diff --git a/lib/pages/image_viewer/video_player.dart b/lib/pages/image_viewer/video_player.dart
index 0962306e5..b85d6799d 100644
--- a/lib/pages/image_viewer/video_player.dart
+++ b/lib/pages/image_viewer/video_player.dart
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ class EventVideoPlayerState extends State<EventVideoPlayer> {
       setState(() {
         _chewieController = ChewieController(
           videoPlayerController: videoPlayerController,
-          useRootNavigator: !kIsWeb,
+          showControlsOnInitialize: false,
           autoPlay: true,
           autoInitialize: true,
           looping: true,
diff --git a/pubspec.lock b/pubspec.lock
index 084b31477..1590cc319 100644
--- a/pubspec.lock
+++ b/pubspec.lock
@@ -178,10 +178,10 @@ packages:
     dependency: "direct main"
     description:
       name: chewie
-      sha256: "0bf6f7692cb65f7b8f59a2a17025b9cbe8f75ab4251e66161a4fc86162475fb6"
+      sha256: "4d9554a8f87cc2dc6575dfd5ad20a4375015a29edd567fd6733febe6365e2566"
       url: "https://pub.dev"
     source: hosted
-    version: "1.11.0"
+    version: "1.11.3"
   cli_util:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
diff --git a/pubspec.yaml b/pubspec.yaml
index 61efd69b9..5e5bae322 100644
--- a/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/pubspec.yaml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ dependencies:
   async: ^2.11.0
   badges: ^3.1.2
   blurhash_dart: ^1.2.1
-  chewie: ^1.11.0
+  chewie: ^1.11.3
   collection: ^1.18.0
   cross_file: ^0.3.4+2
   cupertino_icons: any
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ dependencies:
   universal_html: ^2.2.4
   url_launcher: ^6.2.5
   video_compress: ^3.1.4
-  video_player: ^2.9.2
+  video_player: ^2.9.5
   wakelock_plus: ^1.2.2
   webrtc_interface: ^1.0.13