diff --git a/subprojects/gst-examples/playback/player/android/app/build.gradle b/subprojects/gst-examples/playback/player/android/app/build.gradle
index 58e4a9b70e..a38c8099fd 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-examples/playback/player/android/app/build.gradle
+++ b/subprojects/gst-examples/playback/player/android/app/build.gradle
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ apply plugin: 'com.android.application'
 
 android {
     compileSdkVersion 32
+    namespace "org.freedesktop.gstreamer.play"
 
     defaultConfig {
         applicationId "org.freedesktop.gstreamer.play"
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-examples/playback/player/android/build.gradle b/subprojects/gst-examples/playback/player/android/build.gradle
index 08a9d8e9cb..fc62235662 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-examples/playback/player/android/build.gradle
+++ b/subprojects/gst-examples/playback/player/android/build.gradle
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ buildscript {
         google()
     }
     dependencies {
-        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:7.1.0'
+        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:8.3.0'
 
         // NOTE: Do not place your application dependencies here; they belong
         // in the individual module build.gradle files
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-examples/playback/player/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/subprojects/gst-examples/playback/player/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index db5e4271ad..3762abd22c 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-examples/playback/player/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/subprojects/gst-examples/playback/player/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-7.3.3-all.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.5-all.zip