diff --git a/src/Kp2aBusinessLogic/Io/NetFtpFileStorage.cs b/src/Kp2aBusinessLogic/Io/NetFtpFileStorage.cs
index 0dd18038..fdac3a46 100644
--- a/src/Kp2aBusinessLogic/Io/NetFtpFileStorage.cs
+++ b/src/Kp2aBusinessLogic/Io/NetFtpFileStorage.cs
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@ using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Net;
-using System.Net.FtpClient;
 using System.Reflection;
 using System.Threading;
 using Android.Content;
 using Android.OS;
 using Android.Preferences;
+using FluentFTP;
 using KeePassLib;
 using KeePassLib.Serialization;
 using KeePassLib.Utility;
@@ -17,73 +17,6 @@ namespace keepass2android.Io
 {
 	public class NetFtpFileStorage: IFileStorage
 	{
-		class RetryConnectFtpClient : FtpClient
-		{
-			protected override FtpClient CloneConnection()
-			{
-				RetryConnectFtpClient conn = new RetryConnectFtpClient();
-
-				conn.m_isClone = true;
-
-				foreach (PropertyInfo prop in GetType().GetProperties())
-				{
-					object[] attributes = prop.GetCustomAttributes(typeof(FtpControlConnectionClone), true);
-
-					if (attributes != null && attributes.Length > 0)
-					{
-						prop.SetValue(conn, prop.GetValue(this, null), null);
-					}
-				}
-
-				// always accept certficate no matter what because if code execution ever
-				// gets here it means the certificate on the control connection object being
-				// cloned was already accepted.
-				conn.ValidateCertificate += new FtpSslValidation(
-					delegate(FtpClient obj, FtpSslValidationEventArgs e)
-					{
-						e.Accept = true;
-					});
-
-				return conn;
-			}
-
-			private static T DoInRetryLoop<T>(Func<T> func)
-			{
-				double timeout = 30.0;
-				double timePerRequest = 1.0;
-				var startTime = DateTime.Now;
-				while (true)
-				{
-					var attemptStartTime = DateTime.Now;
-					try
-					{
-						return func();
-					}
-					catch (System.Net.Sockets.SocketException e)
-					{
-						if ((e.ErrorCode != 10061) || (DateTime.Now > startTime.AddSeconds(timeout)))
-						{
-							throw;
-						}
-						double secondsSinceAttemptStart = (DateTime.Now - attemptStartTime).TotalSeconds;
-						if (secondsSinceAttemptStart < timePerRequest)
-						{
-							Thread.Sleep(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(timePerRequest - secondsSinceAttemptStart));
-						}
-					}
-				}
-			}
-			public override void Connect()
-			{
-				DoInRetryLoop(() =>
-				{
-					base.Connect();
-					return true;
-				}
-				);
-			}
-		}
-
 		public struct ConnectionSettings
 		{
 			public FtpEncryptionMode EncryptionMode {get; set; }
@@ -149,7 +82,6 @@ namespace keepass2android.Io
 		{
 			_app = app;
 			traceStream = new MemoryStream();
-			FtpTrace.AddListener(new System.Diagnostics.TextWriterTraceListener(traceStream));
 			
 		}
 
@@ -174,7 +106,7 @@ namespace keepass2android.Io
 				{
 					string localPath = IocToUri(ioc).PathAndQuery;
 					if (client.DirectoryExists(localPath))
-						client.DeleteDirectory(localPath, true);
+						client.DeleteDirectory(localPath);
 					else
 						client.DeleteFile(localPath);
 				}
@@ -205,7 +137,8 @@ namespace keepass2android.Io
 		{
 			var settings = ConnectionSettings.FromIoc(ioc);
 			
-			FtpClient client = new RetryConnectFtpClient();
+			FtpClient client = new FtpClient();
+		    client.RetryAttempts = 3;
 			if ((settings.Username.Length > 0) || (settings.Password.Length > 0))
 				client.Credentials = new NetworkCredential(settings.Username, settings.Password);
 			else
diff --git a/src/Kp2aBusinessLogic/Kp2aBusinessLogic.csproj b/src/Kp2aBusinessLogic/Kp2aBusinessLogic.csproj
index e14a1d8e..7569a28b 100644
--- a/src/Kp2aBusinessLogic/Kp2aBusinessLogic.csproj
+++ b/src/Kp2aBusinessLogic/Kp2aBusinessLogic.csproj
@@ -141,10 +141,6 @@
       <Project>{70D3844A-D9FA-4A64-B205-A84C6A822196}</Project>
       <Name>KP2AKdbLibraryBinding</Name>
     </ProjectReference>
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\netftpandroid\System.Net.FtpClient\System.Net.FtpClient.Android.csproj">
-      <Project>{146FD497-BA03-4740-B6C5-5C84EA8FCDE2}</Project>
-      <Name>System.Net.FtpClient.Android</Name>
-    </ProjectReference>
     <ProjectReference Include="..\TwofishCipher\TwofishCipher.csproj">
       <Project>{5CF675A5-9BEE-4720-BED9-D5BF14A2EBF9}</Project>
       <Name>TwofishCipher</Name>
@@ -157,6 +153,9 @@
     <None Include="app.config" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
+    <PackageReference Include="FluentFTP">
+      <Version>27.1.3</Version>
+    </PackageReference>
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Graph">
       <Version>1.17.0</Version>
     </PackageReference>
diff --git a/src/keepass2android/FileSelectHelper.cs b/src/keepass2android/FileSelectHelper.cs
index 695df13d..efd8d1d2 100644
--- a/src/keepass2android/FileSelectHelper.cs
+++ b/src/keepass2android/FileSelectHelper.cs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
 #if !NoNet
-using System.Net.FtpClient;
+using FluentFTP;
 #endif
 using System.Text;
 
