diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0ee3ba1052..d45072e960 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -91,8 +91,8 @@ block inside your app's `build.gradle`, as below:
 android {
     compileOptions {
         coreLibraryDesugaringEnabled true
-        sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
-        targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
+        sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_11
+        targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_11
     }
 }
 ```
diff --git a/aws-analytics-pinpoint/build.gradle.kts b/aws-analytics-pinpoint/build.gradle.kts
index c3c99f6fc4..b3a68ace5b 100644
--- a/aws-analytics-pinpoint/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/aws-analytics-pinpoint/build.gradle.kts
@@ -51,3 +51,7 @@ dependencies {
     androidTestImplementation(libs.test.androidx.junit)
     androidTestImplementation(project(":aws-analytics-pinpoint"))
 }
+
+android.kotlinOptions {
+    jvmTarget = "11"
+}
diff --git a/aws-api-appsync/build.gradle.kts b/aws-api-appsync/build.gradle.kts
index 19cfd8d955..5df4653661 100644
--- a/aws-api-appsync/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/aws-api-appsync/build.gradle.kts
@@ -37,3 +37,7 @@ dependencies {
     testImplementation(project(":testmodels"))
     testImplementation(project(":testutils"))
 }
+
+android.kotlinOptions {
+    jvmTarget = "11"
+}
diff --git a/aws-api/build.gradle.kts b/aws-api/build.gradle.kts
index 58a7852bdb..865c452960 100644
--- a/aws-api/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/aws-api/build.gradle.kts
@@ -69,3 +69,7 @@ dependencies {
 
     androidTestUtil(libs.test.androidx.orchestrator)
 }
+
+android.kotlinOptions {
+    jvmTarget = "11"
+}
diff --git a/aws-auth-cognito/build.gradle.kts b/aws-auth-cognito/build.gradle.kts
index 0a0a7e1496..83122a8028 100644
--- a/aws-auth-cognito/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/aws-auth-cognito/build.gradle.kts
@@ -67,3 +67,7 @@ dependencies {
     androidTestImplementation(project(":aws-api"))
     androidTestImplementation(project(":testutils"))
 }
+
+android.kotlinOptions {
+    jvmTarget = "11"
+}
diff --git a/aws-auth-cognito/src/test/java/featureTest/utilities/APICaptorFactory.kt b/aws-auth-cognito/src/test/java/featureTest/utilities/APICaptorFactory.kt
index 8fd7d2c25f..ff8d2d9f1d 100644
--- a/aws-auth-cognito/src/test/java/featureTest/utilities/APICaptorFactory.kt
+++ b/aws-auth-cognito/src/test/java/featureTest/utilities/APICaptorFactory.kt
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ class APICaptorFactory(
         val errorCaptor = slot<AuthException>()
         val actionCaptor = slot<Map<String, Any>>().apply {
             captured = emptyMap()
-            isCaptured = true
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/aws-auth-plugins-core/build.gradle.kts b/aws-auth-plugins-core/build.gradle.kts
index 5c5a568869..3647004ae6 100644
--- a/aws-auth-plugins-core/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/aws-auth-plugins-core/build.gradle.kts
@@ -24,6 +24,12 @@ apply(from = rootProject.file("configuration/publishing.gradle"))
 
 group = properties["POM_GROUP"].toString()
 
+android {
+    kotlinOptions {
+        jvmTarget = JavaVersion.VERSION_11.toString()
+    }
+}
+
 dependencies {
     implementation(project(":core"))
     implementation(project(":aws-core"))
diff --git a/aws-datastore/build.gradle.kts b/aws-datastore/build.gradle.kts
index b7625cbb34..7a81ce2fd0 100644
--- a/aws-datastore/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/aws-datastore/build.gradle.kts
@@ -58,5 +58,5 @@ dependencies {
 }
 
 afterEvaluate {
-    android.kotlinOptions.jvmTarget = JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8.toString()
+    android.kotlinOptions.jvmTarget = JavaVersion.VERSION_11.toString()
 }
diff --git a/aws-datastore/src/test/java/com/amplifyframework/datastore/storage/sqlite/SQLCommandProcessorTest.java b/aws-datastore/src/test/java/com/amplifyframework/datastore/storage/sqlite/SQLCommandProcessorTest.java
index 251edfd5d1..3e4a973c42 100644
--- a/aws-datastore/src/test/java/com/amplifyframework/datastore/storage/sqlite/SQLCommandProcessorTest.java
+++ b/aws-datastore/src/test/java/com/amplifyframework/datastore/storage/sqlite/SQLCommandProcessorTest.java
@@ -116,7 +116,12 @@ public void rawQueryReturnsResults() throws AmplifyException {
 
         // Query for all BlogOwners, and verify that there is one result.
