diff --git a/android/build.gradle b/android/build.gradle
index 11487135..7a786fa2 100644
--- a/android/build.gradle
+++ b/android/build.gradle
@@ -70,9 +70,16 @@ android {
     compileSdkVersion safeExtGet('compileSdkVersion', 31)
     buildToolsVersion safeExtGet('buildToolsVersion', '30.0.2')
 
-    compileOptions {
-        targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
-        sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
+    def agpVersion = com.android.Version.ANDROID_GRADLE_PLUGIN_VERSION
+    if (agpVersion.tokenize('.')[0].toInteger() < 8) {
+      compileOptions {
+        sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_11
+        targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_11
+      }
+
+      kotlinOptions {
+        jvmTarget = JavaVersion.VERSION_11.majorVersion
+      }
     }
 
     defaultConfig {
@@ -87,6 +94,10 @@ android {
         }
     }
 
+    buildFeatures {
+        buildConfig true
+    }
+
     packagingOptions {
         exclude "**/libreact_render*.so"
     }