diff --git a/core/jvm/src/TimeZoneJvm.kt b/core/jvm/src/TimeZoneJvm.kt
index 5a5846382..6ec4b9c8a 100644
--- a/core/jvm/src/TimeZoneJvm.kt
+++ b/core/jvm/src/TimeZoneJvm.kt
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ public actual open class TimeZone internal constructor(internal val zoneId: Zone
         internal fun ofZone(zoneId: ZoneId): TimeZone = when {
             zoneId is jtZoneOffset ->
                 FixedOffsetTimeZone(UtcOffset(zoneId))
-            zoneId.rules.isFixedOffset ->
+            zoneId.isFixedOffset ->
                 FixedOffsetTimeZone(UtcOffset(zoneId.normalized() as jtZoneOffset), zoneId)
             else ->
                 TimeZone(zoneId)
@@ -54,6 +54,15 @@ public actual open class TimeZone internal constructor(internal val zoneId: Zone
     }
 }
 
+// Workaround for https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/203956057
+private val ZoneId.isFixedOffset: Boolean
+    get() = try {
+        // On older Android versions, this can throw even though it shouldn't
+        rules.isFixedOffset
+    } catch (e: ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException) {
+        false // Happens for America/Costa_Rica, Africa/Cairo, Egypt
+    }
+
 @Serializable(with = FixedOffsetTimeZoneSerializer::class)
 public actual class FixedOffsetTimeZone
 internal constructor(public actual val offset: UtcOffset, zoneId: ZoneId): TimeZone(zoneId) {