diff --git a/android/build.gradle b/android/build.gradle
index dddafa061..889aee083 100644
--- a/android/build.gradle
+++ b/android/build.gradle
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ buildscript {
         maven { url 'https://maven.google.com' }
     }
     dependencies {
-        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.0.0-alpha8'
+        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.0.0-alpha9'
 
         // NOTE: Do not place your application dependencies here; they belong
         // in the individual module build.gradle files.
diff --git a/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index da2f98794..415fe6a7e 100644
--- a/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-#Mon Jul 17 18:25:08 CEST 2017
+#Tue Aug 08 14:17:48 CDT 2017
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-4.1-milestone-1-all.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-4.1-rc-1-all.zip