diff --git a/src/android/app/build.gradle.kts b/src/android/app/build.gradle.kts
index 379adb08c7..3d96350490 100644
--- a/src/android/app/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/src/android/app/build.gradle.kts
@@ -24,12 +24,12 @@ android {
     }
 
     compileOptions {
-        sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_11
-        targetCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_11
+        sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_17
+        targetCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_17
     }
 
     kotlinOptions {
-        jvmTarget = "11"
+        jvmTarget = "17"
     }
 
     lint {
diff --git a/src/android/app/proguard-rules.pro b/src/android/app/proguard-rules.pro
index 2f695757c0..002f641ea8 100644
--- a/src/android/app/proguard-rules.pro
+++ b/src/android/app/proguard-rules.pro
@@ -1,2 +1,13 @@
 # To get usable stack traces
 -dontobfuscate
+
+# Suppress warnings for R8
+-dontwarn org.bouncycastle.jsse.BCSSLParameters
+-dontwarn org.bouncycastle.jsse.BCSSLSocket
+-dontwarn org.bouncycastle.jsse.provider.BouncyCastleJsseProvider
+-dontwarn org.conscrypt.Conscrypt$Version
+-dontwarn org.conscrypt.Conscrypt
+-dontwarn org.conscrypt.ConscryptHostnameVerifier
+-dontwarn org.openjsse.javax.net.ssl.SSLParameters
+-dontwarn org.openjsse.javax.net.ssl.SSLSocket
+-dontwarn org.openjsse.net.ssl.OpenJSSE
diff --git a/src/android/build.gradle.kts b/src/android/build.gradle.kts
index 4422096668..5d134f20f8 100644
--- a/src/android/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/src/android/build.gradle.kts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // Top-level build file where you can add configuration options common to all sub-projects/modules.
 plugins {
-    id("com.android.application") version "7.4.2" apply false
-    id("com.android.library") version "7.4.2" apply false
+    id("com.android.application") version "8.0.1" apply false
+    id("com.android.library") version "8.0.1" apply false
     id("org.jetbrains.kotlin.android") version "1.8.10" apply false
 }
 
diff --git a/src/android/gradle.properties b/src/android/gradle.properties
index 82b01e7d35..4f4f20eb66 100644
--- a/src/android/gradle.properties
+++ b/src/android/gradle.properties
@@ -11,4 +11,4 @@ android.useAndroidX=true
 org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx2048m -XX:MaxPermSize=512m -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8
 # Kotlin code style for this project: "official" or "obsolete":
 kotlin.code.style=official
-android.nonTransitiveRClass=true
+android.defaults.buildfeatures.buildconfig=true