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ using Android.OS;
 using Android.Runtime;
 using Android.Views;
 using Android.Widget;
+
 using Java.IO;
 using keepass2android.Io;
 using Keepass2android.Javafilestorage;
diff --git a/src/keepass2android/keepass2android.csproj b/src/keepass2android/keepass2android.csproj
index 0caabd96..c8216da6 100644
--- a/src/keepass2android/keepass2android.csproj
+++ b/src/keepass2android/keepass2android.csproj
@@ -103,6 +103,9 @@
     </AndroidStoreUncompressedFileExtensions>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
+    <Reference Include="FluentFTP, Version=27.1.3.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=f4af092b1d8df44f, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
+      <HintPath>..\packages\FluentFTP.27.1.3\lib\netstandard1.6\FluentFTP.dll</HintPath>
+    </Reference>
     <Reference Include="Java.Interop" />
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.CSharp" />
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.Graph, Version=1.17.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
@@ -967,10 +970,6 @@
       <Project>{A8779D4D-7C49-4C2F-82BD-2CDC448391DA}</Project>
       <Name>Kp2aKeyboardBinding</Name>
     </ProjectReference>
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\netftpandroid\System.Net.FtpClient\System.Net.FtpClient.Android.csproj">
-      <Project>{146FD497-BA03-4740-B6C5-5C84EA8FCDE2}</Project>
-      <Name>System.Net.FtpClient.Android</Name>
-    </ProjectReference>
     <ProjectReference Include="..\PluginSdkBinding\PluginSdkBinding.csproj">
       <Project>{3DA3911E-36DE-465E-8F15-F1991B6437E5}</Project>
       <Name>PluginSdkBinding</Name>
diff --git a/src/keepass2android/packages.config b/src/keepass2android/packages.config
index a965e39b..6f41db39 100644
--- a/src/keepass2android/packages.config
+++ b/src/keepass2android/packages.config
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <packages>
+  <package id="FluentFTP" version="27.1.3" targetFramework="monoandroid90" />
   <package id="Microsoft.Bcl" version="1.1.10" targetFramework="MonoAndroid60" />
   <package id="Microsoft.Bcl.Build" version="1.0.14" targetFramework="MonoAndroid60" />
   <package id="Microsoft.Graph" version="1.17.0" targetFramework="monoandroid90" />
@@ -28,7 +29,9 @@
   <package id="System.Linq" version="4.3.0" targetFramework="monoandroid90" />
   <package id="System.Linq.Expressions" version="4.3.0" targetFramework="monoandroid90" />
   <package id="System.Net.Http" version="4.3.3" targetFramework="monoandroid90" />
+  <package id="System.Net.NameResolution" version="4.3.0" targetFramework="monoandroid90" />
   <package id="System.Net.Primitives" version="4.3.0" targetFramework="monoandroid90" />
+  <package id="System.Net.Security" version="4.3.0" targetFramework="monoandroid90" />
   <package id="System.Net.Sockets" version="4.3.0" targetFramework="monoandroid90" />
   <package id="System.ObjectModel" version="4.3.0" targetFramework="monoandroid90" />
   <package id="System.Private.Uri" version="4.3.2" targetFramework="monoandroid90" />
@@ -54,6 +57,7 @@
   <package id="System.Text.RegularExpressions" version="4.3.0" targetFramework="monoandroid90" />
   <package id="System.Threading" version="4.3.0" targetFramework="monoandroid90" />
   <package id="System.Threading.Tasks" version="4.3.0" targetFramework="monoandroid90" />
+  <package id="System.Threading.Thread" version="4.3.0" targetFramework="monoandroid90" />
   <package id="System.Threading.Timer" version="4.3.0" targetFramework="monoandroid90" />
   <package id="System.ValueTuple" version="4.3.0" targetFramework="monoandroid90" />
   <package id="System.Xml.ReaderWriter" version="4.3.0" targetFramework="monoandroid90" />