diff --git a/lib/ui/settings/app_update_dialog.dart b/lib/ui/settings/app_update_dialog.dart
index fb566fe68c1bcab70c044f53caf78d3be5f80889..4978068460ff0f086cf6713e65279367acea402c 100644
--- a/lib/ui/settings/app_update_dialog.dart
+++ b/lib/ui/settings/app_update_dialog.dart
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import 'package:ente_auth/ente_theme_data.dart';
 import 'package:ente_auth/services/update_service.dart';
 import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
 import 'package:logging/logging.dart';
-// import 'package:open_file/open_file.dart';
+import 'package:open_filex/open_filex.dart';
 
 class AppUpdateDialog extends StatefulWidget {
   final LatestVersionInfo latestVersionInfo;
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ class _ApkDownloaderDialogState extends State<ApkDownloaderDialog> {
         },
       );
       Navigator.of(context, rootNavigator: true).pop('dialog');
-      // OpenFile.open(_saveUrl);
+      OpenFilex.open(_saveUrl);
     } catch (e) {
       Logger("ApkDownloader").severe(e);
       final AlertDialog alert = AlertDialog(
diff --git a/pubspec.lock b/pubspec.lock
index 2baba7d94cce38b073b2f1887feb8b0245ab97a2..a38cfe6852a1afb0c0685ae2712e8bab6d0ceec0 100644
--- a/pubspec.lock
+++ b/pubspec.lock
@@ -723,6 +723,13 @@ packages:
       url: "https://pub.dartlang.org"
     source: hosted
     version: "2.0.1"
+  open_filex:
+    dependency: "direct main"
+    description:
+      name: open_filex
+      url: "https://pub.dartlang.org"
+    source: hosted
+    version: "4.3.2"
   otp:
     dependency: "direct main"
     description:
diff --git a/pubspec.yaml b/pubspec.yaml
index 3df92ba074d6a6988cb583adc616b6cefa139ebf..ebf61bc585d123cf6c95966f8d4bc8116febc9db 100644
--- a/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/pubspec.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name: ente_auth
 description: ente two-factor authenticator
-version: 1.0.22+22
+version: 1.0.23+23
 publish_to: none
 
 environment:
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ dependencies:
   local_auth: ^1.1.5
   logging: ^1.0.1
   move_to_background: ^1.0.2
-  # open_file: ^3.2.1 Disabled to please PlayStore overlords
+  open_filex: ^4.3.2
   otp: ^3.1.1
   package_info_plus: ^1.0.1
   password_strength: ^0.2.0