diff --git a/App.tsx b/App.tsx
index 68695c0b..ed4cbe99 100644
--- a/App.tsx
+++ b/App.tsx
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ import { createWorkletRuntime } from 'react-native-reanimated'
 import { SafeAreaProvider } from 'react-native-safe-area-context'
 import { NavigationContainer } from '@react-navigation/native'
 import { JellifyDarkTheme, JellifyLightTheme } from './components/theme'
-import { CarPlay } from 'react-native-carplay'
 
 export const backgroundRuntime = createWorkletRuntime('background')
 
diff --git a/components/NativeCarPlay.android.ts b/components/NativeCarPlay.android.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 337e1257..00000000
--- a/components/NativeCarPlay.android.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-export const CarPlay = null
diff --git a/components/NativeCarPlay.ts b/components/NativeCarPlay.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index f8674c6a..00000000
--- a/components/NativeCarPlay.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-import { CarPlay as CarPlayInterface } from 'react-native-carplay'
-export const CarPlay = CarPlayInterface
diff --git a/components/provider.tsx b/components/provider.tsx
index 5911d7d1..a899f77c 100644
--- a/components/provider.tsx
+++ b/components/provider.tsx
@@ -1,13 +1,9 @@
 import { isUndefined } from 'lodash'
 import { createContext, ReactNode, SetStateAction, useContext, useEffect, useState } from 'react'
-import { CarPlayInterface } from 'react-native-carplay'
+import { CarPlay } from 'react-native-carplay'
 import Client from '../api/client'
-import { CarPlay as NativeCarPlay } from './NativeCarPlay'
-
-// 'react-native-carplay' has also been disabled for android builds in react-native.config.js
-const CarPlay = NativeCarPlay as CarPlayInterface | null
-const CarPlayNavigation = CarPlay ? require('./CarPlay/Navigation') : null
-const CarPlayNowPlaying = CarPlay ? require('./CarPlay/NowPlaying') : null
+import CarPlayNavigation from './CarPlay/Navigation'
+import CarPlayNowPlaying from './CarPlay/NowPlaying'
 
 interface JellifyContext {
 	loggedIn: boolean
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 1d880dde..59055337 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
         "@react-native-community/cli": "^15.1.3",
         "@react-native-masked-view/masked-view": "^0.3.2",
         "@react-navigation/bottom-tabs": "^7.2.0",
-        "@react-navigation/native": "^7.0.14",
+        "@react-navigation/native": "^7.1.6",
         "@react-navigation/native-stack": "^7.1.1",
         "@react-navigation/stack": "^7.1.0",
         "@tamagui/config": "^1.124.17",
@@ -5993,12 +5993,12 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/@react-navigation/core": {
-      "version": "7.3.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@react-navigation/core/-/core-7.3.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-S3KCGvNsoqVk8ErAtQI2EAhg9185lahF5OY01ofrrD4Ij/uk3QEHHjoGQhR5l5DXSCSKr1JbMQA7MEKMsBiWZA==",
+      "version": "7.8.5",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@react-navigation/core/-/core-7.8.5.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-xDUXs6NI6ASiZgf53I7NPG0iJVGClPL5O3r8ddOCkS6fhVmPRun64m2zxUWnPcxtheFNTFfQ1IXH+gcenTcv/w==",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
-        "@react-navigation/routers": "^7.1.2",
+        "@react-navigation/routers": "^7.3.5",
         "escape-string-regexp": "^4.0.0",
         "nanoid": "3.3.8",
         "query-string": "^7.1.3",
@@ -6038,12 +6038,12 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/@react-navigation/native": {
-      "version": "7.0.14",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@react-navigation/native/-/native-7.0.14.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-Gi6lLw4VOGSWAhmUdJOMauOKGK51/YA1CprjXm91sNfgERWvznqEMw8QmUQx9SEqYfi0LfZhbzpMst09SJ00lw==",
+      "version": "7.1.6",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@react-navigation/native/-/native-7.1.6.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-XcfygfHDfAgf2iC4rNBc67Yy0M1aYRGNeNKqja5AJPFZoBQhAEAxKCwHsH4g3qU0zIbzLCthoSl5107dBjoeZw==",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
-        "@react-navigation/core": "^7.3.1",
+        "@react-navigation/core": "^7.8.5",
         "escape-string-regexp": "^4.0.0",
         "fast-deep-equal": "^3.1.3",
         "nanoid": "3.3.8",
@@ -6072,9 +6072,9 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/@react-navigation/routers": {
-      "version": "7.1.2",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@react-navigation/routers/-/routers-7.1.2.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-emdEjpVDK8zbiu2GChC8oYIAub9i/OpNuQJekVsbyFCBz4/TzaBzms38Q53YaNhdIFNmiYLfHv/Y1Ub7KYfm3w==",
+      "version": "7.3.5",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@react-navigation/routers/-/routers-7.3.5.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-SBh/3G7pURIQfIwG4OnAfLvq0E4+l1Ii6577z22cIhWIrTOHFXg0rMxC7ft/amzxYn+iG2nYa4dONRd+xIs+yg==",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "nanoid": "3.3.8"
@@ -21329,9 +21329,9 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/use-sync-external-store": {
-      "version": "1.4.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/use-sync-external-store/-/use-sync-external-store-1.4.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-9WXSPC5fMv61vaupRkCKCxsPxBocVnwakBEkMIHHpkTTg6icbJtg6jzgtLDm4bl3cSHAca52rYWih0k4K3PfHw==",
+      "version": "1.5.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/use-sync-external-store/-/use-sync-external-store-1.5.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-Rb46I4cGGVBmjamjphe8L/UnvJD+uPPtTkNvX5mZgqdbavhI4EbgIWJiIHXJ8bc/i9EQGPRh4DwEURJ552Do0A==",
       "license": "MIT",
       "peerDependencies": {
         "react": "^16.8.0 || ^17.0.0 || ^18.0.0 || ^19.0.0"
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 805ed842..55cf42a9 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     "@react-native-community/cli": "^15.1.3",
     "@react-native-masked-view/masked-view": "^0.3.2",
     "@react-navigation/bottom-tabs": "^7.2.0",
-    "@react-navigation/native": "^7.0.14",
+    "@react-navigation/native": "^7.1.6",
     "@react-navigation/native-stack": "^7.1.1",
     "@react-navigation/stack": "^7.1.0",
     "@tamagui/config": "^1.124.17",
diff --git a/react-native.config.js b/react-native.config.js
index 9b6cadfa..72fb80ff 100644
--- a/react-native.config.js
+++ b/react-native.config.js
@@ -4,11 +4,4 @@ module.exports = {
 		android: {},
 	},
 	assets: ['./assets/fonts/'],
-	dependencies: {
-		'react-native-carplay': {
-			platforms: {
-				android: null, // Disable autolinking for Android
-			},
-		},
-	},
 }