diff --git a/Example/android/app/build.gradle b/Example/android/app/build.gradle
index 5462877..4459fa7 100644
--- a/Example/android/app/build.gradle
+++ b/Example/android/app/build.gradle
@@ -94,8 +94,8 @@ def enableSeparateBuildPerCPUArchitecture = false
 def enableProguardInReleaseBuilds = false
 
 android {
-    compileSdkVersion 23
-    buildToolsVersion "23.0.1"
+    compileSdkVersion 27
+    buildToolsVersion "27.0.3"
 
     defaultConfig {
         applicationId "com.textinputeffects"
diff --git a/Example/android/build.gradle b/Example/android/build.gradle
index eed9972..17e92db 100644
--- a/Example/android/build.gradle
+++ b/Example/android/build.gradle
@@ -3,9 +3,10 @@
 buildscript {
     repositories {
         jcenter()
+        google()
     }
     dependencies {
-        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:2.2.3'
+        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.1.4'
 
         // NOTE: Do not place your application dependencies here; they belong
         // in the individual module build.gradle files
@@ -20,5 +21,6 @@ allprojects {
             // All of React Native (JS, Obj-C sources, Android binaries) is installed from npm
             url "$rootDir/../node_modules/react-native/android"
         }
+        google()
     }
 }
diff --git a/Example/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/Example/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index dbdc05d..b6517bb 100644
--- a/Example/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/Example/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-2.14.1-all.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-4.4-all.zip