diff --git a/java/build-android.gradle b/java/build-android.gradle
index d2ab321749efa..de850aafe4643 100644
--- a/java/build-android.gradle
+++ b/java/build-android.gradle
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ publishing {
 
             if (addQnnDependency) {
 				println "Modifying the POM XML to include QNN dependency"
-				def qnnVersion = project.hasProperty('qnnVersion')
+				def qnnVersion = System.properties['qnnVersion']
 
 				qnnVersion = "$qnnVersion.+"
 				withXml {
diff --git a/tools/ci_build/github/android/build_aar_package.py b/tools/ci_build/github/android/build_aar_package.py
index fef636125b2bc..7cc36cc5d350f 100644
--- a/tools/ci_build/github/android/build_aar_package.py
+++ b/tools/ci_build/github/android/build_aar_package.py
@@ -102,6 +102,9 @@ def _build_aar(args):
 
         if qnn_android_build:
             qnn_home = os.getenv("QNN_HOME")
+            qnn_sdk_version = os.getenv("QNN_SDK_VERSION")
+            if not qnn_sdk_version:
+                raise EnvironmentError("QNN_SDK_VERSION environment variable is not set.")
             abi_build_command += ["--qnn_home=" + qnn_home]
         if ops_config_path is not None:
             abi_build_command += ["--include_ops_by_config=" + ops_config_path]
@@ -163,6 +166,10 @@ def _build_aar(args):
         ("-DaddQnnDependency=1" if qnn_android_build else "-DaddQnnDependency=0"),
     ]
 
+    # Add qnn specific parameters
+    if qnn_android_build:
+        gradle_command.append(f"-DqnnVersion={qnn_sdk_version}")
+
     # clean, build, and publish to a local directory
     subprocess.run([*gradle_command, "clean"], env=temp_env, shell=False, check=True, cwd=JAVA_ROOT)
     subprocess.run([*gradle_command, "build"], env=temp_env, shell=False, check=True, cwd=JAVA_ROOT)