diff --git a/android/build.gradle b/android/build.gradle
index 49b5d5f..a7446ee 100644
--- a/android/build.gradle
+++ b/android/build.gradle
@@ -40,11 +40,15 @@ android {
         abortOnError false
     }
     compileOptions {
-        sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_17
-        targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_17
+        sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_21
+        targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_21
     }
 }
 
+kotlin {
+    jvmToolchain(21)
+}
+
 repositories {
     google()
     mavenCentral()
diff --git a/example-app/android/app/capacitor.build.gradle b/example-app/android/app/capacitor.build.gradle
index 99f157e..c039307 100644
--- a/example-app/android/app/capacitor.build.gradle
+++ b/example-app/android/app/capacitor.build.gradle
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 
 android {
   compileOptions {
-      sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_17
-      targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_17
+      sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_21
+      targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_21
   }
 }