diff --git a/scripts/build_abacus_local.sh b/scripts/build_abacus_local.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..ac38d3d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/build_abacus_local.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# This script is used to build the abacus project locally.
+#
+# Please run this after making local change to the abacus project.  The change will be
+# picked up by the v4-native-android project (via the local maven repository).  Note that
+# the script needs to be run everytime a change is made to the abacus project.
+#
+# The script will update both the v4-abacus and v4-native-android repositories, so please make sure
+# you clean-up/revert the changes after you are done with the local testing
+
+ABACUS_DIR=~/v4-abacus
+ANDROID_DIR=~/v4-native-android
+
+# Create a random version number
+NEW_VERSION="local.$(date +%s)"
+
+# search for the first line that starts with "version" in build.gradle.kts
+# get the value in the quotes
+VERSION=$(grep "^version = " ${ABACUS_DIR}/build.gradle.kts | sed -n 's/version = "\(.*\)"/\1/p')
+
+sed -i '' "s/version = \"$VERSION\"/version = \"$NEW_VERSION\"/" ${ABACUS_DIR}/build.gradle.kts
+echo "Version bumped to $NEW_VERSION"
+
+echo "Building Abacus ..."
+
+cd ${ABACUS_DIR}
+./gradlew publishToMavenLocal
+
+cd ${ANDROID_DIR}
+
+# get the version from the file
+targetFileName="v4/build.gradle"
+OLD_VERSION=$(grep "^    abacusVersion = " $targetFileName | sed -n 's/    abacusVersion = ''\(.*\)''/\1/p')
+
+if [ -n "$NEW_VERSION" ] && [ -n "$OLD_VERSION" ]; then
+  echo "Bumping Abacus version from $OLD_VERSION to $NEW_VERSION"
+  sed -i '' "s/^    abacusVersion = $OLD_VERSION/    abacusVersion = '$NEW_VERSION'/" $targetFileName
+  echo "Version bumped to $NEW_VERSION"
+else
+  echo "No version found"
+fi
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/settings.gradle b/settings.gradle
index faed481d..2f9a08cd 100644
--- a/settings.gradle
+++ b/settings.gradle
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ dependencyResolutionManagement {
                 }
             }
         }
-        //  mavenLocal()
+        mavenLocal()
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/v4/build.gradle b/v4/build.gradle
index 96438662..0bd53f24 100644
--- a/v4/build.gradle
+++ b/v4/build.gradle
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ ext {
     compileSdkVersion = 34
 
     // App dependencies
-    abacusVersion = '1.6.40'
+    abacusVersion = '1.6.46'
     carteraVersion = '0.1.13'
     kollectionsVersion = '2.0.16'