diff --git a/fdroidserver/common.py b/fdroidserver/common.py
index a589e8f8..e6b10305 100644
--- a/fdroidserver/common.py
+++ b/fdroidserver/common.py
@@ -72,7 +72,9 @@ FDROID_PATH = os.path.realpath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), '..'))
 # this is the build-tools version, aapt has a separate version that
 # has to be manually set in test_aapt_version()
 MINIMUM_AAPT_BUILD_TOOLS_VERSION = '26.0.0'
-MINIMUM_APKSIGNER_BUILD_TOOLS_VERSION = '26.0.1'
+# 26.0.2 is the first version recognizing md5 based signatures as valid again
+# (as does android, so we want that)
+MINIMUM_APKSIGNER_BUILD_TOOLS_VERSION = '26.0.2'
 
 VERCODE_OPERATION_RE = re.compile(r'^([ 0-9/*+-]|%c)+$')