diff --git a/flutter_vlc_player/android/build.gradle b/flutter_vlc_player/android/build.gradle
index 03aa8f83..298cb9e0 100644
--- a/flutter_vlc_player/android/build.gradle
+++ b/flutter_vlc_player/android/build.gradle
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ android {
 
 dependencies {
     implementation fileTree(include: ['*.jar'], dir: 'libs')
-    implementation 'org.videolan.android:libvlc-all:3.6.0-eap9'
+    implementation 'org.videolan.android:libvlc-all:3.6.0-eap12'
     implementation 'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.2.0'
     implementation 'androidx.legacy:legacy-support-v4:1.0.0'
     implementation 'androidx.annotation:annotation:1.2.0'
diff --git a/flutter_vlc_player/ios/flutter_vlc_player.podspec b/flutter_vlc_player/ios/flutter_vlc_player.podspec
index 2e039790..eb2068ca 100644
--- a/flutter_vlc_player/ios/flutter_vlc_player.podspec
+++ b/flutter_vlc_player/ios/flutter_vlc_player.podspec
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Pod::Spec.new do |s|
   s.source_files = 'Classes/**/*'
   s.dependency 'Flutter'
   s.platform = :ios, '11.0'
-  s.dependency 'MobileVLCKit', '~> 3.6.0b9'
+  s.dependency 'MobileVLCKit', '~> 3.6.0b12'
   s.static_framework = true
 
   # Flutter.framework does not contain a i386 slice.
diff --git a/flutter_vlc_player/lib/src/vlc_player_controller.dart b/flutter_vlc_player/lib/src/vlc_player_controller.dart
index a473bbe9..665f0e95 100644
--- a/flutter_vlc_player/lib/src/vlc_player_controller.dart
+++ b/flutter_vlc_player/lib/src/vlc_player_controller.dart
@@ -568,11 +568,11 @@ class VlcPlayerController extends ValueNotifier<VlcPlayerValue> {
   }
 
   /// Returns current vlc volume level.
-  Future<int> getVolume() async {
+  Future<int?> getVolume() async {
     _throwIfNotInitialized('getVolume');
-    final volume =
-        await (vlcPlayerPlatform.getVolume(_viewId) as FutureOr<int>);
-    value = value.copyWith(volume: volume.clamp(0, _maxVolume));
+    final volume = await vlcPlayerPlatform.getVolume(_viewId);
+    value = value.copyWith(
+        volume: volume != null ? volume.clamp(0, _maxVolume) : null);
 
     return volume;
   }