diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
index d64cd4917707..e6441136f3d4 100644
Binary files a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar and b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar differ
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 2ea3535dc058..e7646dead063 100644
--- a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.6-all.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.7-all.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
 validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
diff --git a/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
index d64cd4917707..e6441136f3d4 100644
Binary files a/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar and b/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar differ
diff --git a/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 2ea3535dc058..e7646dead063 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.6-all.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.7-all.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
 validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
diff --git a/packages/react-native-popup-menu-android/android/build.gradle.kts b/packages/react-native-popup-menu-android/android/build.gradle.kts
index d861b977491e..779c39ffece7 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-popup-menu-android/android/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/packages/react-native-popup-menu-android/android/build.gradle.kts
@@ -16,17 +16,17 @@ android {
   buildToolsVersion = libs.versions.buildTools.get()
   namespace = "com.facebook.react.popupmenu"
 
-  defaultConfig {
-    minSdk = libs.versions.minSdk.get().toInt()
-    targetSdk = libs.versions.targetSdk.get().toInt()
-  }
+  defaultConfig { minSdk = libs.versions.minSdk.get().toInt() }
 
   compileOptions {
     sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_17
     targetCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_17
   }
+}
 
-  kotlinOptions { jvmTarget = "17" }
+kotlin {
+  jvmToolchain(17)
+  explicitApi()
 }
 
 dependencies {
diff --git a/packages/react-native/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/packages/react-native/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index 3facf139e901..b9eb1f66ccd3 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/packages/react-native/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ nexus-publish = "1.3.0"
 okhttp = "4.9.2"
 okio = "2.9.0"
 robolectric = "4.9.2"
-soloader = "0.10.5"
+soloader = "0.11.0"
 xstream = "1.4.20"
 yoga-proguard-annotations = "1.19.0"
 # Native Dependencies
diff --git a/packages/react-native/template/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/packages/react-native/template/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
index 7f93135c49b7..e6441136f3d4 100644
Binary files a/packages/react-native/template/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar and b/packages/react-native/template/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar differ
diff --git a/packages/react-native/template/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/packages/react-native/template/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 2ea3535dc058..e7646dead063 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/template/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/packages/react-native/template/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.6-all.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.7-all.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
 validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME