diff --git a/WordPressUtils/build.gradle b/WordPressUtils/build.gradle
index 23c91ea51919..69b0a16c04e1 100644
--- a/WordPressUtils/build.gradle
+++ b/WordPressUtils/build.gradle
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ buildscript {
         jcenter()
     }
     dependencies {
-        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:2.0.0'
+        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:2.1.0'
     }
 }