diff --git a/android/app/build.gradle.kts b/android/app/build.gradle.kts
index 583e709d..6a283978 100644
--- a/android/app/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/android/app/build.gradle.kts
@@ -187,6 +187,12 @@ dependencies {
     testImplementation(libs.mockk)
     testImplementation(libs.kotlinx.coroutines.test)
     testImplementation(libs.okhttp.mockwebserver)
+    // kxml2 — provides an org.xmlpull.v1 impl on the JVM unit-test
+    // classpath. Android's stock XmlPullParserFactory resolves to the
+    // android.jar Stub on JVM tests; kxml2 is picked up via service-
+    // provider lookup and makes XmlPullParserFactory.newInstance() work
+    // unconditionally so DeviceDescriptionTest runs in CI.
+    testImplementation(libs.kxml2)
     // kotlin.test for assertEquals/assertNull/etc. — version managed by
     // the applied Kotlin plugin so no explicit version pin needed.
     testImplementation(kotlin("test"))
diff --git a/android/app/src/test/java/com/fabledsword/minstrel/player/output/upnp/DeviceDescriptionTest.kt b/android/app/src/test/java/com/fabledsword/minstrel/player/output/upnp/DeviceDescriptionTest.kt
index 5e210f41..e633415c 100644
--- a/android/app/src/test/java/com/fabledsword/minstrel/player/output/upnp/DeviceDescriptionTest.kt
+++ b/android/app/src/test/java/com/fabledsword/minstrel/player/output/upnp/DeviceDescriptionTest.kt
@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
 package com.fabledsword.minstrel.player.output.upnp
 
 import okhttp3.HttpUrl.Companion.toHttpUrl
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assumptions.assumeTrue
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test
-import org.xmlpull.v1.XmlPullParserFactory
 import kotlin.test.assertEquals
 import kotlin.test.assertNotNull
 import kotlin.test.assertNull
@@ -14,23 +11,14 @@ import kotlin.test.assertNull
  *
  * Android's stock `XmlPullParserFactory.newInstance()` resolves to a
  * real impl on-device but resolves to the android.jar stub class on
- * JVM unit tests unless an org.xmlpull impl (kxml2) is present on the
- * test classpath. The @BeforeEach probe skips the suite gracefully on
- * runners where the factory can't be constructed — keeps CI green on
- * minimal classpaths while still running the assertions when the
- * impl IS available (Android instrumentation, Robolectric, or any
- * runner that bundles kxml2 transitively).
+ * JVM unit tests. kxml2 is added as a testImplementation dep so
+ * `XmlPullParserFactory.newInstance()` finds it via service-provider
+ * lookup on the test classpath; the tests run unconditionally.
  */
 class DeviceDescriptionTest {
 
     private val base = "http://192.168.1.50:1400/xml/device_description.xml".toHttpUrl()
 
-    @BeforeEach
-    fun skipIfStubFactory() {
-        val ok = runCatching { XmlPullParserFactory.newInstance().newPullParser() }.isSuccess
-        assumeTrue(ok, "XmlPullParserFactory unavailable on this JVM classpath")
-    }
-
     @Test
     fun `parses Sonos-shaped description`() {
         val xml = """
diff --git a/android/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/android/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index 5a35e7a7..5165ea49 100644
--- a/android/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/android/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ mockk = "1.13.13"
 compose-test = "1.7.5"
 ktlint-gradle = "12.1.1"
 detekt = "2.0.0-alpha.3"
+kxml2 = "2.3.0"
 
 [libraries]
 androidx-core-ktx = { module = "androidx.core:core-ktx", version = "1.13.1" }
@@ -89,6 +90,7 @@ turbine = { module = "app.cash.turbine:turbine", version.ref = "turbine" }
 mockk = { module = "io.mockk:mockk", version.ref = "mockk" }
 compose-ui-test = { module = "androidx.compose.ui:ui-test-junit4" }
 compose-ui-test-manifest = { module = "androidx.compose.ui:ui-test-manifest" }
+kxml2 = { module = "net.sf.kxml:kxml2", version.ref = "kxml2" }
 
 [plugins]
 android-application = { id = "com.android.application", version.ref = "agp" }