diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 696eea1fab89..7b97fdbb580d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -218,6 +218,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Verify native libraries in APK
         run: |
           APK="${{ steps.find_apk.outputs.apk_path }}"
+          SUBMOD="submodules/osu-framework/osu.Framework.Android/arm64-v8a"
           echo "Checking APK for required native libraries..."
 
           NATIVE_LIBS=$(unzip -l "$APK" | grep "lib/arm64-v8a/.*\.so" || true)
@@ -243,6 +244,24 @@ jobs:
           echo ""
           echo "All required native libraries present ✓"
 
+          # Verify the BASS libraries are the Android-built versions, not the Linux desktop
+          # ones from the NativeLibs NuGet package.  The Android libbass.so links against
+          # libOpenSLES.so (Android audio API); the Linux one links against libc.so.6.
+          echo ""
+          echo "Verifying native library ABI compatibility..."
+          TMPDIR=$(mktemp -d)
+          unzip -q -o "$APK" "lib/arm64-v8a/libbass.so" -d "$TMPDIR"
+          if readelf -d "$TMPDIR/lib/arm64-v8a/libbass.so" | grep -q "libOpenSLES.so"; then
+            echo "✅ libbass.so is the correct Android build (links libOpenSLES.so)"
+          else
+            echo "::error::libbass.so in APK is NOT the Android build — it appears to be the Linux desktop version from ppy.osu.Framework.NativeLibs NuGet. The app will crash with DllNotFoundException."
+            echo "::error::Ensure ppy.osu.Framework.NativeLibs has ExcludeAssets=native in osu.Android.props."
+            readelf -d "$TMPDIR/lib/arm64-v8a/libbass.so" | grep NEEDED || true
+            rm -rf "$TMPDIR"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+          rm -rf "$TMPDIR"
+
       - name: Upload APK artifact
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7
         with:
diff --git a/osu.Android.props b/osu.Android.props
index 316f80e192ef..682277e1b8db 100644
--- a/osu.Android.props
+++ b/osu.Android.props
@@ -86,6 +86,18 @@
   <ItemGroup>
     <!-- Use winnerspiros/osu-framework fork (net10.0-android, optimized) via submodule instead of ppy NuGet package -->
     <ProjectReference Include="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)submodules/osu-framework/osu.Framework.Android/osu.Framework.Android.csproj" />
+
+    <!-- Suppress native assets from the desktop NativeLibs NuGet package.
+         ppy.osu.Framework.NativeLibs (transitive via osu.Framework.csproj) ships
+         runtimes/linux-arm64/native/libbass.so and friends built for GNU/Linux (they link
+         libc.so.6, libpthread.so.0, etc.).  The .NET RID fallback chain for android-arm64
+         (android-arm64 → android → unix → any) causes the Linux ARM64 .so files to leak
+         into the APK even though the NuGet has an android/native/_._  placeholder.
+         The result: the APK ends up with a Linux libbass.so that cannot load on Android
+         (DllNotFoundException at startup).
+         ExcludeAssets="native" prevents NuGet from contributing any .so files;
+         the correct Android-built libraries are supplied by AndroidNativeLibrary below. -->
+    <PackageReference Include="ppy.osu.Framework.NativeLibs" Version="2025.806.0-nativelibs" ExcludeAssets="native" PrivateAssets="all" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <!-- Include framework native libraries (BASS audio, FFmpeg, etc.) from the submodule.