diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index 571f2db36b6c0f..a55cebbc57e9d2 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ buildscript {
         jcenter()
     }
     dependencies {
-        classpath("com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.6.4")
+        classpath("com.android.tools.build:gradle:4.0.1")
         classpath("de.undercouch:gradle-download-task:4.0.2")
 
         // NOTE: Do not place your application dependencies here; they belong
diff --git a/packages/react-native-codegen/android/build.gradle b/packages/react-native-codegen/android/build.gradle
index 69934710e3bdca..e0cc63d645bbcf 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-codegen/android/build.gradle
+++ b/packages/react-native-codegen/android/build.gradle
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ buildscript {
         jcenter()
     }
     dependencies {
-        classpath("com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.6.4")
+        classpath("com.android.tools.build:gradle:4.0.1")
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/react-native-codegen/android/gradlePlugin-build/gradlePlugin/build.gradle b/packages/react-native-codegen/android/gradlePlugin-build/gradlePlugin/build.gradle
index 616590c65c97b6..dd269383ec1416 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-codegen/android/gradlePlugin-build/gradlePlugin/build.gradle
+++ b/packages/react-native-codegen/android/gradlePlugin-build/gradlePlugin/build.gradle
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ gradlePlugin {
 }
 
 dependencies {
-    implementation 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.6.4'
+    implementation 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:4.0.1'
     // Use the same Gson version that `com.android.tools.build:gradle` depends on.
     implementation 'com.google.code.gson:gson:2.8.5'
     implementation 'com.google.guava:guava:29.0-jre'
diff --git a/template/android/build.gradle b/template/android/build.gradle
index 2bafa1f491c53c..2131e76d46d75d 100644
--- a/template/android/build.gradle
+++ b/template/android/build.gradle
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ buildscript {
         jcenter()
     }
     dependencies {
-        classpath("com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.6.4")
+        classpath("com.android.tools.build:gradle:4.0.1")
         // NOTE: Do not place your application dependencies here; they belong
         // in the individual module build.gradle files
     }