diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0af4a63..5f71c4f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -189,13 +189,13 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.github.aquality-automation</groupId>
             <artifactId>aquality-selenium-core</artifactId>
-            <version>4.0.0</version>
+            <version>4.0.1</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.appium</groupId>
             <artifactId>java-client</artifactId>
-            <version>9.1.0</version>
+            <version>9.2.2</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
diff --git a/src/main/java/aquality/appium/mobile/application/Application.java b/src/main/java/aquality/appium/mobile/application/Application.java
index 400b4d4..7d93cb3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/aquality/appium/mobile/application/Application.java
+++ b/src/main/java/aquality/appium/mobile/application/Application.java
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 import aquality.selenium.core.configurations.ITimeoutConfiguration;
 import aquality.selenium.core.localization.ILocalizedLogger;
 import io.appium.java_client.AppiumDriver;
+import io.appium.java_client.InteractsWithApps;
 import org.openqa.selenium.remote.service.DriverService;
 
 import java.time.Duration;
@@ -85,4 +86,13 @@ public void quit() {
             getDriverService().stop();
         }
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Terminate the particular application if it is running.
+     * @param bundleId the bundle identifier (or app id) of the app to be terminated.
+     * @return true if the app was running before and has been successfully stopped.
+     */
+    public boolean terminateApp(String bundleId) {
+        return ((InteractsWithApps)getDriver()).terminateApp(bundleId);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/samples/android/nativeapp/apidemos/screens/AndroidScreen.java b/src/test/java/samples/android/nativeapp/apidemos/screens/AndroidScreen.java
index ff01d0c..8af820e 100644
--- a/src/test/java/samples/android/nativeapp/apidemos/screens/AndroidScreen.java
+++ b/src/test/java/samples/android/nativeapp/apidemos/screens/AndroidScreen.java
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ protected void startActivity(Activity activity) {
                 activity.getAppPackage());
         AndroidDriver driver = (AndroidDriver) AqualityServices.getApplication().getDriver();
         Map<String, Object> params = new HashMap<>();
-        params.put("intent", activity.getAppPackage() + "/" + activity.getAppActivity());
+        params.put("intent", String.format("%s/%s", activity.getAppPackage(), activity.getAppActivity()));
         params.put("package", activity.getAppPackage());
         driver.executeScript("mobile: startActivity", params);
     }