diff --git a/android/build.gradle b/android/build.gradle
index 42cde2190..b5d61c457 100644
--- a/android/build.gradle
+++ b/android/build.gradle
@@ -13,11 +13,6 @@ def isNewArchitectureEnabled() {
     return project.hasProperty("newArchEnabled") && project.newArchEnabled == "true"
 }
 
-
-def getKotlinVersion() {
-    return rootProject.ext.has('kotlinVersion') ? rootProject.ext.get('kotlinVersion') : '1.6.21'
-}
-
 def getCoroutinesVersion(kotlinVersion) {
     return kotlinVersion >= '1.9' ? '1.8.0' : '1.6.4'
 }
@@ -30,17 +25,15 @@ if (rootProject.ext.has('expoRNMapboxMapsVersion')) {
     rootProject.ext.set('RNMapboxMapsVersion', rootProject.ext.get('expoRNMapboxMapsVersion'))
 }
 
-project.ext.set("kotlinVersion", getKotlinVersion())
-
 buildscript {
   repositories {
     google()
     mavenCentral()
   }
 
-  def kotlinVersion = this.kotlinVersion
+  project.ext.set("kotlinVersion", rootProject.ext.has('kotlinVersion') ? rootProject.ext.get('kotlinVersion') : '1.7.21')
   dependencies {
-      classpath "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:${kotlinVersion}"
+      classpath "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:${project.kotlinVersion}"
   }
 }
 
@@ -153,8 +146,8 @@ dependencies {
     // React Native
     implementation "com.facebook.react:react-native:+"
 
-    implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-coroutines-core:${safeExtGet('kotlinxCoroutinesCoreVersion', getCoroutinesVersion(getKotlinVersion()))}"
-    implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-coroutines-android:${safeExtGet('kotlinxCoroutinesAndroidVersion', getCoroutinesVersion(getKotlinVersion()))}"
+    implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-coroutines-core:${safeExtGet('kotlinxCoroutinesCoreVersion', getCoroutinesVersion(project.kotlinVersion))}"
+    implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-coroutines-android:${safeExtGet('kotlinxCoroutinesAndroidVersion', getCoroutinesVersion(project.kotlinVersion))}"
 
     // Mapbox SDK
     customizableDependencies('RNMapboxMapsLibs') {