diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a769027c..a0174dee 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 ## Unreleased
 
+* Catch SecurityExceptions thrown during fetching of Google Advertising ID. This is caused by older versions of Google Play Services using `MODE_WORLD_READABLE` when reading from SharedPreferences. If you see this warning you should update your version of Google Play Services.
+
 ## 2.18.1 (May 07, 2018)
 
 * Updating to [OkHttp 3.10.0](https://github.com/square/okhttp/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#version-3100)
diff --git a/src/com/amplitude/api/DeviceInfo.java b/src/com/amplitude/api/DeviceInfo.java
index f9db52c5..2634d746 100644
--- a/src/com/amplitude/api/DeviceInfo.java
+++ b/src/com/amplitude/api/DeviceInfo.java
@@ -224,6 +224,8 @@ private String getAndCacheGoogleAdvertisingId() {
                 AmplitudeLog.getLogger().w(TAG, "Google Play Services SDK not found!");
             } catch (InvocationTargetException e) {
                 AmplitudeLog.getLogger().w(TAG, "Google Play Services not available");
+            } catch (SecurityException e) {
+                AmplitudeLog.getLogger().w(TAG, "Please update Google Play Services version");
             } catch (Exception e) {
                 AmplitudeLog.getLogger().e(TAG, "Encountered an error connecting to Google Play Services", e);
             }