diff --git a/plugin/android/build.gradle b/plugin/android/build.gradle
index 9cf7add..189485e 100644
--- a/plugin/android/build.gradle
+++ b/plugin/android/build.gradle
@@ -58,8 +58,8 @@ android {
         abortOnError false
     }
     compileOptions {
-        sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_17
-        targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_17
+        sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_21
+        targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_21
     }
     publishing {
         singleVariant("release")
@@ -68,6 +68,9 @@ android {
         implementation("org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-coroutines-android:$kotlinxCoroutinesVersion")
         implementation("org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-coroutines-core:$kotlinxCoroutinesVersion")
     }
+    kotlin {
+        jvmToolchain(21)
+    }
 }
 
 repositories {
diff --git a/plugin/e2e-tests/android/app/capacitor.build.gradle b/plugin/e2e-tests/android/app/capacitor.build.gradle
index 6ff7d33..9b10d25 100644
--- a/plugin/e2e-tests/android/app/capacitor.build.gradle
+++ b/plugin/e2e-tests/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
   }
 }