diff --git a/js/react_native/android/build.gradle b/js/react_native/android/build.gradle
index 07a0db5e4a054..60aaf45e41861 100644
--- a/js/react_native/android/build.gradle
+++ b/js/react_native/android/build.gradle
@@ -119,8 +119,8 @@ android {
     disable 'GradleCompatible'
   }
   compileOptions {
-    sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
-    targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
+    sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_17
+    targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_17
   }
 
   sourceSets {
diff --git a/js/react_native/android/gradle.properties b/js/react_native/android/gradle.properties
index ea72fd3e52e81..97b64d66e5e4e 100644
--- a/js/react_native/android/gradle.properties
+++ b/js/react_native/android/gradle.properties
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # Specifies the JVM arguments used for the daemon process.
 # The setting is particularly useful for tweaking memory settings.
 # Default value: -Xmx1024m -XX:MaxPermSize=256m
-org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx4096m -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8
+org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx4096m -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -Djavax.xml.accessExternalSchema=all -Djavax.xml.accessExternalDTD=all
 #
 # When configured, Gradle will run in incubating parallel mode.
 # This option should only be used with decoupled projects. More details, visit
@@ -13,3 +13,7 @@ org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx4096m -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError -Dfile.encoding=UTF
 #Tue Jan 26 17:36:02 PST 2021
 android.enableJetifier=true
 android.useAndroidX=true
+
+systemProp.javax.xml.parsers.SAXParserFactory=com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.jaxp.SAXParserFactoryImpl
+systemProp.javax.xml.transform.TransformerFactory=com.sun.org.apache.xalan.internal.xsltc.trax.TransformerFactoryImpl
+systemProp.javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory=com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.jaxp.DocumentBuilderFactoryImpl
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