diff --git a/app/build.gradle b/app/build.gradle
index 4acff01bf..15561b2d2 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle
+++ b/app/build.gradle
@@ -203,6 +203,7 @@ dependencies {
     implementation 'androidx.core:core-ktx:1.3.2'
     implementation 'androidx.documentfile:documentfile:1.0.1'
     implementation 'androidx.localbroadcastmanager:localbroadcastmanager:1.0.0'
+    implementation 'androidx.webkit:webkit:1.4.0'
 
     implementation "androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-livedata:${androidxLifecycleVersion}"
     implementation "androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-viewmodel:${androidxLifecycleVersion}"
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/ReCaptchaActivity.java b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/ReCaptchaActivity.java
index dfe062a16..463fc24ac 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/ReCaptchaActivity.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/ReCaptchaActivity.java
@@ -8,18 +8,16 @@ import android.util.Log;
 import android.view.Menu;
 import android.view.MenuItem;
 import android.webkit.CookieManager;
-import android.webkit.WebResourceRequest;
 import android.webkit.WebSettings;
 import android.webkit.WebView;
-import android.webkit.WebViewClient;
 
 import androidx.annotation.NonNull;
 import androidx.annotation.Nullable;
-import androidx.annotation.RequiresApi;
 import androidx.appcompat.app.ActionBar;
 import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity;
 import androidx.core.app.NavUtils;
 import androidx.preference.PreferenceManager;
+import androidx.webkit.WebViewClientCompat;
 
 import org.schabi.newpipe.databinding.ActivityRecaptchaBinding;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.util.ThemeHelper;
@@ -83,20 +81,7 @@ public class ReCaptchaActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
         webSettings.setJavaScriptEnabled(true);
         webSettings.setUserAgentString(DownloaderImpl.USER_AGENT);
 
-        recaptchaBinding.reCaptchaWebView.setWebViewClient(new WebViewClient() {
-            @RequiresApi(api = Build.VERSION_CODES.LOLLIPOP)
-            @Override
-            public boolean shouldOverrideUrlLoading(final WebView view,
-                                                    final WebResourceRequest request) {
-                final String url = request.getUrl().toString();
-                if (MainActivity.DEBUG) {
-                    Log.d(TAG, "shouldOverrideUrlLoading: request.url=" + url);
-                }
-
-                handleCookiesFromUrl(url);
-                return false;
-            }
-
+        recaptchaBinding.reCaptchaWebView.setWebViewClient(new WebViewClientCompat() {
             @Override
             public boolean shouldOverrideUrlLoading(final WebView view, final String url) {
                 if (MainActivity.DEBUG) {