diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c8491fe..6dddb84 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -14,14 +14,14 @@ The ActionItemBadge Library is pushed to [Maven Central], so you just need to ad
 
 ```javascript
 dependencies {
-	compile 'com.mikepenz:actionitembadge:3.3.1@aar'
+	implementation 'com.mikepenz:actionitembadge:3.3.1@aar'
 
 	//SUB-DEPENDENCIES
 	//Android-Iconics - used to provide an easy API for icons 
-	compile 'com.mikepenz:iconics-core:2.8.1@aar'
+	implementation 'com.mikepenz:iconics-core:{latestVersion}@aar'
 
 	//appcompat
-	compile "com.android.support:appcompat-v7:${rootProject.ext.supportLibVersion}"
+	implementation "com.android.support:appcompat-v7:${supportLibVersion}"
 }
 ```
 
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ call invalidateOptionsMenu() afterwards.
 
 # License
 
-    Copyright 2016 Mike Penz
+    Copyright 2017 Mike Penz
 
     Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
     you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/app/build.gradle b/app/build.gradle
index 99ea777..f7f8bcf 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle
+++ b/app/build.gradle
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ android {
 
     defaultConfig {
         minSdkVersion 14
-        targetSdkVersion 25
+        targetSdkVersion 27
         versionCode 331
         versionName "3.3.1"
     }
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@ android {
     lintOptions {
         abortOnError false
     }
-    
-    enforceUniquePackageName false
 }
 
 dependencies {
@@ -35,29 +33,31 @@ dependencies {
     // contains util classes to support various android versions, and clean up code
     // comes with the awesome "Holder"-Pattern
     // https://github.com/mikepenz/Materialize
-    compile 'com.mikepenz:materialize:1.0.0@aar'
+    compile 'com.mikepenz:materialize:1.1.1@aar'
 
     // used to fill the RecyclerView with the DrawerItems
     // and provides single and multi selection, expandable items
     // https://github.com/mikepenz/FastAdapter
-    compile 'com.mikepenz:fastadapter:2.1.5@aar'
+    compile 'com.mikepenz:fastadapter:2.6.3@aar'
 
     // used to provide out of the box icon font support. simplifies development,
     // and provides scalable icons. the core is very very light
     // https://github.com/mikepenz/Android-Iconics
-    compile 'com.mikepenz:iconics-core:2.8.1@aar'
+    compile 'com.mikepenz:iconics-core:2.9.3@aar'
 
     //used to generate the drawer on the left
     //https://github.com/mikepenz/MaterialDrawer
-    compile 'com.mikepenz:materialdrawer:5.8.1@aar'
+    compile('com.mikepenz:materialdrawer:5.9.5@aar') {
+        exclude group: "com.android.support"
+    }
 
     //used to generate the Open Source section
     //https://github.com/mikepenz/AboutLibraries
-    compile 'com.mikepenz:aboutlibraries:5.9.1@aar'
+    compile 'com.mikepenz:aboutlibraries:5.9.8@aar'
 
     //used to display the icons in the drawer and in the menu
     //https://github.com/mikepenz/Android-Iconics
-    compile 'com.mikepenz:google-material-typeface:2.2.0.1@aar'
-    compile 'com.mikepenz:fontawesome-typeface:4.4.0.1@aar'
+    compile 'com.mikepenz:google-material-typeface:3.0.1.1.original@aar'
+    compile 'com.mikepenz:fontawesome-typeface:4.7.0.0@aar'
     compile 'com.mikepenz:crossfader:1.5.0@aar'
 }
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 74c17b9..74cc6b2 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -1,27 +1,25 @@
 buildscript {
     repositories {
+        google()
         jcenter()
         maven { url 'https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/' }
     }
     dependencies {
-        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:2.3.0-beta1'
-        classpath 'com.novoda:bintray-release:0.3.4'
+        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.0.0'
+        classpath 'com.novoda:bintray-release:0.5.0'
     }
 }
 
 ext {
-    compileSdkVersion = 25
-    buildToolsVersion = "25.0.2"
-    supportLibVersion = "25.1.0"
+    compileSdkVersion = 27
+    buildToolsVersion = "27.0.0"
+    supportLibVersion = "27.0.0"
 }
 
 allprojects {
     repositories {
+        google()
         jcenter()
         maven { url 'https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/' }
     }
-}
-
-task wrapper(type: Wrapper) {
-    gradleVersion = '3.2'
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index e0d8185..4f46c93 100644
--- a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-#Tue Dec 27 09:05:09 CET 2016
+#Sat Oct 28 18:55:50 CEST 2017
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-3.2-all.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-4.1-all.zip
diff --git a/library/build.gradle b/library/build.gradle
index e6225db..9df23c4 100644
--- a/library/build.gradle
+++ b/library/build.gradle
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ android {
 
     defaultConfig {
         minSdkVersion 14
-        targetSdkVersion 25
+        targetSdkVersion 27
         versionCode 331
         versionName "3.3.1"
     }
@@ -25,10 +25,10 @@ dependencies {
     // used to provide out of the box icon font support. simplifies development,
     // and provides scalable icons. the core is very very light
     // https://github.com/mikepenz/Android-Iconics
-    compile 'com.mikepenz:iconics-core:2.8.1@aar'
+    implementation 'com.mikepenz:iconics-core:2.9.3@aar'
 
-    compile "com.android.support:appcompat-v7:${rootProject.ext.supportLibVersion}"
+    implementation "com.android.support:appcompat-v7:${rootProject.ext.supportLibVersion}"
 
     // used to provide useful AS warnings
-    compile "com.android.support:support-annotations:${rootProject.ext.supportLibVersion}"
+    implementation "com.android.support:support-annotations:${rootProject.ext.supportLibVersion}"
 }