diff --git a/android-template/build.gradle b/android-template/build.gradle
index f8f0e43b6d..7b71f48843 100644
--- a/android-template/build.gradle
+++ b/android-template/build.gradle
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ buildscript {
         mavenCentral()
     }
     dependencies {
-        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:8.13.0'
+        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:9.2.0'
         classpath 'com.google.gms:google-services:4.4.4'
 
         // NOTE: Do not place your application dependencies here; they belong
diff --git a/android-template/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/android-template/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 7705927e94..317a32cf42 100644
--- a/android-template/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/android-template/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.14.3-all.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-9.5.1-all.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
 validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
diff --git a/android/capacitor-cordova/build.gradle b/android/capacitor-cordova/build.gradle
index 717c6b1aa2..c2cb053e33 100644
--- a/android/capacitor-cordova/build.gradle
+++ b/android/capacitor-cordova/build.gradle
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ buildscript {
         mavenCentral()
     }
     dependencies {
-        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:8.13.0'
+        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:9.2.0'
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/android/capacitor/build.gradle b/android/capacitor/build.gradle
index 5841ded35d..d5fcae1678 100644
--- a/android/capacitor/build.gradle
+++ b/android/capacitor/build.gradle
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ buildscript {
         }
     }
     dependencies {
-        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:8.13.0'
+        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:9.2.0'
 
         if (System.getenv("CAP_PUBLISH") == "true") {
             classpath 'io.github.gradle-nexus:publish-plugin:1.3.0'
diff --git a/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 7705927e94..317a32cf42 100644
--- a/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.14.3-all.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-9.5.1-all.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
 validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
diff --git a/android/package.json b/android/package.json
index 575e8ec18d..d8773d0df9 100644
--- a/android/package.json
+++ b/android/package.json
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     "capacitor-cordova/src/main/"
   ],
   "scripts": {
-    "verify": "./gradlew clean lint build test -b capacitor/build.gradle"
+    "verify": "./gradlew :capacitor-android:clean :capacitor-android:lint :capacitor-android:build :capacitor-android:test"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
     "@capacitor/core": "^9.0.0-alpha.3"
diff --git a/capacitor-cordova-android-plugins/build.gradle b/capacitor-cordova-android-plugins/build.gradle
index 5edcbfd2c2..cf216cdbdd 100644
--- a/capacitor-cordova-android-plugins/build.gradle
+++ b/capacitor-cordova-android-plugins/build.gradle
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ buildscript {
         mavenCentral()
     }
     dependencies {
-        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:8.13.0'
+        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:9.2.0'
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/cli/src/tasks/migrate.ts b/cli/src/tasks/migrate.ts
index addcd5bf4b..fe9068704c 100644
--- a/cli/src/tasks/migrate.ts
+++ b/cli/src/tasks/migrate.ts
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ const plugins = [
 ];
 const coreVersion = '^8.0.0';
 const pluginVersion = '^8.0.0';
-const gradleVersion = '8.14.3';
+const gradleVersion = '9.5.1';
 const iOSVersion = '16';
 const kotlinVersion = '2.4.0';
 let installFailed = false;
diff --git a/scripts/publish-android.sh b/scripts/publish-android.sh
index b9b39c9aa8..58c4ddfb94 100644
--- a/scripts/publish-android.sh
+++ b/scripts/publish-android.sh
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ else
     printf %"s\n" "Publishing $CAP_VERSION to MavenCentral production..."
 
     # Build and publish
-    $DIR/gradlew clean build publishReleasePublicationToSonatypeRepository closeAndReleaseSonatypeStagingRepository --max-workers 1 -b $DIR/capacitor/build.gradle -Pandroid.useAndroidX=true > $LOG_OUTPUT 2>&1
+    $DIR/gradlew :capacitor-android:clean :capacitor-android:build :capacitor-android:publishReleasePublicationToSonatypeRepository closeAndReleaseSonatypeStagingRepository --max-workers 1 -Pandroid.useAndroidX=true > $LOG_OUTPUT 2>&1
 
     echo $RESULT