diff --git a/briar-android/build.gradle b/briar-android/build.gradle
index 9c15ccb17..6bcaf402d 100644
--- a/briar-android/build.gradle
+++ b/briar-android/build.gradle
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ dependencies {
 
 	implementation 'info.guardianproject.panic:panic:1.0'
 	implementation 'info.guardianproject.trustedintents:trustedintents:0.2'
-	implementation 'de.hdodenhof:circleimageview:3.0.1'
+	implementation 'de.hdodenhof:circleimageview:3.1.0'
 	implementation 'com.google.zxing:core:3.3.3'  // newer version need minSdk 24
 	implementation 'uk.co.samuelwall:material-tap-target-prompt:3.3.0'
 	implementation 'com.vanniktech:emoji-google:0.6.0' // newer versions need minSdk 21
diff --git a/briar-android/src/main/java/org/briarproject/briar/android/blog/BlogPostItem.java b/briar-android/src/main/java/org/briarproject/briar/android/blog/BlogPostItem.java
index a4e4cf449..c960c6c35 100644
--- a/briar-android/src/main/java/org/briarproject/briar/android/blog/BlogPostItem.java
+++ b/briar-android/src/main/java/org/briarproject/briar/android/blog/BlogPostItem.java
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 package org.briarproject.briar.android.blog;
 
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.identity.Author;
-import org.briarproject.briar.api.identity.AuthorInfo;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.sync.GroupId;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.sync.MessageId;
 import org.briarproject.briar.api.blog.BlogPostHeader;
+import org.briarproject.briar.api.identity.AuthorInfo;
 
 import javax.annotation.Nullable;
 import javax.annotation.concurrent.NotThreadSafe;
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ public class BlogPostItem implements Comparable<BlogPostItem> {
 		return text;
 	}
 
-	public boolean isRssFeed() {
+	boolean isRssFeed() {
 		return header.isRssFeed();
 	}
 
diff --git a/briar-android/src/main/java/org/briarproject/briar/android/blog/BlogPostViewHolder.java b/briar-android/src/main/java/org/briarproject/briar/android/blog/BlogPostViewHolder.java
index 5da03b132..85457f16f 100644
--- a/briar-android/src/main/java/org/briarproject/briar/android/blog/BlogPostViewHolder.java
+++ b/briar-android/src/main/java/org/briarproject/briar/android/blog/BlogPostViewHolder.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import androidx.annotation.UiThread;
 import androidx.core.view.ViewCompat;
 import androidx.recyclerview.widget.RecyclerView;
 
+import static android.os.Build.VERSION.SDK_INT;
 import static android.view.View.GONE;
 import static android.view.View.VISIBLE;
 import static org.briarproject.briar.android.activity.BriarActivity.GROUP_ID;
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ class BlogPostViewHolder extends RecyclerView.ViewHolder {
 	private final TextView text;
 	private final ViewGroup commentContainer;
 	private final boolean fullText, authorClickable;
+	private final int padding;
 
 	private final OnBlogPostClickListener listener;
 
@@ -61,6 +63,8 @@ class BlogPostViewHolder extends RecyclerView.ViewHolder {
 		reblogButton = v.findViewById(R.id.commentView);
 		text = v.findViewById(R.id.textView);
 		commentContainer = v.findViewById(R.id.commentContainer);
+		padding = ctx.getResources()
+				.getDimensionPixelSize(R.dimen.listitem_vertical_margin);
 	}
 
 	void hideReblogButton() {
@@ -129,6 +133,12 @@ class BlogPostViewHolder extends RecyclerView.ViewHolder {
 		} else {
 			reblogger.setVisibility(GONE);
 		}
+
+		// Apply Android 4 padding fix after setting up author/reblogger views
+		if (SDK_INT < 21) {
+			reblogger.setPadding(padding, padding, padding, padding);
+			author.setPadding(padding, padding, padding, padding);
+		}
 	}
 
