diff --git a/test-app/app/build.gradle b/test-app/app/build.gradle
index ae9cc3954..4a8d94d7b 100644
--- a/test-app/app/build.gradle
+++ b/test-app/app/build.gradle
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ def nativescriptDependencies = new JsonSlurper().parseText(dependenciesJson.text
 def computeCompileSdkVersion = { -> project.hasProperty("compileSdk") ? compileSdk : 26 }
 def computeTargetSdkVersion = { -> project.hasProperty("targetSdk") ? targetSdk : 26 }
 def computeBuildToolsVersion = { ->
-    project.hasProperty("buildToolsVersion") ? buildToolsVersion : "27.0.1"
+    project.hasProperty("buildToolsVersion") ? buildToolsVersion : "27.0.3"
 }
 
 project.ext.selectedBuildType = project.hasProperty("release") ? "release" : "debug"
diff --git a/test-app/app/src/main/assets/app/tests/exceptionHandlingTests.js b/test-app/app/src/main/assets/app/tests/exceptionHandlingTests.js
index f8329e497..742b8ac4a 100644
--- a/test-app/app/src/main/assets/app/tests/exceptionHandlingTests.js
+++ b/test-app/app/src/main/assets/app/tests/exceptionHandlingTests.js
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ describe("Tests exception handling ", function () {
 	});
 
     // run this test only for API level bigger than 25 as we have handling there
-    if(android.os.Build.VERSION.SDK_INT > 25) {
+    if(android.os.Build.VERSION.SDK_INT > 25 && android.os.Build.CPU_ABI != "x86" && android.os.Build.CPU_ABI != "x86_64") {
         it("Should handle SIGABRT and throw a NativeScript exception when incorrectly calling JNI methods", function () {
             let myClassInstance = new com.tns.tests.MyTestBaseClass3();
             // public void callMeWithAString(java.lang.String[] stringArr, Runnable arbitraryInterface)
diff --git a/test-app/build-tools/android-metadata-generator/build.gradle b/test-app/build-tools/android-metadata-generator/build.gradle
index 48f3f8f65..7a65f3e0a 100644
--- a/test-app/build-tools/android-metadata-generator/build.gradle
+++ b/test-app/build-tools/android-metadata-generator/build.gradle
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ buildscript {
     }
 
     dependencies {
-        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.0.1'
+        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.1.2'
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/test-app/build-tools/static-binding-generator/build.gradle b/test-app/build-tools/static-binding-generator/build.gradle
index afa8645bd..b8786c877 100644
--- a/test-app/build-tools/static-binding-generator/build.gradle
+++ b/test-app/build-tools/static-binding-generator/build.gradle
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ compileJava {
 }
 
 task copyJarToBuildTools (type: Copy) {
-    inputs.dir("$projectDir/build/libs/static-binding-generator.jar")
+    inputs.file("$projectDir/build/libs/static-binding-generator.jar")
     from "$projectDir/build/libs/static-binding-generator.jar"
     into "$projectDir/../"
 }
diff --git a/test-app/build.gradle b/test-app/build.gradle
index 457a2c9a2..0dc9e78f5 100644
--- a/test-app/build.gradle
+++ b/test-app/build.gradle
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 // Top-level build file where you can add configuration options common to all sub-projects/modules.
 
 buildscript {
-    
+
     repositories {
         jcenter()
         google()
     }
     dependencies {
-        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.0.1'
+        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.1.2'
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/test-app/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/test-app/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index cba6c1d77..182c48faa 100644
--- a/test-app/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/test-app/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-#Mon Sep 18 14:23:16 EEST 2017
+#Fri May 11 16:45:47 EEST 2018
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-4.1-all.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-4.4-all.zip
diff --git a/test-app/runtime/build.gradle b/test-app/runtime/build.gradle
index b2f625959..0b071ec9a 100644
--- a/test-app/runtime/build.gradle
+++ b/test-app/runtime/build.gradle
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ if (onlyX86) {
     println "OnlyX86 build triggered."
 }
 
-project.ext._buildToolsVersion = "27.0.1"
+project.ext._buildToolsVersion = "27.0.3"
 
 android {
     sourceSets {