=$(keytool -printcert -jarfile "$artifact" \
+            | sed -n 's/^[[:space:]]*SHA256:[[:space:]]*//p' \
+            | head -n 1)
+        fi
+        actual=$(printf '%s' "$actual" | tr -d ' :\n' | tr 'A-F' 'a-f')
+        if [ -z "$actual" ]; then
+          echo "::error::Could not extract signer certificate from $artifact"
+          exit 1
+        fi
+        if [ "$actual" != "$expected" ]; then
+          echo "::error::Signer certificate SHA-256 mismatch — possible key rotation or wrong keystore."
+          echo "::error::  expected: $expected"
+          echo "::error::  actual:   $actual"
+          exit 1
+        fi
+        echo "Signer certificate verified: $actual"
+
     - name: Upload
       uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
       with:
@@ -421,16 +471,13 @@ jobs:
         fi
         echo "SUPPLY_TRACK=${SUPPLY_TRACK}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
-    - uses: adnsio/setup-age-action@v1.2.0
-    - name: Load Android secrets
+    - name: Load Fastlane API credentials
       env:
-        KEY_FASTLANE_API: ${{ secrets.KEY_FASTLANE_API }}
+        KEY_FASTLANE_API_B64: ${{ secrets.KEY_FASTLANE_API_B64 }}
       run: |
-        printf "$KEY_FASTLANE_API" > fastlane/api-8546008605074111507-287154-450dc77b365f.json.key
-        cat fastlane/api-8546008605074111507-287154-450dc77b365f.json.age \
-          | age -d -i fastlane/api-8546008605074111507-287154-450dc77b365f.json.key \
-                   -o fastlane/api-8546008605074111507-287154-450dc77b365f.json
-        rm fastlane/api-8546008605074111507-287154-450dc77b365f.json.key
+        printf '%s' "$KEY_FASTLANE_API_B64" | base64 --decode \
+          > fastlane/api-8546008605074111507-287154-450dc77b365f.json
+        chmod 600 fastlane/api-8546008605074111507-287154-450dc77b365f.json
 
     - name: Release with fastlane
       run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 435e9fce..8b517750 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -83,17 +83,13 @@ jobs:
         with:
           bundler-cache: true
 
-      - uses: adnsio/setup-age-action@v1.2.0
-
-      - name: Load Fastlane secrets
+      - name: Load Fastlane API credentials
         env:
-          KEY_FASTLANE_API: ${{ secrets.KEY_FASTLANE_API }}
+          KEY_FASTLANE_API_B64: ${{ secrets.KEY_FASTLANE_API_B64 }}
         run: |
-          printf "$KEY_FASTLANE_API" > fastlane/api-8546008605074111507-287154-450dc77b365f.json.key
-          cat fastlane/api-8546008605074111507-287154-450dc77b365f.json.age \
-            | age -d -i fastlane/api-8546008605074111507-287154-450dc77b365f.json.key \
-                     -o fastlane/api-8546008605074111507-287154-450dc77b365f.json
-          rm fastlane/api-8546008605074111507-287154-450dc77b365f.json.key
+          printf '%s' "$KEY_FASTLANE_API_B64" | base64 --decode \
+            > fastlane/api-8546008605074111507-287154-450dc77b365f.json
+          chmod 600 fastlane/api-8546008605074111507-287154-450dc77b365f.json
 
       - name: Update versionCode
         uses: Wandalen/wretry.action@v3.8.0_js_action
diff --git a/android.jks.age b/android.jks.age
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diff --git a/fastlane/api-8546008605074111507-287154-450dc77b365f.json.age b/fastlane/api-8546008605074111507-287154-450dc77b365f.json.age
deleted file mode 100644
index 835d5edd..00000000
Binary files a/fastlane/api-8546008605074111507-287154-450dc77b365f.json.age and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/scripts/sign_apk.sh b/scripts/sign_apk.sh
index 282b7c90..b3773f18 100755
--- a/scripts/sign_apk.sh
+++ b/scripts/sign_apk.sh
@@ -7,8 +7,12 @@
 # release signing (gptme/gptme .github/workflows/tauri.yml release-android job,
 # documented in docs/contributing.rst "Android release signing" there).
 # Keep the two implementations consistent when changing either.
-# gptme additionally pins the signer cert SHA-256 and fails closed when
-# signing secrets are missing — planned to be adopted here too.
+#
+# Optional: set ANDROID_CERT_SHA256 to the expected signer cert SHA-256 digest
+# (from `apksigner verify --print-certs`, lowercase hex without colons). When
+# set, the script verifies the signed APK *and* AAB signer cert matches —
+# fails loudly on mismatch. keytool fingerprints (colon-separated uppercase)
+# are normalized to the same form.
 