         SqlCommand queryCommand = sqlCommandFactory.queryFor(blogOwnerSchema, Where.matchesAll());
-        Cursor cursor = sqlCommandProcessor.rawQuery(queryCommand);
+        Cursor cursor = null;
+        try {
+            cursor = sqlCommandProcessor.rawQuery(queryCommand);
+        } catch (Exception exc) {
+            throw new AmplifyException("DB already closed", exc, "Wait until DB is reopened");
+        }
         List<BlogOwner> results = new ArrayList<>();
 
         SQLiteModelFieldTypeConverter converter = new SQLiteModelFieldTypeConverter(blogOwnerSchema,
diff --git a/aws-geo-location/build.gradle.kts b/aws-geo-location/build.gradle.kts
index 0f1e7b251e..a8d67b2ecf 100644
--- a/aws-geo-location/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/aws-geo-location/build.gradle.kts
@@ -40,5 +40,5 @@ dependencies {
 }
 
 afterEvaluate {
-    android.kotlinOptions.jvmTarget = JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8.toString()
+    android.kotlinOptions.jvmTarget = JavaVersion.VERSION_11.toString()
 }
diff --git a/aws-logging-cloudwatch/build.gradle.kts b/aws-logging-cloudwatch/build.gradle.kts
index d2295f9169..f843a48324 100644
--- a/aws-logging-cloudwatch/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/aws-logging-cloudwatch/build.gradle.kts
@@ -47,3 +47,7 @@ dependencies {
     testImplementation(libs.test.androidx.workmanager)
     testImplementation(project(":aws-logging-cloudwatch"))
 }
+
+android.kotlinOptions {
+    jvmTarget = "11"
+}
diff --git a/aws-logging-cloudwatch/src/test/kotlin/com/amplifyframework/logging/cloudwatch/AWSCloudWatchLoggingPluginImplementationTest.kt b/aws-logging-cloudwatch/src/test/kotlin/com/amplifyframework/logging/cloudwatch/AWSCloudWatchLoggingPluginImplementationTest.kt
index ba3311fbd4..4f5e4324bd 100644
--- a/aws-logging-cloudwatch/src/test/kotlin/com/amplifyframework/logging/cloudwatch/AWSCloudWatchLoggingPluginImplementationTest.kt
+++ b/aws-logging-cloudwatch/src/test/kotlin/com/amplifyframework/logging/cloudwatch/AWSCloudWatchLoggingPluginImplementationTest.kt
@@ -60,8 +60,8 @@ internal class AWSCloudWatchLoggingPluginImplementationTest {
             region = "REGION",
             logGroupName = "LOG_GROUP"
         )
-        every { loggingConstraintsResolver::localLoggingConstraint.set(capture(loggingConstraintsSlot)) }.answers { }
-        coEvery { cloudWatchLogManager.startSync() }.answers { }
+        every { loggingConstraintsResolver::localLoggingConstraint.set(capture(loggingConstraintsSlot)) } returns Unit
+        coEvery { cloudWatchLogManager.startSync() } returns Unit
         awsCloudWatchLoggingPluginImplementation.configure(
             awsLoggingConfig
         )
@@ -77,8 +77,8 @@ internal class AWSCloudWatchLoggingPluginImplementationTest {
             region = "REGION",
             logGroupName = "LOG_GROUP"
         )
-        every { loggingConstraintsResolver::localLoggingConstraint.set(any()) }.answers { }
-        coEvery { cloudWatchLogManager.startSync() }.answers { }
+        every { loggingConstraintsResolver::localLoggingConstraint.set(any()) } returns Unit
+        coEvery { cloudWatchLogManager.startSync() } returns Unit
         awsCloudWatchLoggingPluginImplementation.configure(
             awsLoggingConfig
         )
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ internal class AWSCloudWatchLoggingPluginImplementationTest {
 
