diff --git a/app/build.gradle b/app/build.gradle
index de3b7d9b..58b5050c 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle
+++ b/app/build.gradle
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ android {
         applicationId "com.brouken.player"
         minSdkVersion 21
         targetSdkVersion 34
-        versionCode 151
+        versionCode 152
         versionName "0.${versionCode}"
         archivesBaseName = "Just.Player.v${versionName}"
     }
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/brouken/player/PlayerActivity.java b/app/src/main/java/com/brouken/player/PlayerActivity.java
index f617edc6..910fbc7b 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/brouken/player/PlayerActivity.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/brouken/player/PlayerActivity.java
@@ -1133,6 +1133,7 @@ protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {
             }
         } else if (requestCode == REQUEST_SETTINGS) {
             mPrefs.loadUserPreferences();
+            updateSubtitleStyle(this);
         } else {
             super.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, data);
         }
@@ -1945,7 +1946,8 @@ void updateSubtitleStyle(final Context context) {
                     userStyle.hasWindowColor() ? userStyleCompat.windowColor : Color.TRANSPARENT,
                     userStyle.hasEdgeType() ? userStyleCompat.edgeType : CaptionStyleCompat.EDGE_TYPE_OUTLINE,
                     userStyle.hasEdgeColor() ? userStyleCompat.edgeColor : Color.BLACK,
-                    userStyleCompat.typeface != null ? userStyleCompat.typeface : Typeface.DEFAULT_BOLD);
+                    Typeface.create(userStyleCompat.typeface != null ? userStyleCompat.typeface : Typeface.DEFAULT,
+                            mPrefs.subtitleStyleBold ? Typeface.BOLD : Typeface.NORMAL));
             subtitleView.setStyle(captionStyle);
             subtitleView.setApplyEmbeddedStyles(mPrefs.subtitleStyleEmbedded);
             subtitleView.setBottomPaddingFraction(SubtitleView.DEFAULT_BOTTOM_PADDING_FRACTION * 2f / 3f);
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/brouken/player/Prefs.java b/app/src/main/java/com/brouken/player/Prefs.java
index d900956c..54a3f344 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/brouken/player/Prefs.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/brouken/player/Prefs.java
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ class Prefs {
     private static final String PREF_KEY_MAP_DV7 = "mapDV7ToHevc";
     private static final String PREF_KEY_LANGUAGE_AUDIO = "languageAudio";
     private static final String PREF_KEY_SUBTITLE_STYLE_EMBEDDED = "subtitleStyleEmbedded";
+    private static final String PREF_KEY_SUBTITLE_STYLE_BOLD = "subtitleStyleBold";
 
     public static final String TRACK_DEFAULT = "default";
     public static final String TRACK_DEVICE = "device";
@@ -79,6 +80,7 @@ class Prefs {
     public boolean mapDV7ToHevc = false;
     public String languageAudio = TRACK_DEVICE;
     public boolean subtitleStyleEmbedded = true;
+    public boolean subtitleStyleBold = false;
 
     private LinkedHashMap positions;
 
@@ -127,6 +129,7 @@ public void loadUserPreferences() {
         mapDV7ToHevc = mSharedPreferences.getBoolean(PREF_KEY_MAP_DV7, mapDV7ToHevc);
         languageAudio = mSharedPreferences.getString(PREF_KEY_LANGUAGE_AUDIO, languageAudio);
         subtitleStyleEmbedded = mSharedPreferences.getBoolean(PREF_KEY_SUBTITLE_STYLE_EMBEDDED, subtitleStyleEmbedded);
+        subtitleStyleBold = mSharedPreferences.getBoolean(PREF_KEY_SUBTITLE_STYLE_BOLD, subtitleStyleBold);
     }
 
     public void updateMedia(final Context context, final Uri uri, final String type) {
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/values-cs/strings.xml b/app/src/main/res/values-cs/strings.xml
index 74f55e6b..d838b197 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/values-cs/strings.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/values-cs/strings.xml
@@ -54,4 +54,7 @@
     <string name="pref_subtitle_style_embedded">Styly v titulcích</string>
     <string name="pref_subtitle_style_embedded_on">Aplikovat styly definované v titulcích</string>
     <string name="pref_subtitle_style_embedded_off">Neaplikovat styly definované v titulcích</string>
+    <string name="pref_subtitle_style_bold">Tučné písmo</string>
+    <string name="pref_subtitle_style_bold_on">Použít tučný styl písma</string>
+    <string name="pref_subtitle_style_bold_off">Použít výchozí styl písma</string>
 </resources>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
index 4fbf2a37..1b0e1329 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -55,4 +55,7 @@
     <string name="pref_subtitle_style_embedded">Embedded styles</string>
     <string name="pref_subtitle_style_embedded_on">Apply embedded subtitle styles</string>
     <string name="pref_subtitle_style_embedded_off">Do not apply embedded subtitle styles</string>
+    <string name="pref_subtitle_style_bold">Bold style</string>
+    <string name="pref_subtitle_style_bold_on">Use bold typeface as regular</string>
+    <string name="pref_subtitle_style_bold_off">Use default regular typeface</string>
 </resources>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/xml/root_preferences.xml b/app/src/main/res/xml/root_preferences.xml
index 8a66ac84..73cd1b33 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/xml/root_preferences.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/xml/root_preferences.xml
@@ -55,6 +55,13 @@
             android:summaryOff="@string/pref_subtitle_style_embedded_off"
             app:title="@string/pref_subtitle_style_embedded" />
 
+        <SwitchPreferenceCompat
+            app:key="subtitleStyleBold"
+            app:defaultValue="false"
+            android:summaryOn="@string/pref_subtitle_style_bold_on"
+            android:summaryOff="@string/pref_subtitle_style_bold_off"
+            app:title="@string/pref_subtitle_style_bold" />
+
         <Preference
             app:title="@string/pref_captioning_preferences">
             <intent android:action="android.settings.CAPTIONING_SETTINGS" />
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 02284d99..96bb259f 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ buildscript {
         mavenCentral()
     }
     dependencies {
-        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:8.1.1'
+        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:8.1.2'
 
         // NOTE: Do not place your application dependencies here; they belong
         // in the individual module build.gradle files