diff --git a/main/build.gradle.kts b/main/build.gradle.kts
index 73d46bad4..999555c36 100644
--- a/main/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/main/build.gradle.kts
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ android {
     defaultConfig {
         minSdkVersion(14)
         targetSdkVersion(30)  //'Q'.toInt()
-        versionCode = 170
-        versionName = "0.7.17"
+        versionCode = 171
+        versionName = "0.7.17a"
 
         externalNativeBuild {
             cmake {
diff --git a/main/src/main/cpp/CMakeLists.txt b/main/src/main/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
index 935394831..bfd06fba0 100644
--- a/main/src/main/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/main/src/main/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ set(openvpn_srcs
 
 PREPEND(openvpn_srcs_with_path "openvpn" ${openvpn_srcs})
 
-add_library(openvpn STATIC ${openvpn_srcs_with_path})
+add_library(openvpn SHARED ${openvpn_srcs_with_path})
 
 target_include_directories(openvpn PRIVATE
         openvpn-config