     @Test
     fun `on enable`() = runTest {
-        coEvery { cloudWatchLogManager.startSync() }.answers { }
+        coEvery { cloudWatchLogManager.startSync() } returns Unit
         awsCloudWatchLoggingPluginImplementation.enable()
         assertTrue(awsCloudWatchLoggingPluginImplementation.isPluginEnabled)
         coVerify(exactly = 1) { cloudWatchLogManager.startSync() }
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ internal class AWSCloudWatchLoggingPluginImplementationTest {
 
     @Test
     fun `on disable`() {
-        every { cloudWatchLogManager.stopSync() }.answers { }
+        every { cloudWatchLogManager.stopSync() } returns Unit
         awsCloudWatchLoggingPluginImplementation.disable()
         assertFalse(awsCloudWatchLoggingPluginImplementation.isPluginEnabled)
         verify(exactly = 1) { cloudWatchLogManager.stopSync() }
@@ -106,8 +106,8 @@ internal class AWSCloudWatchLoggingPluginImplementationTest {
     fun `on flush logs success`() = runTest {
         val onSuccess = mockk<Action>()
         val onError = mockk<Consumer<AmplifyException>>()
-        coEvery { cloudWatchLogManager.syncLogEventsWithCloudwatch() }.answers { }
-        every { onSuccess.call() }.answers { }
+        coEvery { cloudWatchLogManager.syncLogEventsWithCloudwatch() } returns Unit
+        every { onSuccess.call() } returns Unit
         awsCloudWatchLoggingPluginImplementation.flushLogs(onSuccess, onError)
         coVerify(exactly = 1) { cloudWatchLogManager.syncLogEventsWithCloudwatch() }
         verify(exactly = 1) { onSuccess.call() }
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ internal class AWSCloudWatchLoggingPluginImplementationTest {
         val onError = mockk<Consumer<AmplifyException>>()
         val exception = slot<AmplifyException>()
         coEvery { cloudWatchLogManager.syncLogEventsWithCloudwatch() }.throws(IllegalStateException())
-        every { onError.accept(capture(exception)) }.answers { }
+        every { onError.accept(capture(exception)) } returns Unit
         awsCloudWatchLoggingPluginImplementation.flushLogs(onSuccess, onError)
         coVerify(exactly = 1) { cloudWatchLogManager.syncLogEventsWithCloudwatch() }
         verify(exactly = 0) { onSuccess.call() }
diff --git a/aws-pinpoint-core/build.gradle.kts b/aws-pinpoint-core/build.gradle.kts
index a35762d90e..3e8ba22d34 100644
--- a/aws-pinpoint-core/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/aws-pinpoint-core/build.gradle.kts
@@ -44,3 +44,7 @@ dependencies {
     androidTestImplementation(libs.test.androidx.runner)
     androidTestImplementation(libs.test.androidx.junit)
 }
+
+android.kotlinOptions {
+    jvmTarget = "11"
+}
diff --git a/aws-pinpoint-core/src/test/java/com/amplifyframework/pinpoint/core/AnalyticsClientTest.kt b/aws-pinpoint-core/src/test/java/com/amplifyframework/pinpoint/core/AnalyticsClientTest.kt
index 5c8c6b96cf..f25ee42548 100644
--- a/aws-pinpoint-core/src/test/java/com/amplifyframework/pinpoint/core/AnalyticsClientTest.kt
+++ b/aws-pinpoint-core/src/test/java/com/amplifyframework/pinpoint/core/AnalyticsClientTest.kt
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ import java.util.UUID
 import kotlinx.coroutines.ExperimentalCoroutinesApi
 import kotlinx.coroutines.test.UnconfinedTestDispatcher
