diff --git a/android/app/build.gradle b/android/app/build.gradle
index e7bfde0d2..f1187bfc4 100644
--- a/android/app/build.gradle
+++ b/android/app/build.gradle
@@ -88,9 +88,8 @@ flutter {
 }
 
 repositories {
-    maven {
-        url "https://s3.amazonaws.com/repo.commonsware.com"
-    }
+    maven { url 'https://jitpack.io' }
+    maven { url "https://s3.amazonaws.com/repo.commonsware.com" }
 }
 
 dependencies {
@@ -99,7 +98,11 @@ dependencies {
     implementation 'androidx.exifinterface:exifinterface:1.3.1'
     implementation 'com.commonsware.cwac:document:0.4.1'
     implementation 'com.drewnoakes:metadata-extractor:2.15.0'
-    implementation 'com.github.beyka:androidtiffbitmapfactory:0.9.8.7'
+    // as of v0.9.8.7, `Android-TiffBitmapFactory` master branch is set up to release and distribute via Bintray
+    // as of 20201113, its `q_support` branch allows decoding TIFF without a `File`, but is not released
+    // we forked it to bypass official releases, upgrading its Android/Gradle structure to make it compatible with JitPack
+    // JitPack build result is available at https://jitpack.io/com/github/deckerst/Android-TiffBitmapFactory/q_support-SNAPSHOT/build.log
+    implementation 'com.github.deckerst:Android-TiffBitmapFactory:0f1f0aaab1'
     implementation 'com.github.bumptech.glide:glide:4.11.0'
 
     kapt 'androidx.annotation:annotation:1.1.0'