diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b29d59ac..3f9c332b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ Second, you need to add SDK dependencies inside your app .gradle. Then, you need
 ```
 dependencies { 
        ... 
-       implementation 'com.qiscus.sdk:chat-core:1.7.1'
+       implementation 'com.qiscus.sdk:chat-core:1.8.1'
 }
 ```
 
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index fc9edf94..55b92ab8 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ buildscript {
         google()
     }
     dependencies {
-        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:8.0.0'
-        classpath 'com.google.gms:google-services:4.3.15'
+        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:8.5.0'
+        classpath 'com.google.gms:google-services:4.4.2'
 
         // NOTE: Do not place your application dependencies here; they belong
         // in the individual module build.gradle files
diff --git a/chat-core/src/main/java/com/qiscus/sdk/chat/core/service/QiscusNetworkCheckerJobService.java b/chat-core/src/main/java/com/qiscus/sdk/chat/core/service/QiscusNetworkCheckerJobService.java
index 4d0fdd60..c504b94a 100644
--- a/chat-core/src/main/java/com/qiscus/sdk/chat/core/service/QiscusNetworkCheckerJobService.java
+++ b/chat-core/src/main/java/com/qiscus/sdk/chat/core/service/QiscusNetworkCheckerJobService.java
@@ -28,8 +28,10 @@
 import android.os.Build;
 import androidx.annotation.RequiresApi;
 
+import com.google.firebase.annotations.concurrent.Background;
 import com.qiscus.sdk.chat.core.QiscusCore;
 import com.qiscus.sdk.chat.core.event.QiscusUserEvent;
+import com.qiscus.sdk.chat.core.util.QiscusAndroidUtil;
 import com.qiscus.sdk.chat.core.util.QiscusErrorLogger;
 import com.qiscus.sdk.chat.core.util.QiscusLogger;
 
@@ -114,9 +116,18 @@ public void onCreate() {
 
     @Override
     public void onDestroy() {
-        unregisterReceiver(networkStateReceiver);
-        QiscusLogger.print(TAG, "onDestroy");
-        EventBus.getDefault().unregister(this);
+        QiscusAndroidUtil.runOnBackgroundThread(() -> {
+            try {
+                unregisterReceiver(networkStateReceiver);
+                QiscusLogger.print(TAG, "onDestroy");
+                EventBus.getDefault().unregister(this);
+            }catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
+                // already unregistered
+            }
+
+        });
+
+
         super.onDestroy();
     }
 
diff --git a/chat-core/src/main/java/com/qiscus/sdk/chat/core/util/QiscusLogger.java b/chat-core/src/main/java/com/qiscus/sdk/chat/core/util/QiscusLogger.java
index 6737653b..dbea750c 100644
--- a/chat-core/src/main/java/com/qiscus/sdk/chat/core/util/QiscusLogger.java
+++ b/chat-core/src/main/java/com/qiscus/sdk/chat/core/util/QiscusLogger.java
@@ -21,8 +21,10 @@ public static void print(String message) {
     }
 
     public static void print(String tag, String message) {
-        if (QiscusCore.getChatConfig().isEnableLog()) {
-            Log.d(tag, message);
-        }
+        QiscusAndroidUtil.runOnBackgroundThread(() -> {
+            if (QiscusCore.getChatConfig().isEnableLog()) {
+                Log.d(tag, message);
+            }
+        });
     }
 }
diff --git a/dependencies.gradle b/dependencies.gradle
index 6c5891e0..c1230e62 100644
--- a/dependencies.gradle
+++ b/dependencies.gradle
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ repositories {
 ext {
 
     minSDKVersion = 21
-    targetSDKVersion = 33
-    compileSDKVersion = 33
+    targetSDKVersion = 34
+    compileSDKVersion = 34
 
     versions = [
             support          : "31.0.0",
diff --git a/docs/index.md b/docs/index.md
index d0c2e18f..c2d5b751 100644
--- a/docs/index.md
+++ b/docs/index.md
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ Secondly, you need to add SDK dependencies inside your app .gradle. Then, you ne
 ```
 dependencies {
     ...
-    implementation 'com.qiscus.sdk:chat-core:1.7.1'
+    implementation 'com.qiscus.sdk:chat-core:1.8.1'
 }
 ```
 
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 958ca3b9..550c094f 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ chatVersionPatch=0
 # === qiscus chat-core library version ===
 chatCoreVersionMajor=1
 chatCoreVersionMinor=8
-chatCoreVersionPatch=0
+chatCoreVersionPatch=1
 
 # === qiscus default base url
 BASE_URL_SERVER="https://api.qiscus.com/"
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ android.useAndroidX=true
 
 libraryGroupId=com.qiscus.sdk
 libraryArtifactId=chat-core
-libraryVersion=1.8.0
+libraryVersion=1.8.1
 
 libraryGroupIdChat=com.qiscus.sdk
 libraryArtifactIdChat=chat
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index a2296bfa..e88d26e9 100644
--- a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #Tue May 02 22:11:28 WIB 2023
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.0-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.7-bin.zip
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists