diff --git a/example/android/app/build.gradle b/example/android/app/build.gradle
index 3d260e6cc5..c2d09efb13 100644
--- a/example/android/app/build.gradle
+++ b/example/android/app/build.gradle
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ apply plugin: 'com.android.application'
 apply from: "$flutterRoot/packages/flutter_tools/gradle/flutter.gradle"
 
 android {
-    compileSdkVersion 27
+    compileSdkVersion 29
 
     lintOptions {
         disable 'InvalidPackage'
@@ -35,10 +35,10 @@ android {
         // TODO: Specify your own unique Application ID (https://developer.android.com/studio/build/application-id.html).
         applicationId "com.example.example"
         minSdkVersion 16
-        targetSdkVersion 27
+        targetSdkVersion 29
         versionCode flutterVersionCode.toInteger()
         versionName flutterVersionName
-        testInstrumentationRunner "android.support.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"
+        testInstrumentationRunner "androidx.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"
     }
 
     buildTypes {
@@ -56,6 +56,6 @@ flutter {
 
 dependencies {
     testImplementation 'junit:junit:4.12'
-    androidTestImplementation 'com.android.support.test:runner:1.0.2'
-    androidTestImplementation 'com.android.support.test.espresso:espresso-core:3.0.2'
+    androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test:runner:1.1.0'
+    androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test.espresso:espresso-core:3.1.0'
 }
diff --git a/example/android/build.gradle b/example/android/build.gradle
index d4225c7905..e0d7ae2c11 100644
--- a/example/android/build.gradle
+++ b/example/android/build.gradle
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ buildscript {
     }
 
     dependencies {
-        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.1.2'
+        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.5.0'
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/example/android/gradle.properties b/example/android/gradle.properties
index 8bd86f6805..38c8d4544f 100644
--- a/example/android/gradle.properties
+++ b/example/android/gradle.properties
@@ -1 +1,4 @@
 org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx1536M
+android.enableR8=true
+android.useAndroidX=true
+android.enableJetifier=true
diff --git a/example/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/example/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 9372d0f3f4..ec410b8c31 100644
--- a/example/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/example/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-#Fri Jun 23 08:50:38 CEST 2017
+#Thu Oct 03 23:29:54 IST 2019
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-4.4-all.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-5.4.1-all.zip