diff --git a/android/app/build.gradle.kts b/android/app/build.gradle.kts
index 9f4389cc..0e56f2d7 100644
--- a/android/app/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/android/app/build.gradle.kts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import com.android.build.api.dsl.ApplicationExtension
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.dsl.JvmTarget
 import java.time.LocalDateTime
 import java.time.Month
@@ -5,12 +6,11 @@ import java.time.temporal.ChronoUnit
 
 plugins {
 	alias(libs.plugins.android.application)
-	alias(libs.plugins.kotlin.android)
 }
 
-android {
+extensions.configure<ApplicationExtension> {
 	namespace = "su.xash.engine"
-	ndkVersion = "28.2.13676358"
+	ndkVersion = "29.0.14206865"
 	compileSdk = 35
 
 	defaultConfig {
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ android {
 				"--configuration-dir=\${ndk.buildRoot}",
 				"--ndk-version=\${ndk.moduleNdkVersion}",
 				"--min-sdk-version=\${ndk.minPlatform}",
-				"--ndk-root=${android.ndkDirectory}",
+				"--ndk-root=${androidComponents.sdkComponents.ndkDirectory.get()}",
 				// shut up, fake options
 				"-p:Configuration=\${ndk.variantName}",
 				"-p:Platform=\${ndk.abi}"
@@ -77,8 +77,8 @@ android {
 
 	sourceSets {
 		getByName("main") {
-			assets.srcDirs("../../3rdparty/extras/xash-extras")
-			java.srcDir("../../3rdparty/SDL/android-project/app/src/main/java")
+			assets.directories.add("../../3rdparty/extras/xash-extras")
+			java.directories.add("../../3rdparty/SDL/android-project/app/src/main/java")
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/android/build.gradle.kts b/android/build.gradle.kts
index 78a9763a..77ecda24 100644
--- a/android/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/android/build.gradle.kts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 // Top-level build file where you can add configuration options common to all sub-projects/modules.
 plugins {
 	alias(libs.plugins.android.application) apply false
-	alias(libs.plugins.kotlin.android) apply false
 }
diff --git a/android/gradle.properties b/android/gradle.properties
index 1533bac1..d60c9047 100644
--- a/android/gradle.properties
+++ b/android/gradle.properties
@@ -25,3 +25,6 @@ android.nonTransitiveRClass=true
 
 # Enable verbose output for CMake
 android.native.buildOutput=verbose
+android.uniquePackageNames=false
+android.dependency.useConstraints=true
+android.r8.strictFullModeForKeepRules=false
diff --git a/android/gradle/gradle-daemon-jvm.properties b/android/gradle/gradle-daemon-jvm.properties
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3d3b387f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/android/gradle/gradle-daemon-jvm.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#This file is generated by updateDaemonJvm
+toolchainUrl.FREE_BSD.AARCH64=https\://api.foojay.io/disco/v3.0/ids/29ee363f71d060405f729a8f1b7f7aef/redirect
+toolchainUrl.FREE_BSD.X86_64=https\://api.foojay.io/disco/v3.0/ids/ecd23fd7707c683afbcd6052998cb6a9/redirect
+toolchainUrl.LINUX.AARCH64=https\://api.foojay.io/disco/v3.0/ids/29ee363f71d060405f729a8f1b7f7aef/redirect
+toolchainUrl.LINUX.X86_64=https\://api.foojay.io/disco/v3.0/ids/ecd23fd7707c683afbcd6052998cb6a9/redirect
+toolchainUrl.MAC_OS.AARCH64=https\://api.foojay.io/disco/v3.0/ids/10fc3bf1ee0001078a473afe6e43cfdb/redirect
+toolchainUrl.MAC_OS.X86_64=https\://api.foojay.io/disco/v3.0/ids/658299a896470fbb3103ba3a430ee227/redirect
+toolchainUrl.UNIX.AARCH64=https\://api.foojay.io/disco/v3.0/ids/29ee363f71d060405f729a8f1b7f7aef/redirect
+toolchainUrl.UNIX.X86_64=https\://api.foojay.io/disco/v3.0/ids/67a0fee3c4236b6397dcbe8575ca2011/redirect
+toolchainUrl.WINDOWS.AARCH64=https\://api.foojay.io/disco/v3.0/ids/39846e8427e64a3824c13e399d7d813c/redirect
+toolchainUrl.WINDOWS.X86_64=https\://api.foojay.io/disco/v3.0/ids/932015f6361ccaead0c6d9b8717ed96e/redirect
+toolchainVendor=JETBRAINS
+toolchainVersion=21
diff --git a/android/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/android/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index cca86651..220da8e4 100644
--- a/android/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/android/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 [versions]
 acraHttp = "5.12.0"
-agp = "8.11.1"
+agp = "9.0.0"
 appcompat = "1.7.1"
-kotlin = "2.2.0"
 material = "1.12.0"
 navigationRuntimeKtx = "2.9.1"
 preferenceKtx = "1.2.1"
@@ -20,4 +19,3 @@ swiperefreshlayout = { module = "androidx.swiperefreshlayout:swiperefreshlayout"
 
 [plugins]
 android-application = { id = "com.android.application", version.ref = "agp" }
-kotlin-android = { id = "org.jetbrains.kotlin.android", version.ref = "kotlin" }
diff --git a/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index eb8a4c7d..3b6a7521 100644
--- a/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #Tue Jul 01 19:51:06 EEST 2025
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.14.2-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-9.2.1-bin.zip
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
diff --git a/android/settings.gradle.kts b/android/settings.gradle.kts
index 9ae3cf5a..25e085a1 100644
--- a/android/settings.gradle.kts
+++ b/android/settings.gradle.kts
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ pluginManagement {
 		gradlePluginPortal()
 	}
 }
+plugins {
+	id("org.gradle.toolchains.foojay-resolver-convention") version "1.0.0"
+}
 dependencyResolutionManagement {
 	repositoriesMode.set(RepositoriesMode.FAIL_ON_PROJECT_REPOS)
 	repositories {
diff --git a/scripts/waifulib/xcompile.py b/scripts/waifulib/xcompile.py
index 0ce19582..62a4c057 100644
--- a/scripts/waifulib/xcompile.py
+++ b/scripts/waifulib/xcompile.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import os
 import sys
 
 ANDROID_NDK_ENVVARS = ['ANDROID_NDK_HOME', 'ANDROID_NDK']
-ANDROID_NDK_SUPPORTED = [10, 19, 20, 23, 25, 27, 28]
+ANDROID_NDK_SUPPORTED = [10, 19, 20, 23, 25, 27, 28, 29]
 ANDROID_NDK_HARDFP_MAX = 11 # latest version that supports hardfp
 ANDROID_NDK_GCC_MAX = 17 # latest NDK that ships with GCC
 ANDROID_NDK_UNIFIED_SYSROOT_MIN = 15
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ ANDROID_NDK_API_MIN = {
 	25: 19,
 	27: 19,
 	28: 21,
+	29: 21,
 } # minimal API level ndk revision supports
 
 ANDROID_STPCPY_API_MIN = 21 # stpcpy() introduced in SDK 21