diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
index 161e0af18d..929a0c8cf4 100644
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ updates:
       - dependency-name: "com.google.devtools.ksp*"
       - dependency-name: "com.github.skydoves.compose.stability.analyzer*"
       - dependency-name: "androidx.compose:compose-bom"
+      # Navigation 2.10 breaks predictive back transitions (wrong pair, then a snap); stay on 2.9.x.
+      - dependency-name: "androidx.navigation:*"
+        versions: [">= 2.10.0"]
     groups:
       gradle:
         patterns:
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/to/bitkit/ui/MainActivity.kt b/app/src/main/java/to/bitkit/ui/MainActivity.kt
index cf0fe8b3eb..df8e69d790 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/to/bitkit/ui/MainActivity.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/to/bitkit/ui/MainActivity.kt
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ class MainActivity : FragmentActivity() {
             importance = NotificationManager.IMPORTANCE_LOW
         )
 
+        intent.removeNavDestinationExtras()
         val consumedLaunchIntent = savedInstanceState?.getString(KEY_CONSUMED_LAUNCH_INTENT)
         val currentLaunchIntent = intent.launchKey()
         if (currentLaunchIntent == null || currentLaunchIntent != consumedLaunchIntent) {
@@ -282,11 +283,21 @@ class MainActivity : FragmentActivity() {
             return
         }
 
+        intent.removeNavDestinationExtras()
         super.onNewIntent(intent)
         setIntent(intent)
         handleLaunchIntent(intent)
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Navigation 2.9 opens the destination these extras name for any caller; 2.10 trusts them only from this app.
+     * Bitkit never sets them, so drop them: an exported launch can then reach only the declared deep links.
+     */
+    private fun Intent.removeNavDestinationExtras() {
+        removeExtra("android-support-nav:controller:deepLinkIds")
+        removeExtra("android-support-nav:controller:deepLinkArgs")
+    }
+
     private fun handleLaunchIntent(intent: Intent) {
         if (intent.getBooleanExtra(EXTRA_PAYKIT_SUBSCRIPTION_PAYMENT_DUE, false)) {
             intent.removeExtra(EXTRA_PAYKIT_SUBSCRIPTION_PAYMENT_DUE)
diff --git a/changelog.d/next/1853.fixed.md b/changelog.d/next/1853.fixed.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5bac566802
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/next/1853.fixed.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Swiping back from a screen slides it out like the Back button does, and other apps can no longer open Bitkit's internal screens.
diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index c9f42e1e39..2c02319d15 100644
--- a/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ hiltAndroidx = "1.4.0"
 kotlin = "2.3.21"
 ktor = "3.6.1"
 lifecycle = "2.10.0"
-navCompose = "2.10.2"
+# 2.10 breaks predictive back: a swipe soon after a navigation seeks with the forward transitions,
+# then snaps. Stay on 2.9.x until a release fixes it (see .github/dependabot.yml).
+navCompose = "2.9.8"
 room = "2.8.5"
 slf4j = "2.0.20"
 haze = "1.7.3"