diff --git a/android/app/build.gradle b/android/app/build.gradle
index 870f9d81e108..3834cf464243 100644
--- a/android/app/build.gradle
+++ b/android/app/build.gradle
@@ -229,11 +229,11 @@ dependencies {
     implementation 'com.facebook.fresco:fresco:2.5.0'
     implementation 'com.facebook.fresco:animated-gif:2.5.0'
 
-    // Android support library
-    implementation 'com.android.support:support-core-utils:28.0.0'
+    // AndroidX support library
+    implementation 'androidx.legacy:legacy-support-core-utils:1.0.0'
 
     // Multi Dex Support: https://developer.android.com/studio/build/multidex#mdex-gradle
-    implementation 'com.android.support:multidex:1.0.3'
+    implementation 'androidx.multidex:multidex:2.0.1'
 
     // Plaid SDK
     implementation project(':react-native-plaid-link-sdk')
diff --git a/android/gradle.properties b/android/gradle.properties
index 46cd98554d29..038fb5c392e8 100644
--- a/android/gradle.properties
+++ b/android/gradle.properties
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx6g -XX:MaxMetaspaceSize=512m
 # Android operating system, and which are packaged with your app's APK
 # https://developer.android.com/topic/libraries/support-library/androidx-rn
 android.useAndroidX=true
-# Automatically convert third-party libraries to use AndroidX
-android.enableJetifier=true
+# Disabled Jetifier to improve build performance as we're not using libraries that require Jetifier for AndroidX compatibility.
+android.enableJetifier=false
 
 # Increase storage capacity (the default is 6 MB)
 AsyncStorage_db_size_in_MB=10