diff --git a/android-template/build.gradle b/android-template/build.gradle
index 937411e8f..300eb889f 100644
--- a/android-template/build.gradle
+++ b/android-template/build.gradle
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ buildscript {
         jcenter()
     }
     dependencies {
-        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.3.2'
-        classpath 'com.google.gms:google-services:4.2.0'
+        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.5.3'
+        classpath 'com.google.gms:google-services:4.3.3'
 
         // NOTE: Do not place your application dependencies here; they belong
         // in the individual module build.gradle files
diff --git a/android-template/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/android-template/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index bf8d6baca..751633a2d 100644
--- a/android-template/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/android-template/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-4.10.1-all.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-5.4.1-all.zip
diff --git a/android/capacitor/build.gradle b/android/capacitor/build.gradle
index 360549b79..9c26a82cc 100644
--- a/android/capacitor/build.gradle
+++ b/android/capacitor/build.gradle
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ buildscript {
         google()
     }
     dependencies {
-        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.3.2'
+        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.5.3'
         classpath 'com.novoda:bintray-release:0.9.1'
     }
 }
@@ -68,5 +68,3 @@ publish {
     desc = 'Capacitor Android Runtime'
     website = 'https://github.com/ionic-team/capacitor'
 }
-
-
diff --git a/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index f715fac11..9bbaef5f8 100644
--- a/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-4.10.1-all.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-5.4.1-all.zip
diff --git a/capacitor-cordova-android-plugins/build.gradle b/capacitor-cordova-android-plugins/build.gradle
index 759dfbfdd..b531fec07 100644
--- a/capacitor-cordova-android-plugins/build.gradle
+++ b/capacitor-cordova-android-plugins/build.gradle
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ buildscript {
         google()
     }
     dependencies {
-        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.3.2'
+        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.5.3'
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/example/android/build.gradle b/example/android/build.gradle
index 2c2f10b9c..40584401c 100644
--- a/example/android/build.gradle
+++ b/example/android/build.gradle
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ buildscript {
         jcenter()
     }
     dependencies {
-        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.3.2'
+        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.5.3'
 
         // NOTE: Do not place your application dependencies here; they belong
         // in the individual module build.gradle files
diff --git a/example/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/example/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 8c2e81aa2..e294c0213 100644
--- a/example/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/example/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-4.10.1-all.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-5.4.1-all.zip
diff --git a/plugin-template/android/build.gradle b/plugin-template/android/build.gradle
index a73bc9975..12b267a03 100644
--- a/plugin-template/android/build.gradle
+++ b/plugin-template/android/build.gradle
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ buildscript {
         google()
     }
     dependencies {
-        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.3.2'
+        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.5.3'
     }
 }
 
@@ -44,4 +44,3 @@ dependencies {
     androidTestImplementation 'com.android.support.test:runner:1.0.2'
     androidTestImplementation 'com.android.support.test.espresso:espresso-core:3.0.2'
 }
-
diff --git a/plugin-template/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/plugin-template/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index f715fac11..9bbaef5f8 100644
--- a/plugin-template/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/plugin-template/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-4.10.1-all.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-5.4.1-all.zip