diff --git a/android-project/app/build.gradle b/android-project/app/build.gradle
index c6043616d9..4d416e96af 100644
--- a/android-project/app/build.gradle
+++ b/android-project/app/build.gradle
@@ -11,15 +11,15 @@ android {
     if (buildAsApplication) {
         namespace "org.libsdl.app"
     }
-    compileSdkVersion 34
+    compileSdkVersion 35
     defaultConfig {
-        minSdkVersion 19
-        targetSdkVersion 34
+        minSdkVersion 21
+        targetSdkVersion 35
         versionCode 1
         versionName "1.0"
         externalNativeBuild {
             ndkBuild {
-                arguments "APP_PLATFORM=android-19"
+                arguments "APP_PLATFORM=android-21"
                 abiFilters 'armeabi-v7a', 'arm64-v8a', 'x86', 'x86_64'
             }
             // cmake {
diff --git a/android-project/build.gradle b/android-project/build.gradle
index 2c911c6ff1..639cd52b2e 100644
--- a/android-project/build.gradle
+++ b/android-project/build.gradle
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ buildscript {
         google()
     }
     dependencies {
-        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:8.1.1'
+        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:8.6.0'
 
         // NOTE: Do not place your application dependencies here; they belong
         // in the individual module build.gradle files
diff --git a/android-project/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/android-project/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 5b9d759973..9d17becdbe 100644
--- a/android-project/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/android-project/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #Thu Nov 11 18:20:34 PST 2021
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.1.1-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.7-bin.zip
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME