diff --git a/android/app/build.gradle b/android/app/build.gradle
index c831f4dee..abd67c956 100644
--- a/android/app/build.gradle
+++ b/android/app/build.gradle
@@ -101,8 +101,8 @@ android {
         applicationId 'org.jitsi.jitsi_meet_react'
         minSdkVersion 16
         targetSdkVersion 22
-        versionCode 1
-        versionName '1.0'
+        versionCode Integer.parseInt("${version}")
+        versionName "1.0.${version}"
         ndk {
             abiFilters 'armeabi-v7a', 'x86'
         }
diff --git a/android/gradle.properties b/android/gradle.properties
index 1fd964e90..0d5caf904 100644
--- a/android/gradle.properties
+++ b/android/gradle.properties
@@ -18,3 +18,4 @@
 # org.gradle.parallel=true
 
 android.useDeprecatedNdk=true
+version=1