diff --git a/ci/makefiles/android.mk b/ci/makefiles/android.mk
index 2041a6ce76..f04ebcdc54 100644
--- a/ci/makefiles/android.mk
+++ b/ci/makefiles/android.mk
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ ANDROID_NDK_VERSION_LEGACY ?= 21e
 ANDROID_SDK_TOOLS_VERSION ?= 6514223
 ANDROID_SDK_BUILD_TOOLS_VERSION ?= 29.0.3
 ANDROID_HOME ?= $(HOME)/.android
-ANDROID_API_LEVEL ?= 27
+ANDROID_API_LEVEL ?= 35
 
 # per OS dictionary-like
 UNAME_S := $(shell uname -s)
diff --git a/pythonforandroid/bootstraps/common/build/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/pythonforandroid/bootstraps/common/build/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 8f174bc31b..4a2223651a 100644
--- a/pythonforandroid/bootstraps/common/build/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/pythonforandroid/bootstraps/common/build/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.0.2-all.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.14.3-all.zip
diff --git a/pythonforandroid/bootstraps/common/build/templates/build.tmpl.gradle b/pythonforandroid/bootstraps/common/build/templates/build.tmpl.gradle
index 750a435d99..370b3957f9 100644
--- a/pythonforandroid/bootstraps/common/build/templates/build.tmpl.gradle
+++ b/pythonforandroid/bootstraps/common/build/templates/build.tmpl.gradle
@@ -2,17 +2,17 @@
 buildscript {
     repositories {
        google()
-       jcenter()
+       mavenCentral()
     }
     dependencies {
-        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:8.1.1'
+        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:8.11.0'
     }
 }
 
 allprojects {
     repositories {
         google()
-        jcenter()
+        mavenCentral()
         {%- for repo in args.gradle_repositories %}
         {{repo}}
         {%- endfor %}
diff --git a/pythonforandroid/bootstraps/service_library/build/jni/Application.mk b/pythonforandroid/bootstraps/service_library/build/jni/Application.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4a6c42929c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pythonforandroid/bootstraps/service_library/build/jni/Application.mk
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+APP_PLATFORM := $(NDK_API)
diff --git a/pythonforandroid/bootstraps/webview/build/jni/Application.mk b/pythonforandroid/bootstraps/webview/build/jni/Application.mk
index e79e378f94..15598537ca 100644
--- a/pythonforandroid/bootstraps/webview/build/jni/Application.mk
+++ b/pythonforandroid/bootstraps/webview/build/jni/Application.mk
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@
 
 # APP_ABI := armeabi armeabi-v7a x86
 APP_ABI := $(ARCH)
+APP_PLATFORM := $(NDK_API)
diff --git a/testapps/on_device_unit_tests/buildozer.spec b/testapps/on_device_unit_tests/buildozer.spec
index b372d5faa5..17fca683f1 100644
--- a/testapps/on_device_unit_tests/buildozer.spec
+++ b/testapps/on_device_unit_tests/buildozer.spec
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ fullscreen = 0
 #android.permissions = INTERNET
 
 # (int) Target Android API, should be as high as possible.
-#android.api = 27
+android.api = 35
 
 # (int) Minimum API your APK will support.
 #android.minapi = 21
diff --git a/testapps/on_device_unit_tests/setup.py b/testapps/on_device_unit_tests/setup.py
index a63ca8bcb7..4d2019390c 100644
--- a/testapps/on_device_unit_tests/setup.py
+++ b/testapps/on_device_unit_tests/setup.py
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
             'requirements':
                 'sqlite3,libffi,openssl,pyjnius,kivy,python3,requests,urllib3,'
                 'chardet,idna',
-            'android-api': 27,
+            'android-api': 35,
             'ndk-api': 24,
             'dist-name': 'bdist_unit_tests_app',
             'arch': 'armeabi-v7a',
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
             'requirements':
                 'sqlite3,libffi,openssl,pyjnius,kivy,python3,requests,urllib3,'
                 'chardet,idna',
-            'android-api': 27,
+            'android-api': 35,
             'ndk-api': 24,
             'dist-name': 'bdist_unit_tests_app',
             'arch': 'armeabi-v7a',
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
     'aar':
         {
             'requirements' : 'python3',
-            'android-api': 27,
+            'android-api': 35,
             'ndk-api': 24,
             'dist-name': 'bdist_unit_tests_app',
             'arch': 'arm64-v8a',