diff --git a/app/proguard-rules.txt b/app/proguard-rules.txt
index 63981633b..21c584ba9 100644
--- a/app/proguard-rules.txt
+++ b/app/proguard-rules.txt
@@ -66,6 +66,9 @@
 # Application classes that will be serialized/deserialized over Gson
 -keep class com.google.gson.examples.android.model.** { *; }
 
+# Prevent R8 from obfuscating project classes used by Gson for parsing
+-keep class fr.free.nrw.commons.fileusages.** { *; }
+
 # Prevent proguard from stripping interface information from TypeAdapterFactory,
 # JsonSerializer, JsonDeserializer instances (so they can be used in @JsonAdapter)
 -keep class * implements com.google.gson.TypeAdapterFactory