diff --git a/Podfile b/Podfile
index c572f9ea7..1646fef78 100644
--- a/Podfile
+++ b/Podfile
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ def shared_pods
   #pod 'GRKOpenSSLFramework', path: '../GRKOpenSSLFramework'
 
   # third party pods
+  pod 'AFNetworking', inhibit_warnings: true
   pod 'Mantle', :inhibit_warnings => true
   pod 'YapDatabase/SQLCipher', '~> 2.9.3', :inhibit_warnings => true
   pod 'PureLayout', :inhibit_warnings => true
diff --git a/Podfile.lock b/Podfile.lock
index 6d54d576a..70a2868c7 100644
--- a/Podfile.lock
+++ b/Podfile.lock
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ PODS:
   - YYImage/Core (1.0.4)
 
 DEPENDENCIES:
+  - AFNetworking
   - ATAppUpdater
   - AxolotlKit (from `https://github.com/WhisperSystems/SignalProtocolKit.git`, branch `mkirk/framework-friendly`)
   - Curve25519Kit (from `https://github.com/WhisperSystems/Curve25519Kit`, branch `mkirk/framework-friendly`)
@@ -193,6 +194,6 @@ SPEC CHECKSUMS:
   YapDatabase: cd911121580ff16675f65ad742a9eb0ab4d9e266
   YYImage: 1e1b62a9997399593e4b9c4ecfbbabbf1d3f3b54
 
-PODFILE CHECKSUM: f096474080b243d44e1f2197b8789eb9384ded1c
+PODFILE CHECKSUM: 5e9411d9fb24e9b9b4759d5fb2b0a539a9bc8695
 
 COCOAPODS: 1.3.1