diff --git a/lib/services/notification_service.dart b/lib/services/notification_service.dart
index 5d9e48027..7d8ea2d35 100644
--- a/lib/services/notification_service.dart
+++ b/lib/services/notification_service.dart
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ class NotificationService {
         AndroidNotificationDetails(
       'io.ente.photos',
       'ente',
-      'ente alerts',
+      channelDescription: 'ente alerts',
       importance: Importance.max,
       priority: Priority.high,
       showWhen: false,
diff --git a/pubspec.lock b/pubspec.lock
index 3a03767b3..fb8cde65d 100644
--- a/pubspec.lock
+++ b/pubspec.lock
@@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ packages:
   alice:
     dependency: "direct main"
     description:
-      name: alice
-      url: "https://pub.dartlang.org"
-    source: hosted
+      path: "."
+      ref: HEAD
+      resolved-ref: "42c97aebbea93d1944a199b453b41bbed1f3013a"
+      url: "https://github.com/jhomlala/alice.git"
+    source: git
     version: "0.2.5"
   animate_do:
     dependency: "direct main"
@@ -211,6 +213,13 @@ packages:
       url: "https://pub.dartlang.org"
     source: hosted
     version: "1.0.4"
+  dbus:
+    dependency: transitive
+    description:
+      name: dbus
+      url: "https://pub.dartlang.org"
+    source: hosted
+    version: "0.7.3"
   device_info:
     dependency: "direct main"
     description:
@@ -446,14 +455,21 @@ packages:
       name: flutter_local_notifications
       url: "https://pub.dartlang.org"
     source: hosted
-    version: "8.2.0"
+    version: "9.5.3+1"
+  flutter_local_notifications_linux:
+    dependency: transitive
+    description:
+      name: flutter_local_notifications_linux
+      url: "https://pub.dartlang.org"
+    source: hosted
+    version: "0.4.2"
   flutter_local_notifications_platform_interface:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
       name: flutter_local_notifications_platform_interface
       url: "https://pub.dartlang.org"
     source: hosted
-    version: "4.0.1"
+    version: "5.0.0"
   flutter_localizations:
     dependency: "direct main"
     description: flutter
diff --git a/pubspec.yaml b/pubspec.yaml
index 7d8bf11c4..8d29635c2 100644
--- a/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/pubspec.yaml
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ environment:
   sdk: ">=2.10.0 <3.0.0"
 
 dependencies:
-  alice: ^0.2.5
+  alice:
+    git: "https://github.com/jhomlala/alice.git"
   animate_do: ^2.0.0
   archive: ^3.1.2
   background_fetch: ^1.0.1
@@ -50,7 +51,7 @@ dependencies:
   flutter_email_sender: 5.0.2
   flutter_image_compress: ^1.1.0
   flutter_inappwebview: ^5.3.2
-  flutter_local_notifications: ^5.0.0+4
+  flutter_local_notifications: ^9.5.3+1
   flutter_password_strength: ^0.1.6
   flutter_secure_storage: ^4.2.0
   flutter_sodium: ^0.2.0
@@ -109,7 +110,6 @@ dependencies:
 
 dependency_overrides:
   provider: ^6.0.1 # for chewie 1.2.2 https://github.com/brianegan/chewie/issues/530
-  flutter_local_notifications: ^8.2.0
 
 dev_dependencies:
   flutter_launcher_icons: "0.9.0"