diff --git a/android-template/build.gradle b/android-template/build.gradle
index 160481cb8..fc069ba12 100644
--- a/android-template/build.gradle
+++ b/android-template/build.gradle
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ buildscript {
         jcenter()
     }
     dependencies {
-        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.5.3'
+        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.6.1'
         classpath 'com.google.gms:google-services:4.3.3'
 
         // NOTE: Do not place your application dependencies here; they belong
diff --git a/android-template/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/android-template/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 751633a2d..1e6473d20 100644
--- a/android-template/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/android-template/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-5.4.1-all.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-5.6.4-all.zip
diff --git a/android/capacitor/build.gradle b/android/capacitor/build.gradle
index 73f02fbd4..3b5a5fe14 100644
--- a/android/capacitor/build.gradle
+++ b/android/capacitor/build.gradle
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ buildscript {
         jcenter()
     }
     dependencies {
-        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.5.3'
+        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.6.1'
         classpath 'com.novoda:bintray-release:0.9.1'
     }
 }
diff --git a/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 9bbaef5f8..604779809 100644
--- a/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/android/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-5.4.1-all.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-5.6.4-all.zip
diff --git a/capacitor-cordova-android-plugins/build.gradle b/capacitor-cordova-android-plugins/build.gradle
index 86dbdb5df..16cee0c2e 100644
--- a/capacitor-cordova-android-plugins/build.gradle
+++ b/capacitor-cordova-android-plugins/build.gradle
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ buildscript {
         jcenter()
     }
     dependencies {
-        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.5.3'
+        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.6.1'
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/example/android/build.gradle b/example/android/build.gradle
index 40584401c..7039ec3c1 100644
--- a/example/android/build.gradle
+++ b/example/android/build.gradle
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ buildscript {
         jcenter()
     }
     dependencies {
-        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.5.3'
+        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.6.1'
 
         // NOTE: Do not place your application dependencies here; they belong
         // in the individual module build.gradle files
diff --git a/example/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/example/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index e294c0213..4ddfafd18 100644
--- a/example/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/example/android/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-5.4.1-all.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-5.6.4-all.zip
diff --git a/plugin-template/android/build.gradle b/plugin-template/android/build.gradle
index 68f49e0dc..ebf2c8b13 100644
--- a/plugin-template/android/build.gradle
+++ b/plugin-template/android/build.gradle
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ buildscript {
         jcenter()
     }
     dependencies {
-        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.5.3'
+        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.6.1'
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/plugin-template/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/plugin-template/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 9bbaef5f8..604779809 100644
--- a/plugin-template/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/plugin-template/android/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-5.4.1-all.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-5.6.4-all.zip