 import kotlinx.coroutines.test.runTest
+import org.junit.After
 import org.junit.Assert.assertEquals
 import org.junit.Before
 import org.junit.Test
@@ -60,8 +61,8 @@ class AnalyticsClientTest {
     fun setup() = runTest {
         mockkStatic("com.amplifyframework.pinpoint.core.util.SharedPreferencesUtilKt")
         every { sharedPrefs.getUniqueId() } answers { "UNIQUE_ID" }
-        coEvery { sessionClient.setAnalyticsClient(any()) } answers { }
-        coEvery { sessionClient.startSession() } answers { }
+        coEvery { sessionClient.setAnalyticsClient(any()) } returns Unit
+        coEvery { sessionClient.startSession() } returns Unit
 
         analyticsClient = AnalyticsClient(
             ApplicationProvider.getApplicationContext(),
@@ -159,4 +160,9 @@ class AnalyticsClientTest {
         analyticsClient.addGlobalMetric(metricName, metricValue)
         assertEquals(metricValue, analyticsClient.getGlobalMetrics()[metricName])
     }
+
+    @After
+    fun tearDown() {
+        analyticsClient.disableEventSubmitter()
+    }
 }
diff --git a/aws-predictions/build.gradle.kts b/aws-predictions/build.gradle.kts
index 9db0c3a5e9..d84b354544 100644
--- a/aws-predictions/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/aws-predictions/build.gradle.kts
@@ -51,3 +51,7 @@ dependencies {
     androidTestImplementation(libs.test.mockk.android)
     androidTestImplementation(libs.rxjava)
 }
+
+android.kotlinOptions {
+    jvmTarget = "11"
+}
diff --git a/aws-push-notifications-pinpoint-common/build.gradle.kts b/aws-push-notifications-pinpoint-common/build.gradle.kts
index 04a9ccbbbb..7baeca672c 100644
--- a/aws-push-notifications-pinpoint-common/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/aws-push-notifications-pinpoint-common/build.gradle.kts
@@ -23,6 +23,12 @@ apply(from = rootProject.file("configuration/publishing.gradle"))
 
 group = properties["POM_GROUP"].toString()
 
+android {
+    kotlinOptions {
+        jvmTarget = JavaVersion.VERSION_11.toString()
+    }
+}
+
 dependencies {
     implementation(project(":annotations"))
     api(project(":common-core"))
diff --git a/aws-storage-s3/build.gradle.kts b/aws-storage-s3/build.gradle.kts
index a1960c0578..84aa231961 100644
--- a/aws-storage-s3/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/aws-storage-s3/build.gradle.kts
@@ -52,3 +52,7 @@ dependencies {
     androidTestImplementation(libs.test.androidx.workmanager)
     androidTestImplementation(project(":aws-storage-s3"))
 }
+
+android.kotlinOptions {
+    jvmTarget = "11"
+}
diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index 58e401444b..a111ec04d4 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -156,15 +156,15 @@ fun Project.configureAndroid() {
 
         compileOptions {
             isCoreLibraryDesugaringEnabled = true
-            sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
-            targetCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
+            sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_11
+            targetCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_11
         }
 
         // Needed when running integration tests. The oauth2 library uses relies on two
         // dependencies (Apache's httpcore and httpclient), both of which include
         // META-INF/DEPENDENCIES. Tried a couple other options to no avail.
