diff --git a/android/build.gradle b/android/build.gradle
index f21c3801..b533c0fe 100644
--- a/android/build.gradle
+++ b/android/build.gradle
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 apply plugin: 'com.android.library'
 
 android {
-    compileSdkVersion 23
-    buildToolsVersion "23.0.1"
+    compileSdkVersion 31
+    buildToolsVersion "30.0.2"
 
     defaultConfig {
-        minSdkVersion 16
-        targetSdkVersion 22
+        minSdkVersion 21
+        targetSdkVersion 31
         versionCode 1
         versionName "1.0"
         ndk {
@@ -15,7 +15,33 @@ android {
     }
 }
 
+buildscript {
+    repositories {
+        google()
+        mavenCentral()
+        gradlePluginPortal()
+    }
+    dependencies {
+        classpath("com.android.tools.build:gradle:7.0.4")
+
+        // NOTE: Do not place your application dependencies here; they belong
+        // in the individual module build.gradle files
+    }
+}
+
+allprojects {
+    repositories {
+        google()
+        mavenCentral()
+        mavenLocal()
+        gradlePluginPortal()
+        maven {
+            // All of React Native (JS, Obj-C sources, Android binaries) is installed from npm
+            url "$rootDir/../node_modules/react-native/android"
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 dependencies {
-    compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:23.0.0'
-    compile 'com.facebook.react:react-native:+'
+    implementation 'com.facebook.react:react-native:+'
 }
diff --git a/android/gradle.properties b/android/gradle.properties
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c62d03dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/android/gradle.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# Project-wide Gradle settings.
+
+# IDE (e.g. Android Studio) users:
+# Gradle settings configured through the IDE *will override*
+# any settings specified in this file.
+
+# For more details on how to configure your build environment visit
+# http://www.gradle.org/docs/current/userguide/build_environment.html
+
+# Specifies the JVM arguments used for the daemon process.
+# The setting is particularly useful for tweaking memory settings.
+# Default value: -Xmx10248m -XX:MaxPermSize=256m
+org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx2048m -XX:MaxPermSize=512m -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8
+
+# When configured, Gradle will run in incubating parallel mode.
+# This option should only be used with decoupled projects. More details, visit
+# http://www.gradle.org/docs/current/userguide/multi_project_builds.html#sec:decoupled_projects
+# org.gradle.parallel=true
+
+android.useAndroidX=true
+android.enableJetifier=true
diff --git a/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index f23df6e4..2e6e5897 100644
--- a/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
-#Wed Oct 21 11:34:03 PDT 2015
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-7.3.3-bin.zip
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-2.8-all.zip
diff --git a/android/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/android/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index e9b7fe2e..4cdb3937 100644
--- a/android/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/android/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 <manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
     package="com.rssignaturecapture">
-</manifest>
+</manifest>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b3412d79..5f33fa51 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@qdivision/react-native-signature-capture",
-  "version": "0.4.10",
+  "version": "0.5.2",
   "description": "Lets users sign their signatures",
   "main": "SignatureCapture.js",
   "scripts": {