diff --git a/android/app/build.gradle b/android/app/build.gradle
index 7875dec..e1d1363 100644
--- a/android/app/build.gradle
+++ b/android/app/build.gradle
@@ -1,71 +1,44 @@
-def localProperties = new Properties()
-def localPropertiesFile = rootProject.file('local.properties')
-if (localPropertiesFile.exists()) {
-    localPropertiesFile.withReader('UTF-8') { reader ->
-        localProperties.load(reader)
-    }
-}
-
-def flutterRoot = localProperties.getProperty('flutter.sdk')
-if (flutterRoot == null) {
-    throw new GradleException("Flutter SDK not found. Define location with flutter.sdk in the local.properties file.")
-}
-
-def flutterVersionCode = localProperties.getProperty('flutter.versionCode')
-if (flutterVersionCode == null) {
-    flutterVersionCode = '1'
-}
-
-def flutterVersionName = localProperties.getProperty('flutter.versionName')
-if (flutterVersionName == null) {
-    flutterVersionName = '1.0'
+plugins {
+    id "com.android.application"
+    id "kotlin-android"
+    // The Flutter Gradle Plugin must be applied after the Android and Kotlin Gradle plugins.
+    id "dev.flutter.flutter-gradle-plugin"
 }
 
-apply plugin: 'com.android.application'
-apply plugin: 'kotlin-android'
-apply from: "$flutterRoot/packages/flutter_tools/gradle/flutter.gradle"
-
 android {
-    compileSdkVersion flutter.compileSdkVersion
-    ndkVersion flutter.ndkVersion
+    namespace = "com.example.animation_playground"
+    compileSdk = flutter.compileSdkVersion
+    ndkVersion = flutter.ndkVersion
 
     compileOptions {
-        sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
-        targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
+        sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
+        targetCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
     }
 
     kotlinOptions {
-        jvmTarget = '1.8'
-    }
-
-    sourceSets {
-        main.java.srcDirs += 'src/main/kotlin'
+        jvmTarget = JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
     }
 
     defaultConfig {
         // TODO: Specify your own unique Application ID (https://developer.android.com/studio/build/application-id.html).
         applicationId "com.example.animation_playground"
         // You can update the following values to match your application needs.
-        // For more information, see: https://docs.flutter.dev/deployment/android#reviewing-the-build-configuration.
-        minSdkVersion flutter.minSdkVersion
-        targetSdkVersion flutter.targetSdkVersion
-        versionCode flutterVersionCode.toInteger()
-        versionName flutterVersionName
+        // For more information, see: https://flutter.dev/to/review-gradle-config.
+        minSdk = flutter.minSdkVersion
+        targetSdk = flutter.targetSdkVersion
+        versionCode = flutter.versionCode
+        versionName = flutter.versionName
     }
 
     buildTypes {
         release {
             // TODO: Add your own signing config for the release build.
             // Signing with the debug keys for now, so `flutter run --release` works.
-            signingConfig signingConfigs.debug
+            signingConfig = signingConfigs.debug
         }
     }
 }
 
 flutter {
-    source '../..'
-}
-
-dependencies {
-    implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib-jdk7:$kotlin_version"
+    source = "../.."
 }
diff --git a/android/build.gradle b/android/build.gradle
index 9bc02fa..d2ffbff 100644
--- a/android/build.gradle
+++ b/android/build.gradle
@@ -1,16 +1,3 @@
-buildscript {
-    ext.kotlin_version = '1.8.20'
-    repositories {
-        google()
-        mavenCentral()
-    }
-
-    dependencies {
-        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:7.1.2'
-        classpath "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:$kotlin_version"
-    }
-}
-
 allprojects {
     repositories {
         google()
@@ -18,12 +5,12 @@ allprojects {
     }
 }
 
-rootProject.buildDir = '../build'
+rootProject.buildDir = "../build"
 subprojects {
     project.buildDir = "${rootProject.buildDir}/${project.name}"
 }
 subprojects {
-    project.evaluationDependsOn(':app')
+    project.evaluationDependsOn(":app")
 }
 
 tasks.register("clean", Delete) {
diff --git a/android/gradle.properties b/android/gradle.properties
index 94adc3a..2597170 100644
--- a/android/gradle.properties
+++ b/android/gradle.properties
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx1536M
+org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx4G -XX:MaxMetaspaceSize=2G -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError
 android.useAndroidX=true
 android.enableJetifier=true
diff --git a/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index cb24abd..3c85cfe 100644
--- a/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/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-7.4-all.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.7-all.zip
diff --git a/android/settings.gradle b/android/settings.gradle
index 44e62bc..b9e43bd 100644
--- a/android/settings.gradle
+++ b/android/settings.gradle
@@ -1,11 +1,25 @@
-include ':app'
+pluginManagement {
+    def flutterSdkPath = {
+        def properties = new Properties()
+        file("local.properties").withInputStream { properties.load(it) }
+        def flutterSdkPath = properties.getProperty("flutter.sdk")
+        assert flutterSdkPath != null, "flutter.sdk not set in local.properties"
+        return flutterSdkPath
+    }()
 
-def localPropertiesFile = new File(rootProject.projectDir, "local.properties")
-def properties = new Properties()
+    includeBuild("$flutterSdkPath/packages/flutter_tools/gradle")
 
-assert localPropertiesFile.exists()
-localPropertiesFile.withReader("UTF-8") { reader -> properties.load(reader) }
+    repositories {
+        google()
+        mavenCentral()
+        gradlePluginPortal()
+    }
+}
 
-def flutterSdkPath = properties.getProperty("flutter.sdk")
-assert flutterSdkPath != null, "flutter.sdk not set in local.properties"
-apply from: "$flutterSdkPath/packages/flutter_tools/gradle/app_plugin_loader.gradle"
+plugins {
+    id "dev.flutter.flutter-plugin-loader" version "1.0.0"
+    id "com.android.application" version "8.1.0" apply false
+    id "org.jetbrains.kotlin.android" version "1.8.22" apply false
+}
+
+include ":app"