         packagingOptions {
-            resources.excludes.add("META-INF/DEPENDENCIES")
+            resources.excludes.add("META-INF/*")
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/canaries/example/app/build.gradle b/canaries/example/app/build.gradle
index 0ca33b10f7..7982e131f9 100644
--- a/canaries/example/app/build.gradle
+++ b/canaries/example/app/build.gradle
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ android {
         }
     }
     compileOptions {
-        sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
-        targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
+        sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_11
+        targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_11
     }
     kotlinOptions {
         jvmTarget = '1.8'
diff --git a/core-kotlin/build.gradle.kts b/core-kotlin/build.gradle.kts
index 8d431fbcd4..d835cecf41 100644
--- a/core-kotlin/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/core-kotlin/build.gradle.kts
@@ -36,6 +36,6 @@ dependencies {
 }
 
 android.kotlinOptions {
-    jvmTarget = "1.8"
+    jvmTarget = "11"
     freeCompilerArgs = freeCompilerArgs + "-opt-in=kotlin.RequiresOptIn"
 }
diff --git a/core/build.gradle.kts b/core/build.gradle.kts
index c749fdd5a9..71b15db6ff 100644
--- a/core/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/core/build.gradle.kts
@@ -64,6 +64,10 @@ dependencies {
     androidTestImplementation(libs.test.androidx.fragment)
 }
 
+android.kotlinOptions {
+    jvmTarget = "11"
+}
+
 afterEvaluate {
     // Disables this warning:
     // warning: listOf(classfile) MethodParameters attribute
diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index 46a1474009..75b28eb8a4 100644
--- a/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ maplibre-annotations = "1.0.0"
 material = "1.8.0"
 mockito = "3.9.0"
 mockito-inline = "3.11.2"
-mockk = "1.12.3"
+mockk = "1.13.8"
 mockwebserver = "5.0.0-alpha.11"
 navigation = "2.3.4"
 oauth2 = "0.26.0"
diff --git a/maplibre-adapter/build.gradle.kts b/maplibre-adapter/build.gradle.kts
index 84888a2557..b642a6f74c 100644
--- a/maplibre-adapter/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/maplibre-adapter/build.gradle.kts
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ group = properties["POM_GROUP"].toString()
 
 android {
     kotlinOptions {
-        jvmTarget = JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8.toString()
+        jvmTarget = JavaVersion.VERSION_11.toString()
     }
     lint {
         disable += "GradleDependency"
diff --git a/rxbindings/build.gradle.kts b/rxbindings/build.gradle.kts
index c4eab1dc52..ef01c593cf 100644
--- a/rxbindings/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/rxbindings/build.gradle.kts
@@ -38,3 +38,7 @@ dependencies {
     testImplementation(libs.test.robolectric)
     testImplementation(project(":rxbindings"))
 }
+
+android.kotlinOptions {
+    jvmTarget = "11"
+}
diff --git a/rxbindings/src/test/java/com/amplifyframework/rx/RxStorageBindingTest.java b/rxbindings/src/test/java/com/amplifyframework/rx/RxStorageBindingTest.java
index 4e014268da..eda1755bf1 100644
--- a/rxbindings/src/test/java/com/amplifyframework/rx/RxStorageBindingTest.java
+++ b/rxbindings/src/test/java/com/amplifyframework/rx/RxStorageBindingTest.java
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
  */
 @RunWith(RobolectricTestRunner.class)
 public final class RxStorageBindingTest {
-    private static final long TIMEOUT_MS = TimeUnit.SECONDS.toMillis(5);
+    private static final long TIMEOUT_MS = TimeUnit.SECONDS.toMillis(10);
     private RxStorageCategoryBehavior rxStorage;
     private StoragePlugin<?> delegate;
     private File localFile;