diff --git a/app/src/androidTest/kotlin/com/google/samples/apps/nowinandroid/ui/NavigationTest.kt b/app/src/androidTest/kotlin/com/google/samples/apps/nowinandroid/ui/NavigationTest.kt
index f7f54d831..c67a589bb 100644
--- a/app/src/androidTest/kotlin/com/google/samples/apps/nowinandroid/ui/NavigationTest.kt
+++ b/app/src/androidTest/kotlin/com/google/samples/apps/nowinandroid/ui/NavigationTest.kt
@@ -281,6 +281,7 @@ class NavigationTest {
 
             // Tap the first topic chip
             onNodeWithTag("topicChip:${topic.id}", useUnmergedTree = true)
+                .assertExists()
                 .performClick()
 
             // TEST FAILING HERE
diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index 358811caf..e3479359e 100644
--- a/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ accompanist = "0.34.0"
 androidDesugarJdkLibs = "2.0.4"
 # AGP and tools should be updated together
 androidGradlePlugin = "8.6.1"
-androidTools = "31.6.1"
-androidxActivity = "1.9.2"
+androidTools = "31.7.2"
+androidxActivity = "1.9.3"
 androidxAppCompat = "1.7.0"
 androidxBrowser = "1.8.0"
 androidxComposeBom = "2024.09.00"
@@ -12,14 +12,14 @@ androidxComposeRuntimeTracing = "1.0.0-beta01"
 androidxCore = "1.13.1"
 androidxCoreSplashscreen = "1.0.1"
 androidxDataStore = "1.1.1"
-androidxEspresso = "3.5.1"
+androidxEspresso = "3.6.1"
 androidxHiltNavigationCompose = "1.2.0"
 androidxLifecycle = "2.8.6"
 androidxMacroBenchmark = "1.3.0"
 androidxMetrics = "1.0.0-beta01"
 androidxNavigation = "2.8.0"
 androidxProfileinstaller = "1.3.1"
-androidxTestCore = "1.5.0"
+androidxTestCore = "1.6.1"
 androidxTestExt = "1.2.1"
 androidxTestRules = "1.6.1"
 androidxTestRunner = "1.6.2"