diff --git a/android/build.gradle b/android/build.gradle
index e656d0ae6..763ebccef 100644
--- a/android/build.gradle
+++ b/android/build.gradle
@@ -48,6 +48,11 @@ android {
         }
     }
 
+    compileOptions {
+        targetCompatibility rootProject.javaTargetVersion
+        sourceCompatibility rootProject.javaTargetVersion
+    }
+
     buildFeatures {
         prefab true
     }
diff --git a/android/plugins/leakcanary2/build.gradle b/android/plugins/leakcanary2/build.gradle
index d141f408d..def2cf57d 100644
--- a/android/plugins/leakcanary2/build.gradle
+++ b/android/plugins/leakcanary2/build.gradle
@@ -19,6 +19,11 @@ android {
         targetSdkVersion rootProject.targetSdkVersion
     }
 
+    compileOptions {
+        targetCompatibility rootProject.javaTargetVersion
+        sourceCompatibility rootProject.javaTargetVersion
+    }
+
     dependencies {
         compileOnly "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib:$KOTLIN_VERSION"
         implementation project(':android')
diff --git a/android/plugins/litho/build.gradle b/android/plugins/litho/build.gradle
index 9b8494679..4ca8b0e45 100644
--- a/android/plugins/litho/build.gradle
+++ b/android/plugins/litho/build.gradle
@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@ android {
         targetSdkVersion rootProject.targetSdkVersion
     }
 
+    compileOptions {
+        targetCompatibility rootProject.javaTargetVersion
+        sourceCompatibility rootProject.javaTargetVersion
+    }
+
     dependencies {
         compileOnly deps.lithoAnnotations
         implementation project(':android')
diff --git a/android/plugins/retrofit2-protobuf/build.gradle b/android/plugins/retrofit2-protobuf/build.gradle
index b807c0de8..4a4c383e2 100644
--- a/android/plugins/retrofit2-protobuf/build.gradle
+++ b/android/plugins/retrofit2-protobuf/build.gradle
@@ -19,6 +19,11 @@ android {
         targetSdkVersion rootProject.targetSdkVersion
     }
 
+    compileOptions {
+        targetCompatibility rootProject.javaTargetVersion
+        sourceCompatibility rootProject.javaTargetVersion
+    }
+
     dependencies {
         implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib:$KOTLIN_VERSION"
         implementation project(':android')
diff --git a/android/sample/build.gradle b/android/sample/build.gradle
index ea77a1b5e..73145eaae 100644
--- a/android/sample/build.gradle
+++ b/android/sample/build.gradle
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ android {
     compileSdkVersion rootProject.compileSdkVersion
     buildToolsVersion rootProject.buildToolsVersion
     ndkVersion rootProject.ndkVersion
+
     defaultConfig {
         minSdkVersion 21
         testInstrumentationRunner 'androidx.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner'
@@ -36,8 +37,8 @@ android {
     }
 
     compileOptions {
-        targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
-        sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
+        targetCompatibility rootProject.javaTargetVersion
+        sourceCompatibility rootProject.javaTargetVersion
     }
 
     packagingOptions {
diff --git a/android/tutorial/build.gradle b/android/tutorial/build.gradle
index 4f55e38b8..2526f95ec 100644
--- a/android/tutorial/build.gradle
+++ b/android/tutorial/build.gradle
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ android {
     }
 
     compileOptions {
-        targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
-        sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
+        targetCompatibility rootProject.javaTargetVersion
+        sourceCompatibility rootProject.javaTargetVersion
     }
 
     buildTypes {
@@ -33,10 +33,6 @@ android {
         }
     }
 
-    kotlinOptions {
-        jvmTarget = "1.8"
-    }
-
     packagingOptions {
         pickFirst "**/libcrypto.so"
         pickFirst "**/libevent-2.1.so"
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index d45665b7f..6d0bade47 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ ext {
     compileSdkVersion = 31
     buildToolsVersion = "30.0.3"
     ndkVersion = "$NDK_VERSION"
+    javaTargetVersion = JavaVersion.VERSION_17
 }
 
 ext.deps = [
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 92340ba69..db061ec28 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ POM_ISSUES_URL=https://github.com/facebook/flipper/issues/
 # Shared version numbers
 LITHO_VERSION=0.44.0
 ANDROIDX_VERSION=1.3.0
-KOTLIN_VERSION=1.6.20
+KOTLIN_VERSION=1.8.20
 FBJNI_VERSION=0.3.0
 SOLOADER_VERSION=0.10.4
 # NDK