diff --git a/java/com/android/dialer/blocking/AndroidManifest.xml b/java/com/android/dialer/blocking/AndroidManifest.xml
index c71c491..d814cd3 100644
--- a/java/com/android/dialer/blocking/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/java/com/android/dialer/blocking/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -15,6 +15,13 @@
 <manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
   package="com.android.dialer.blocking">
 
-  <application />
+  <application>
+    <!-- Provide this since upgrade path seems to be messy; Only a stub class exists there -->
+    <provider
+        android:authorities="com.android.dialer.blocking.filterednumberprovider"
+        android:exported="false"
+        android:multiprocess="false"
+        android:name="com.android.dialer.blocking.FilteredNumberProvider"/>
+  </application>
 
 </manifest>
diff --git a/java/com/android/dialer/blocking/FilteredNumberProvider.java b/java/com/android/dialer/blocking/FilteredNumberProvider.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..970659a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/com/android/dialer/blocking/FilteredNumberProvider.java
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: The LineageOS Project
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+package com.android.dialer.blocking;
+
+import android.content.ContentProvider;
+import android.content.ContentValues;
+import android.database.Cursor;
+import android.net.Uri;
+
+/** Stub class for upgrade path */
+public class FilteredNumberProvider extends ContentProvider {
+    @Override
+    public boolean onCreate() {
+        return false;
+    }
+    @Override
+    public Cursor query(Uri uri, String[] projection, String selection, String[] selectionArgs,
+                        String sortOrder) {
+        return null;
+    }
+    @Override
+    public String getType(Uri uri) {
+        return null;
+    }
+    @Override
+    public Uri insert(Uri uri, ContentValues values) {
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int delete(Uri uri, String selection, String[] selectionArgs) {
+        return 0;
+    }
+    @Override
+    public int update(Uri uri, ContentValues values, String selection, String[] selectionArgs) {
+        return 0;
+    }
+}