diff --git a/android-project/app/build.gradle b/android-project/app/build.gradle
index f59f482cd0a6e..a158bbffa4c34 100644
--- a/android-project/app/build.gradle
+++ b/android-project/app/build.gradle
@@ -8,23 +8,23 @@ else {
 }
 
 android {
-    compileSdkVersion 31
+    if (buildAsApplication) {
+        namespace "org.libsdl.app"
+    }
+    compileSdkVersion 34
     defaultConfig {
-        if (buildAsApplication) {
-            applicationId "org.libsdl.app"
-        }
-        minSdkVersion 16
-        targetSdkVersion 31
+        minSdkVersion 19
+        targetSdkVersion 34
         versionCode 1
         versionName "1.0"
         externalNativeBuild {
             ndkBuild {
-                arguments "APP_PLATFORM=android-16"
+                arguments "APP_PLATFORM=android-19"
                 // abiFilters 'armeabi-v7a', 'arm64-v8a', 'x86', 'x86_64'
                 abiFilters 'arm64-v8a'
             }
             cmake {
-                arguments "-DANDROID_APP_PLATFORM=android-16", "-DANDROID_STL=c++_static"
+                arguments "-DANDROID_APP_PLATFORM=android-19", "-DANDROID_STL=c++_static"
                 // abiFilters 'armeabi-v7a', 'arm64-v8a', 'x86', 'x86_64'
                 abiFilters 'arm64-v8a'
             }
@@ -54,10 +54,10 @@ android {
         }
        
     }
-    lintOptions {
+    lint {
         abortOnError false
     }
-    
+
     if (buildAsLibrary) {
         libraryVariants.all { variant ->
             variant.outputs.each { output ->
diff --git a/android-project/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/android-project/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index d997afe4a49d4..e0d033410e14e 100644
--- a/android-project/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/android-project/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
      com.gamemaker.game
 -->
 <manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
-    package="org.libsdl.app"
     android:versionCode="1"
     android:versionName="1.0"
     android:installLocation="auto">
diff --git a/android-project/build.gradle b/android-project/build.gradle
index 6f629c8aa758e..2c911c6ff1554 100644
--- a/android-project/build.gradle
+++ b/android-project/build.gradle
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ buildscript {
         google()
     }
     dependencies {
-        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:7.0.3'
+        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:8.1.1'
 
         // NOTE: Do not place your application dependencies here; they belong
         // in the individual module build.gradle files
diff --git a/android-project/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/android-project/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index ada5af48a6c48..5b9d75997372a 100644
--- a/android-project/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/android-project/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #Thu Nov 11 18:20:34 PST 2021
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-7.3-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.1.1-bin.zip
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
diff --git a/docs/README-android.md b/docs/README-android.md
index 75a8f60daba00..2eaee31bdd2a3 100644
--- a/docs/README-android.md
+++ b/docs/README-android.md
@@ -10,13 +10,13 @@ The rest of this README covers the Android gradle style build process.
 Requirements
 ================================================================================
 
-Android SDK (version 31 or later)
+Android SDK (version 34 or later)
 https://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
 
 Android NDK r15c or later
 https://developer.android.com/tools/sdk/ndk/index.html
 
-Minimum API level supported by SDL: 16 (Android 4.1)
+Minimum API level supported by SDL: 19 (Android 4.4)
 
 
 How the port works
@@ -435,13 +435,13 @@ The Tegra Graphics Debugger is available from NVidia here:
 https://developer.nvidia.com/tegra-graphics-debugger
 
 
-Why is API level 16 the minimum required?
+Why is API level 19 the minimum required?
 ================================================================================
 
-The latest NDK toolchain doesn't support targeting earlier than API level 16.
-As of this writing, according to https://developer.android.com/about/dashboards/index.html
-about 99% of the Android devices accessing Google Play support API level 16 or
-higher (January 2018).
+The latest NDK toolchain doesn't support targeting earlier than API level 19.
+As of this writing, according to https://www.composables.com/tools/distribution-chart
+about 99.7% of the Android devices accessing Google Play support API level 19 or
+higher (August 2023).
 
 
 A note regarding the use of the "dirty rectangles" rendering technique