 set -e
 
@@ -31,6 +35,47 @@ if [ -z $JKS_KEYPASS ]; then
     exit 1
 fi
 
+# apksigner prints lowercase hex without colons; keytool prints uppercase
+# colon-separated SHA256. Normalize both (and the pin) before comparing.
+_normalize_sha256() {
+    printf '%s' "$1" | tr -d ' :\n' | tr 'A-F' 'a-f'
+}
+
+# Fail closed when ANDROID_CERT_SHA256 is set and the signed artifact's
+# signer cert does not match. APKs use apksigner; AABs use keytool because
+# apksigner does not support app bundles. jarsigner-signed AABs are JARs,
+# so `keytool -printcert -jarfile` reads the META-INF PKCS7 signer cert
+# (same command as gptme/gptme .github/workflows/tauri.yml).
+_verify_pinned_cert() {
+    local file=$1
+    local actual expected
+    if [ -z "${ANDROID_CERT_SHA256:-}" ]; then
+        return 0
+    fi
+    if [[ $file == *.apk ]]; then
+        actual=$($apksigner verify --print-certs "$file" \
+            | grep "Signer #1 certificate SHA-256 digest:" \
+            | awk '{print $NF}')
+    else
+        actual=$(keytool -printcert -jarfile "$file" \
+            | sed -n 's/^[[:space:]]*SHA256:[[:space:]]*//p' \
+            | head -n 1)
+    fi
+    actual=$(_normalize_sha256 "$actual")
+    expected=$(_normalize_sha256 "$ANDROID_CERT_SHA256")
+    if [ -z "$actual" ]; then
+        echo "ERROR: Could not extract signer certificate SHA-256 from $file"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+    if [ "$actual" != "$expected" ]; then
+        echo "ERROR: Signer certificate SHA-256 mismatch — possible key rotation or wrong keystore."
+        echo "  expected: $expected"
+        echo "  actual:   $actual"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+    echo "Signer certificate verified: $actual"
+}
+
 # Zipalign
 # Not needed for AABs
 if [[ $input == *.apk ]]; then
@@ -43,19 +88,34 @@ fi
 # Using apksigner for APKs instead of jarsigner since API 30+: https://stackoverflow.com/a/69473649
 # Using jarsigner for AABs since apksigner doesn't support them
 if [[ $input == *.apk ]]; then
-    apksigner=$(find $ANDROID_HOME/build-tools -name "apksigner" -print | head -n 1)
+    apksigner=$(find $ANDROID_HOME/build-tools -name "apksigner" -print | sort -V | tail -n 1)
     $apksigner sign --ks android.jks --ks-key-alias activitywatch \
         --ks-pass env:JKS_STOREPASS --key-pass env:JKS_KEYPASS \
         $input
 
-    # Verify
+    # Verify signature integrity
     $apksigner verify $input
+
+    _verify_pinned_cert "$input"
 fi
 if [[ $input == *.aab ]]; then
     jarsigner -verbose \
         -keystore android.jks \
         -storepass $JKS_STOREPASS -keypass $JKS_KEYPASS \
         $input activitywatch
+
+    # Verify the bundle before it can be uploaded. Do not use -strict:
+    # Android upload keys are self-signed, so PKIX chain validation fails
+    # with exit 4 even when the signature is valid. Identity is enforced
+    # by the ANDROID_CERT_SHA256 pin below (same as gptme/gptme tauri.yml).
+    verify_out=$(jarsigner -verify "$input")
+    printf '%s\n' "$verify_out"
+    if ! printf '%s' "$verify_out" | grep -q "jar verified"; then
+        echo "ERROR: AAB signature verification failed: $input"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+
+    _verify_pinned_cert "$input"
 fi
 
 # Move to output destination