diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index bcdbd6c874f2a8..dde63fc00734fc 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ buildscript {
     gradlePluginPortal()
   }
   dependencies {
-    classpath("com.android.tools.build:gradle:7.3.1")
+    classpath("com.android.tools.build:gradle:7.4.1")
     classpath("de.undercouch:gradle-download-task:5.0.1")
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/build.gradle.kts b/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/build.gradle.kts
index 5ea92ee71b41c8..8a54bdaaa9e6a2 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/build.gradle.kts
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ group = "com.facebook.react"
 
 dependencies {
   implementation(gradleApi())
-  implementation("com.android.tools.build:gradle:7.3.1")
+  implementation("com.android.tools.build:gradle:7.4.1")
   implementation("com.google.code.gson:gson:2.8.9")
   implementation("com.google.guava:guava:31.0.1-jre")
   implementation("com.squareup:javapoet:1.13.0")
diff --git a/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/com/facebook/react/ReactPlugin.kt b/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/com/facebook/react/ReactPlugin.kt
index 48fff59c790a38..8aa1c5bbdb0d9a 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/com/facebook/react/ReactPlugin.kt
+++ b/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/com/facebook/react/ReactPlugin.kt
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 package com.facebook.react
 
 import com.android.build.api.variant.AndroidComponentsExtension
-import com.android.build.gradle.AppExtension
 import com.android.build.gradle.internal.tasks.factory.dependsOn
 import com.facebook.react.tasks.BuildCodegenCLITask
 import com.facebook.react.tasks.GenerateCodegenArtifactsTask
@@ -55,24 +54,6 @@ class ReactPlugin : Plugin<Project> {
           project.configureReactTasks(variant = variant, config = extension)
         }
       }
-
-      // This is a legacy AGP api. Needed as AGP 7.3 is not consuming generated resources correctly.
-      // Can be removed as we bump to AGP 7.4 stable.
-      // This registers the $buildDir/generated/res/react/<variant> folder as a
-      // res folder to be consumed with the old AGP Apis which are not broken.
-      project.extensions.getByType(AppExtension::class.java).apply {
-        this.applicationVariants.all { variant ->
-          val isDebuggableVariant =
-              extension.debuggableVariants.get().any { it.equals(variant.name, ignoreCase = true) }
-          val targetName = variant.name.replaceFirstChar { it.uppercase() }
-          val bundleTaskName = "createBundle${targetName}JsAndAssets"
-          if (!isDebuggableVariant) {
-            variant.registerGeneratedResFolders(
-                project.layout.buildDirectory.files("generated/res/react/${variant.name}"))
-            variant.mergeResourcesProvider.get().dependsOn(bundleTaskName)
-          }
-        }
-      }
       configureCodegen(project, extension, isLibrary = false)
     }
 
diff --git a/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/com/facebook/react/TaskConfiguration.kt b/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/com/facebook/react/TaskConfiguration.kt
index 30bad252fd823b..24ba33b297c692 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/com/facebook/react/TaskConfiguration.kt
+++ b/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/com/facebook/react/TaskConfiguration.kt
@@ -72,9 +72,7 @@ internal fun Project.configureReactTasks(variant: Variant, config: ReactExtensio
           it.hermesFlags.set(config.hermesFlags)
           it.reactNativeDir.set(config.reactNativeDir)
         }
-    // Currently broken inside AGP 7.3 We need to wait for a release of AGP 7.4 in order to use
-    // the addGeneratedSourceDirectory API.
-    // variant.sources.res?.addGeneratedSourceDirectory(bundleTask, BundleHermesCTask::resourcesDir)
+    variant.sources.res?.addGeneratedSourceDirectory(bundleTask, BundleHermesCTask::resourcesDir)
     variant.sources.assets?.addGeneratedSourceDirectory(bundleTask, BundleHermesCTask::jsBundleDir)
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/rn-tester/android/app/build.gradle b/packages/rn-tester/android/app/build.gradle
index 964948984f041f..7e409761fab2c9 100644
--- a/packages/rn-tester/android/app/build.gradle
+++ b/packages/rn-tester/android/app/build.gradle
@@ -77,6 +77,11 @@ def enableProguardInReleaseBuilds = true
  */
 def jscFlavor = 'org.webkit:android-jsc:+'
 
+/**
+ * This allows to customized the CMake version used for compiling RN Tester.
+ */
+def cmakeVersion = project(":ReactAndroid").cmake_version
+
 /**
  * Architectures to build native code for.
  */
@@ -128,6 +133,11 @@ android {
             keyPassword MYAPP_RELEASE_KEY_PASSWORD
         }
     }
+    externalNativeBuild {
+        cmake {
+            version cmakeVersion
+        }
+    }
     splits {
         abi {
             enable enableSeparateBuildPerCPUArchitecture
diff --git a/template/android/build.gradle b/template/android/build.gradle
index 67d887b03078b6..34ea71819406f6 100644
--- a/template/android/build.gradle
+++ b/template/android/build.gradle
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ buildscript {
         mavenCentral()
     }
     dependencies {
-        classpath("com.android.tools.build:gradle:7.3.1")
+        classpath("com.android.tools.build:gradle")
         classpath("com.facebook.react:react-native-gradle-plugin")
     }
 }