 	private void onBindComment(BlogCommentItem item, boolean authorClickable) {
diff --git a/briar-android/src/main/java/org/briarproject/briar/android/view/AuthorView.java b/briar-android/src/main/java/org/briarproject/briar/android/view/AuthorView.java
index 389215b3a..140a4a568 100644
--- a/briar-android/src/main/java/org/briarproject/briar/android/view/AuthorView.java
+++ b/briar-android/src/main/java/org/briarproject/briar/android/view/AuthorView.java
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package org.briarproject.briar.android.view;
 import android.content.Context;
 import android.content.res.TypedArray;
 import android.graphics.Typeface;
+import android.graphics.drawable.Drawable;
 import android.util.AttributeSet;
 import android.view.LayoutInflater;
 import android.widget.ImageView;
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ import im.delight.android.identicons.IdenticonDrawable;
 import static android.content.Context.LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE;
 import static android.graphics.Typeface.BOLD;
 import static android.util.TypedValue.COMPLEX_UNIT_PX;
+import static androidx.appcompat.content.res.AppCompatResources.getDrawable;
 import static org.briarproject.briar.android.util.UiUtils.getContactDisplayName;
 import static org.briarproject.briar.android.util.UiUtils.resolveAttribute;
 import static org.briarproject.briar.api.identity.AuthorInfo.Status.NONE;
@@ -177,14 +179,14 @@ public class AuthorView extends ConstraintLayout {
 			case RSS_FEED:
 				avatarIcon.setVisibility(INVISIBLE);
 				date.setVisibility(VISIBLE);
-				avatar.setImageResource(R.drawable.ic_rss_feed);
+				setRssVectorAvatar();
 				setAvatarSize(R.dimen.blogs_avatar_normal_size);
 				setTextSize(authorName, R.dimen.text_size_small);
 				break;
 			case RSS_FEED_REBLOGGED:
 				avatarIcon.setVisibility(INVISIBLE);
 				date.setVisibility(VISIBLE);
-				avatar.setImageResource(R.drawable.ic_rss_feed);
+				setRssVectorAvatar();
 				setAvatarSize(R.dimen.blogs_avatar_comment_size);
 				setTextSize(authorName, R.dimen.text_size_tiny);
 				break;
@@ -204,4 +206,16 @@ public class AuthorView extends ConstraintLayout {
 		v.setTextSize(COMPLEX_UNIT_PX, textSize);
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Applies special hack to use AppCompat vector drawable support
+	 * when setting the RSS vector drawable to the avatar view.
+	 * {@link ImageView#setImageResource(int)} is not working as
+	 * {@link CircleImageView} is not using
+	 * {@link androidx.appcompat.widget.AppCompatImageView}.
+	 */
+	private void setRssVectorAvatar() {
+		Drawable d = getDrawable(getContext(), R.drawable.ic_rss_feed);
+		avatar.setImageDrawable(d);
+	}
+
 }
diff --git a/briar-android/src/main/res/layout/list_item_blog_comment.xml b/briar-android/src/main/res/layout/list_item_blog_comment.xml
index b6bb9b702..732a48b7b 100644
--- a/briar-android/src/main/res/layout/list_item_blog_comment.xml
+++ b/briar-android/src/main/res/layout/list_item_blog_comment.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,9 @@
 		android:layout_width="0dp"
 		android:layout_height="wrap_content"
 		android:paddingStart="@dimen/listitem_vertical_margin"
+		android:paddingLeft="@dimen/listitem_vertical_margin"
 		android:paddingEnd="@dimen/listitem_vertical_margin"
+		android:paddingRight="@dimen/listitem_vertical_margin"
 		android:paddingBottom="@dimen/listitem_vertical_margin"
 		android:textColor="?android:attr/textColorSecondary"
 		android:textSize="@dimen/text_size_small"
diff --git a/briar-android/witness.gradle b/briar-android/witness.gradle
index 1aaf164b0..ac8fdfadd 100644
--- a/briar-android/witness.gradle
+++ b/briar-android/witness.gradle
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ dependencyVerification {
         'com.vanniktech:emoji:0.6.0:emoji-0.6.0.aar:a5fcde58902305c004f03c6dc2241e718400ac4162226079791d87fac83ef639',
         'commons-codec:commons-codec:1.10:commons-codec-1.10.jar:4241dfa94e711d435f29a4604a3e2de5c4aa3c165e23bd066be6fc1fc4309569',
         'commons-logging:commons-logging:1.2:commons-logging-1.2.jar:daddea1ea0be0f56978ab3006b8ac92834afeefbd9b7e4e6316fca57df0fa636',
-        'de.hdodenhof:circleimageview:3.0.1:circleimageview-3.0.1.aar:7b0f088436ad4dcbb36d779fd09bf2192d9cc1e1a734bb6337904a7648f97617',
+        'de.hdodenhof:circleimageview:3.1.0:circleimageview-3.1.0.aar:8e9965b54072ee159074a55df216e17d5a622c94ce915ef311b1a1f32660c7fb',
         'info.guardianproject.panic:panic:1.0:panic-1.0.jar:35116ab95212e67f94577faf67b88c11a6b21cbf9178b3f5b51d3dff45203ffd',
         'info.guardianproject.trustedintents:trustedintents:0.2:trustedintents-0.2.jar:6221456d8821a8d974c2acf86306900237cf6afaaa94a4c9c44e161350f80f3e',
         'it.unimi.dsi:fastutil:7.2.0:fastutil-7.2.0.jar:74fa208043740642f7e6eb09faba15965218ad2f50ce3020efb100136e4b591c',