diff --git a/BUILDING.md b/BUILDING.md
index 3b83cfaeaa..b3c9ab28e9 100644
--- a/BUILDING.md
+++ b/BUILDING.md
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ section below.
 
 To build Filament for Android you must also install the following:
 
-- Android Studio 4.0 or more recent
+- Android Studio 4.0.1 or more recent
 - Android SDK
-- Android NDK "side-by-side" 21 or higher
+- Android NDK "side-by-side" 21.3 or higher
 
 ### Environment variables
 
diff --git a/android/build.gradle b/android/build.gradle
index 6d1ec8d039..360b6d3ada 100644
--- a/android/build.gradle
+++ b/android/build.gradle
@@ -48,21 +48,20 @@ buildscript {
         'targetSdk': 29,
         'compileSdk': 29,
         'kotlin': '1.3.72',
-        'buildTools': '29.0.3',
-        'ndk': '21.0.6113669'
+        'buildTools': '30.0.1',
+        'ndk': '21.3.6528147'
     ]
 
     ext.deps = [
         'androidx': [
             'annotations': "androidx.annotation:annotation:1.1.0",
-            'core': "androidx.core:core:1.1.0",
+            'core': "androidx.core:core:1.3.0",
         ],
         'kotlin': "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib-jdk8:${versions.kotlin}"
     ]
 
     dependencies {
-        // NOTE: Do not update to 4.0.0, there is a bug breaking our build, 4.0.1 will have a fix
-        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.6.3'
+        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:4.0.1'
         classpath "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:${versions.kotlin}"
     }
 
diff --git a/build/android/build.sh b/build/android/build.sh
index 275a9ee519..c74f3f3caa 100755
--- a/build/android/build.sh
+++ b/build/android/build.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 #
 # The default is release
 
-NDK_VERSION="ndk;21.0.6113669"
+NDK_VERSION="ndk;21.3.6528147"
 ANDROID_NDK_VERSION=21
 
 # Exclude Vulkan from CI builds for Android. (It is enabled for other platforms.)